Sports in Perspective
It was a big day for Penn State coach Bill O’Brien and the new era of Nittany Lions football, as O’Brien landed two verbal commitments from top recruits for his 2013 class on Wednesday. First it was quarterback Christian Hackenberg (Fort Union, VA), a UA All-American and ESPNU 150 watch list candidate for 2013. Hackenberg is [...]
The challenge was prodigious. The competition talented. The location intimidating. The United States arose to all these imposing factors head on, and with tough, gritty determination defeating Italy 1-0 for one of the greatest US Soccer results in recent history. After battling for 55 minutes, thwarting multiple Italian chances and missing multiple counter-attack opportunities, the [...]
With the year in the last week of the regular season tonight’s game is Senior Night for No. 6 AP & ESPN/USA Today North Carolina (25-4 ~ 12-2 in the ACC) as they host Maryland (16-12 ~ 6-8 in the ACC) at the Dean Dome. The game will be televised by ESPN/ESPN3, tip off time [...]
Coming into this game, the Indiana Hoosiers were 2-0 in Assembly Hall against top 5 teams in the country. With wins over Kentucky and Ohio State, Indiana was looking to extend that record to 3-0 with a win over the 5th ranked Michigan State Spartans. Michigan State came into the game with already a share [...]
Zack Novak leads his Michigan Wolverines into a tough road matchup against the Illinois Fighting Illini.
When Jurgen Klinsmann was hired as US head coach he emphasized scheduling big-time fixtures in Europe–folks this is one of those fixtures. The United States Men’s National Team will match up against Italy at the historic Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. The Yanks will be in a castle of brick walls with hostile fans screaming [...]
The Dallas Mavericks are ready to take on the league and defeat them all the way to the end and repeat as NBA Champions!
A ton is on the line for the Spartans tonight, including an outright Big 10 title and a chance for a one-seed in the NCAA tournament
Union Rags used his vaunted late run to blow away six other rivals by four lengths in our Horse Racing highlight race of the weekend, the 2102 Fountain of Youth Stakes, this past Sunday at GulfstreamPark in Florida. I’ve been high on this horse since last summer at Saratoga and it looks as though he’s [...]
Sigh. And to think Dodgers fans thought 2012 would be the end of distractions. After all, owner Frank McCourt is on the way out and the hope is a competitive team, one that showed promise by going 17-9 the final month of 2011, will move in. Well, the Mayflower trucks may still be idling. All-Star [...]