Well, there is big news on the WPS front with the firing of Ian Sawyers as the FC sky blue coach. Should be interesting to watch Sunday’s game as FC sky blue versus the Breakers is the match being televised on Fox soccer Channel at 6 PM.
I think I remember that Mr. Sawyers has had [...]
Amazing game last night as the Louisville Cardinels took it to Oklahoma and are moving on to the national championship game. Angel McCoughtry came back after a dismal first half and scored 14 of her 18 points in the second frame as she helped her team put away the Sooners. Now they have the dubious [...]
I’m loving the warmer temps here in NH, as the sun rises on this February Sunday!
Have you heard of Jennifer Figge? She just completed the amazing feat of swimming from the Cape Verde Islands to Trinidad … at the age of 56. (And I can’t even get myself to exercise for 15 minutes these days!) [...]
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One of the oddest stories I noticed yesterday was about Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg. That seems a particularly inept and bizarre move in a strange year for Plaxico. The Redskins-Giants game was looking like a close call anyway – but now that Mr. Burress has removed himself from the field again (I’m [...]
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Boy – a little queasy, though. Soap-infused coffee is definitely not something I recommend on a rainy Tuesday morning.
Speaking of which – is it me, or do you associate Tuesday’s with rain? Thursday’s, too. In my mind those are the greyer days of the week. And speaking of greyer … are greyer and grayer different [...]
This morning a friend sent me this excellent “memo” that has been making the rounds on the Internet. You’ll have to check it out!
Dear Red States,
We’re ticked off at the way you’ve treated California , and we’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with [...]
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The USWNT kicks off against Japan tomorrow morning at 5AM ET and will (hopefully) field a team with its heads screwed on more securely than on Wednesday! I like to think that Wednesday’s game was a collective test, to see whether “Boom Ball” really doesn’t work. Lesson learned, guys?
Gayle Bryan has written about Wednesday’s game [...]
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Yes, according to The Writer’s Almanac, it’s Arianna Huffington’s birthday. Best wishes – and I’m glad your journey landed you in the blogosphere!
From the Huffington Post, here’s a good piece my Tom Matzzie about the ongoing lobbying from big oil and the Bush administration to allow off-shore drilling. Using inflated oil prices and the usual [...]
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The Lady Vols took it to Stanford and danced away with their second National Championship in as many years. Here’s to tough defense, great rebounding, and involving everyone in the offense! And here’s to Nicky Anosike … the player of the game. A very well-deserved accolade, that! More in the morning … so stay tuned!
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Six steals and 10 points … and a triple major to boot! Way to go Nicky! Everyone for Tennessee is stepping up … but Hornbuckle still needs to get on track! It’s 37-29 at the half. Nicky is playing the way she did in last year’s final, and the Tennessee pressure has Stanford totally discombobulated. [...]
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Stanford and Tennessee players wake up this morning to the prospect of one, final game of hoops down in Tampa! Ace and Ice have a lot riding on their shoulders, and a lot of history and respect between them. Meanwhile LSU and UConn head home … to rebuild and regroup!
On the soccer front, fans can [...]
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What to say? It’s Memphis-Kansas in the Men’s Final tonight … and will be Tennessee-Stanford for the Women on Tuesday night (and we’ll get to see Candace Parker and Candice Wiggins go at it one more time)!
In JordanCornblog land the brackets have shifted just a tad on the women’s side (where that UConn loss knocked [...]
As Jules says, “It’s anybody’s game.” Chris has convinced us all (after much hard work) that those are oranges painted (or stencilled, or something) on the court! Alice is getting tired … and we’re off!
Well … 13:26 left and it’s a 2-point game. They are grinding it out … 27-29. Candace Parker was just fouled [...]
That’s the most clever sign I’ve seen at the Women’s Final Four so far … with 35.1 seconds left, looks like Dewd has seen all of UConn she’s going to at this Tournament … but UConn ain’t going easily. As the clock winds down, the announcers note that Diana Taurasi lost in her freshman year. [...]
We’ll be having eye-witness, on the spot reports from Tampa for all of the Women’s games, as up-to-the- minute coverage is being provided by none other than BJ, Dewd and Paula LR.
Their reporting may be slightly colored by their biases which I’ll lay out here, in the interest of full disclosure:
BJ is rooting for LSU [...]
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The Dallas Morning News gives the edge to LSU and UConn in tonight’s games. The Seattle Times likes the star power, with four All-Americans hitting the court in Tampa for these games.
In a bit of a surprise for some … Candice Wiggins steps on the court with yet another honor … this year’s Wade [...]
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The wild winds of April (at least that’s how it was last night in these parts) nearly blew in a couple more #2 seeds … but in the end the #1’s prevailed on a nerve-wracking night of hard-nosed basketball.
What a gutsy performance by Candace Parker (as well as Jenny Moshak and the Lady Vol’s athletic [...]
As I settle down to write, I am just now interrupted by the sight of three deer running FAST down our hill, along the edge or the field. I wondered why they were moving like that … and my question was quickly answered when a very, very big coydog went racing down the hill after them. The [...]
Ah, too bad. Kansas looked like a strong prairie storm flattening a field of corn, as the Jayhawks cut down 12th seed Villanova last night. (Okay, that was over the top … Hemingway I’m not!) The miracle upset that JordanCornblog expected Augustinian-founded Villanova to deliver was on the other side of the bracket, where those upstart Presbyterians from Davidson overturned [...]
