Author: John Paulsen (Page 897 of 937)

      UNC/Duke rivalry heating up (again)

      March 3, 2006 /

      ESPN is ramping up their coverage of the big Duke/North Carolina tilt this Saturday. Columnist Gene Wojciechowski always hated Duke, until he went there. Will Blythe, author of “To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry” also lends an excerpt, and it’s clear that a visit to Durham did nothing to dispel his hatred of Duke.

      Two years ago, I actually had the opportunity to witness a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium – #2 Duke vs. #3 Wake Forest (who had Chris Paul running the point) – and it was a great time. A friend of mine was going to grad school there and he was able to get me into the game. Growing up, I watched so many Duke home games on television that it was quite remarkable to actually be there in person. After Duke beat the Demon Deacons, we went over to Chapel Hill, where my friend’s girlfriend got us into the UNC/UConn game. UConn was #1 at the time, so it was bittersweet when the Tar Heels got the win. On one hand, Duke was going to take over the #1 ranking, but on the other, North Carolina got a huge win. And no one likes that.

      College Basketball

      Couch Potato Alert

      March 3, 2006 /

      There are a ton of interesting matchups in the college ranks this weekend, as bubble teams try to get another good win to add to their resume. The biggest game, of course, is the Duke/UNC matchup tomorrow night. ESPN is covering the game on about forty different channels, so it is unlikely that the game will live up to the hype. In the NBA, the Suns/Mavs matchup is the best one this weekend.

      College Hoops
      Sat, 12pm: (10) Illinois @ (23) Michigan St. – CBS
      Sat, 12pm: (18) West Virginia @ Cincinnati – ESPN (HD)
      Sat, 2pm: Louisville @ (2) UConn – CBS (HD)
      Sat, 4:40pm: (25) Wisconsin @ (24) Iowa – ESPN Full Court
      Sat, 9pm: (15) North Carolina @ (1) Duke – ESPN (HD)
      Sun, 12pm: (14) Florida @ Kentucky – CBS
      Sun, 12pm: (4) Villanova @ Syracuse – CBS
      Sun, 4pm: (17) Oklahoma @ (7) Texas – CBS (HD)

      NBA
      Fri, 7:30pm: Washington @ Philadelphia – ESPN (HD)
      Fri, 10pm: LA Clippers @ Utah – ESPN
      Sun, 1pm: Indiana @ Philadelphia – ABC
      Sun, 3:30pm: Phoenix @ Dallas – ABC
      Sun, 7:30pm: Chicago @ Cleveland – ESPN (HD)
      Sun, 9pm: Memphis @ LA Clippers – local

      College Basketball, NBA, Television

      Favre playing wait-and-see?

      March 2, 2006 /

      Brett Favre has indicated that he is waiting to see what the Packers do in free agency and the draft before making a decision on his retirement.

      “In some ways, I’m kind of waiting to see what we do free agent-wise and in the draft and those things,” said Favre, who is in south Florida for golf and auto racing events. “And they’re probably kind of waiting on me, too. So it’s a little bit of a waiting game. Right now, I’m just trying to get away from it as much as I can and clear my mind, as hard as that may be.”

      The problem is, the team needs to know Favre’s status before heading into free agency and the draft. Depending on how they feel about Aaron Rodgers (I, for one, don’t feel very good about him), they may want to draft a quarterback or pick a veteran up in free agency.

      NFL

      Knicks’ owner stands behind Isiah

      March 2, 2006 /

      When everyone else around the league seems to be questioning Knicks GM Isiah Thomas’ strategy to improve the team over the past two seasons, the team’s owner, James Dolan, stands firmly behind his general manager.

      “I’m not making a change, guys. We’re going to continue on with the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys who are executing it. I fully expect you to kill me in the papers tomorrow with this, but I’m going to stick with it. I’m going to stick with it until we stop making progress. I think the course is to stay the course, not knee-jerk.

      “Maybe some people think I’m brain-dead because of that, but time will tell,” Dolan added. “I understand people will be unhappy when you’re going through this process.”

      There are rumors that Thomas is “stockpiling assets” to land a superstar this offseason, so he’ll likely be around at least through the summer. The only way that anyone is going to trade a superstar for the Knicks’ current assets is if that superstar demands a trade. Thomas might be overestimating the value of shoot-first guys, especially considering the recent success of the Pistons and the Spurs, who have won championships by establishing a team concept.

      NBA

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