Quinnipiac To The Big East

Why Quinnipiac should move men's basketball to the Big East.

http://bit.ly/H7mvek

Feeling Good—Sports Fiction Better Than Reality

Sports is no longer, and has not been for a long time, just about the art of playing a game.  With constant 24/7 sports coverage, media giants have used the entertainment industry as a way to capitalize on the potent sports market.  ESPN made its first attempt into the entertainment world with a fictional sports series in 2003 called The Playmakers.  The series was based upon a fictional football franchise.   According the Handbook of Sports and Media, ESPN's creation of its own fictional series is that it had free reign to attack all controversial issues in sports.  "Plot lines revolved around everything from murder, to drug abuse, to domestic violence, to homosexuality, to abortion.  The aging veteran, the raw rookie, the greedy owner—characters on the program embodied just about every conceivable sports stereotype."(Cummins 185)

Cummins points out that ESPN used every sports stereotype in existence in The Playmakers.  However, the focus is mostly on how fiction in sports shows the negative connotation in our society.  There are four movies made during the latter part of the twentieth century that help combat, the negative theory of sports movies.  They are Major League, Angels in the Outfield, Space Jam and

Flirting With Superman

NEWARK--There seems to be a little more energy out of the Prudential Center crowd tonight. That can only mean one thing.

Dwight Howard is in the building.

Superman stood in line as the 'Imperial March' from the Star Wars movies echoed throughout the stadium.  As he began slapping hands in the Magic huddle, the Nets P.A. announcer merely uttered the big man's name in his best impression of a fifth-grade history teacher calling attendance.


However, instead of the usual yawn from the bored students there was an enormous ovation welcoming Howard to New Jersey.
                                       

I've been to my share of Net games this season and lets just say the stadium was a little more crowded, more energetic, and the Nets techies put on quite the display all for one reason—to woo the big man into a marriage that every Net fan so desperately wants.

The Banner, The Yankees and The Memory

STATEN ISLAND, NY— The story of 9/11 has been told in many ways. While I may not have lost anyone on that fateful day,you could feel the turmoil and pain throughout the city. Being 10-years-old at the time, I still have a vivid memory of the day. However, being 10-years-old I did not fully understand the story. That was until I spoke to retired FDNY Batallion Chief Jack Pritchard about the first baseball game at Yankee stadium after Sept. 11,2001.

 Jack has been great friends with my father for as long as I could remember. While this article should of be written during the fall months, a story like this one—doesn't need a dateline. It is one that should be told all year round.

The Many Names of Jeremy Lin

The only thing more explosive than Jeremy Lin's play as of late is the amount of love he is getting on twitter. Lets not forget the man did go to Harvard

Playoffs Definite With Lopez

NEWARK,NJ—Ten years.  Ten painful years.  Thats how long it has been since the New Jersey Nets were a legitimate contender for an NBA Title.

Now, with superstar Deron Williams, the Nets came into the season poised to retain at least a playoff birth if not more.

However, Brook Lopez's right-foot had other plans.

Lopez has been out since Dec. 23, when he had surgery on his broken right-foot. 

Despite Lopez's inability to grab rebounds, the Nets would be a playoff team if he was healthy.
Crazy, I think not.

Big Blue Magic Once Again

INDIANAPOLIS—On a night where New York, New York normally would have been played throughout Lucas Oil Stadium a different song rang through.
That song was Empire State of Mind and just like Sinatra's classic words it played the same role with a new twist.


That classic new twist feeling was booming throughout Lucas Oil Stadium when the Giants defeated the Patriots 21-17  in Super Bowl XLVI.
Eli Manning was 30-40 for 296 yards and one touchdown in route to winning his second Super Bowl MVP.  Manning also became the 11th quarterback in NFL history to win multiple Super Bowl's.
The Patriots were plagued by multiple dropped passes in the 4th quarter by their normally stellar receiving core.
With 4:06 left, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw a pass to a wide open Wes Welker in Giants territory.  Welker flubbed the pass and it resulted in an incomplete pass.
After the incomplete the Patriots punted and the Giants took over.
Eli Manning led an 88-yard drive highlighted by a 38-yard pass to Mario Manningham in what proved to be the highlight of the game.

After an Ahmad Bradshaw touchdown with 57 seconds left Tom Brady took over for an apparent game-winning Super Bowl drive.
With dropped passes by New England receivers Deion Branch and Aaron Hernandez, the Patriots had time for one last heave down the field.
With 5 seconds left Brady launched the ball to the end zone into a cluster of Giants and Patriots players. 
The ball was batted down and landed safely on the turf solidifying the Giants Super Bowl victory.
Brady finished the game 27-41 for 276 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
While Super Bowl XLVI was different from Super Bowl XLII the atmosphere surrounding the game was still a classic.