Category: Sports

A great semifinal series between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xer26VfOyMo[/youtube] 1 min 10 sec [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaepLZDFHuI[/youtube] 1 min 23 sec

The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the University of Massachusetts Minutemen last night at Madison Square Garden, 92-85.  It’s not quite on par with winning the NCAA tournament, but it is still a solid accomplishment for a college basketball team.

An interesting turn of events… Missy, Len, and I stayed home to simultaneously watch the Ohio State game versus California and the University of Dayton game versus Illinois State.   Both Ohio State and Dayton were victorious (for those of you

Update – While Dayton is certainly not a championship caliber team, it’s important to note that 5 of the 8 schools selected ahead of UD (with records and rankings lower than UD) lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament:

It appears that the 2008 NIT post-season tournament is set.   Ohio State, University of Dayton, Cleveland State, and University of Akron represent Ohio in the tournament (Xavier and Kent State are in the NCAA).   There are also three A-10 teams,

Update – It appears that 6 schools from Ohio made the NCAA/NIT.  Xavier and Kent State in the NCAA; Ohio State, Dayton, Akron, and Cleveland State in the NIT. March 5 – Both Ohio State and Wright State are executing

If you want to see a masterful one-handed tennis backhand, check this out: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMOFEofxi30[/youtube] 2 min 42 sec

Of course, I’m talking about the 1980 Olympics when the USA beat the Soviets… It’s hard to believe that it was 28 years ago… I remember watching the game on my television in the Sammy frat house at OSU.  I still get

Len and I went to UD Arena to watch the Dayton Flyers battle the 12th ranked Xavier Musketeers in a game that was pivotal for the Flyers’ chances for the NCAA tournament.   Unfortunately, XU was a much more athletic team