Sports
Football in baseball stadiums today
The hot topic on the sports front this weekend is a thrilling weekend of November NBA basketball. Just kidding. Everyone is talking about two college football games being played today: Illinois vs. Northwestern and Army vs. Notre Dame. On a normal weekend, those games are as ho-hum as it gets, but the first game is [...]
How to pronounce Pacquiao
Last night boxer Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his super welterweight title, beating Antonio Margarito to give Pacquiao a title in eight different weight classes. Even the though sport of boxing is being eclipsed by MMA the past few years, Pacquiao has become one of the stars in recent years. You might find yourself in a [...]
Giants win World Series but few watch
For the non-sports fan, it’s important to know that the San Francisco Giants won the World Series last night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 and winning the series 4 games to 1. What most people will probably be talking about, however, will be the low ratings and how no one actually watched it. In an [...]
ND student dies from video tower collapse
One sad story leading headlines this morning involves a Notre Dame student, Declan Sullivan, falling to his death from a video tower which collapsed due to extremely high winds in South Bend Wednesday. Sullivan was videotaping Notre Dame’s football practice from an aerial perspective, a common practice with most major colleges. One interesting thing to [...]
NBA starts, Heat lose, and some World Series notes
For many people like me, sports are a major topic every morning. Today, however, basketball and baseball are hot topics even for those not majoring in Advanced Sabermetrics. Why? The NBA started its regular season last night and the World Series starts tonight. The major talk of the NBA offseason was LeBron James and his [...]
Roy Halladay’s playoff no-hitter
The water cooler talk today is most likely about last night’s no-hitter. Pitching for the Phillies after 12 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter in his first ever playoff start, walking only one while defeating the Cincinnati Reds 4-0. What’s unique about Halladay’s feat is that he already threw a [...]
Are you ready for some football?
College football is well underway, and now the NFL has kicked off its season with the New Orleans Saints beating the Minnesota Vikings Thursday night, 14-9. A few things to know as the rest of the teams get rolling this weekend: Tom Brady just got in a car crash (he’s okay) AND signed a long [...]
College football primer
College football officially started yesterday, so before you’re knee deep in a “rah rah” talk from Uncle Johnny spewing off about Football U., here are a few key things to know: Tim Tebow isn’t in college anymore. He’s currently struggling as a backup on the Denver Broncos. Alabama is the #1 ranked team entering the [...]
