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Since the sports news is slow(read: I do not care about Wimbledon, the World Cup, or who Ozzie Gullien likes or dislikes) I offer up some fine material from some fellow bloggers/internet writers who are obviously a heck of a lot funnier and better at this deal than I am. The first is a site [...] Continue reading Also In the Sports Blogosphere Brian Barbour on June 28th, 2006 |  Comments are closed Yeah, I know I really do not care that much about the NBA. The held the NBA Draft tonight and because of the 19 year old age limit the best high schoolers will be enrolled at a college near you next season leaving one of the weakest drafts in recent memory. On the UNC side [...] Continue reading NBA Musings DUKE SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH SATAN Trademark Case Seen as Source of Recent Troubles at Duke DURHAM(THF)-Duke University, citing a desire to put “all this ugliness behind them” agreed to pay the Prince of Darkness more than $10 million in damages related to a trademark infringement lawsuit the Evil One filed against the university earlier this [...] Continue reading Satire News Article Brian Barbour on June 27th, 2006 | Comments are closed The men’s and women’s basketball committees are meeting this week in Orlando and one of the hot topics up for discussion is whether they should expand the NCAA Tournament to include more than the current field of 65. This idea was floated back in March at the Final Four and USA Today raised the issue [...] Continue reading NCAA Tournament Expansion Talk So up 1-0 in the series and 5-0 in Game 2, the wheels came off UNC as they surrendered 11 runs and eventually lost 11-7 on Sunday night to send the series to a decisive third game Monday. It was close but horrible fielding, missed opportunities on offense, and a badly timed visit to the [...] Continue reading UNC Loses Baseball National Championship -If there is one issue I have with Raleigh is their penchant to do things in a strange way. When you win a championship, especially in the professional world, you usually have a parade(it also should be noted that if NC State finishes 4th in the ACC and beats Notre Dame in a bowl game [...] Continue reading Stanley Cup Championship Musings, Part 2 Brian Barbour on June 20th, 2006 | Comments are closed First of all I will make the full disclosure that I have been to this point a bandwagon fan. I actually was, like many people, resistant to the whole “Southern hockey” deal as an assault on traditional Southern heritage. When the playoffs started I softened that stance because I felt that a Raleigh professional team [...] Continue reading Stanley Cup Championship Musings Brian Barbour on June 19th, 2006 | Comments are closed CAROLINA HURRICANES: STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS From ESPN.com:
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Brian Barbour on June 19th, 2006 | Comments are closed I came to a realization Saturday night. I realized how glad I was that the NCAA Tournament does not include a best-of-seven series to win the championship. I just do not know how much I could deal with UNC being up 3-1 on someone and have them lose two straight games and look really bad [...] Continue reading The Weekend That Was The sports spotlight has shone on Raleigh during the Stanley Cup run and produced lots of Hurricane related stories. Here is a sampling of what I found: Local Media Pessimism Following Game 5 loss: CANES’ 112 POINT SEASON, PLAYOFF RUN PROVEN TO BE FLUKE BY GAME 5 LOSS RALEIGH POLICE ON SUICIDE WATCH FOR FIRST [...] Continue reading Surveying the Media Brian Barbour on June 16th, 2006 | Comments are closed “Momentum” is one of the great buzz words in sports media. There have been whole articles written about it. It even has a nickname(“mo’” or “big mo’”). It stands as one of those incredibly abstract and unproven concepts which sports journalist pontificate on for hours on end as it pertains to the results of the [...] Continue reading Talking About Momentum Brian Barbour on June 15th, 2006 | Comments are closed The Carolina Hurricanes lost Game 5 in OT to the Edomonton Oilers on a shorthanded goal off a lazy pass from Corey Stillman to Eric Staal. The Canes were hearding up ice on the power play when Stillman was bothered by a defender and hung the puck out in the open ice. It was taken [...] Continue reading Ooops! Canes Lose Game 5 |
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