By The Numbers: Ray’s Last Dance
Tim Israel- Last night we witnessed the final game of Ray Lewis’s Hall of Fame career and boy was it special. 249 regular and playoff games, over 1700 tackles, 13 Pro Bowls, now 2 Super Bowls, and one...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: A Season to Remember
Tim Israel- What a captivating College Basketball season. Over the last week in NCAAB we have witnessed some of the most exciting shots, games, and individual performances of the season. To do this...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: A Tribute To MJ
Tim Israel- On February 17, 1963, the greatest basketball player and arguably the most accomplished athlete in the history of sports was born. On Sunday, Michael Jordan turned 50 years old and what...
View ArticleThe Fan: My Mt. Rushmores
Jesse Dougherty- Let’s just say that all this talk about Lebron, Jordan, Kobe and Scalabrine has me thinking more about all-time greats than I probably ever have. To offer my own conclusions to that...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: The Great Jerry Buss
Tim Israel- One week ago, one of the most successful owners in sports history passed away. Jerry Buss had just recently celebrated his 80th birthday, but unfortunately his battle with cancer came to a...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Top Dog
Tim Israel- On Monday, the new AP poll came out and the Gonzaga Bulldogs are the countries newest #1 team. Indiana, Duke, Louisville, and Michigan all have squandered their opportunities to solidify...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Farewell Big East
Tim Israel- When the buzzer sounded and the Cincinnati Bearcats escaped South Florida with a 61-53 overtime win on Saturday, the final Big East regular season game was in the books. The storied...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Conference Tournaments
Tim Israel- 68 teams get the privilege of seeing their name in the NCAA Tournament Bracket each year. That’s at most 1,020, or one fifth of all the Division 1 college basketball players in the country,...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Eagles Flying High
Tim Israel- This weekend was the weekend of the Eagles. Not the Philadelphia Eagles. Not the Boston College Eagles. Not the Marquette Golden Eagles, although they did have an exciting weekend. It was...
View ArticleThe Fan: And the Livin’s Easy
Jesse Dougherty- I haven’t written a “Fan” column since February 20th. Let’s just say that school (sadly that does exist), reporting for the Daily Orange at Syracuse, and editing for the site has...
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