I picked up these insights by checking the box score at ESPN tonight… The Wright State Raiders are now 17-6 while the quickly fading Dayton Flyers are 16-6. The Raiders have won 8 in a row, while the Flyers have lost 5 of
Category: Sports
Update on Flyers and Raiders
It appears that the Wright State Raiders and Dayton Flyers are moving in opposite directions, with the Raiders winning their last 5 games and the Flyers losing 4 of the last 5. I didn’t get a chance to see either
Israeli Success at Australian Open
We’ve been watching the Australian Open tennis tournament just about every evening for the past week. Between ESPN and the Tennis Channel, you can watch tennis about 12 hours per day. While everyone focuses on the Men’s and Women’s singles
Tennis – Is It Really Equal Pay for Men & Women?
It’s an interesting situation with gender equity in tennis…. In all of the Grand Slam events (US Open, Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon), women are paid the same as men. However, women’s matches are best of 3 sets (typically
Greatest Goal of the Year
I happened to be watching the end of the Columbus Blue Jackets game against the Phoenix Coyotes, and I was cursing at Rick Nash for taking a penalty in the last few minutes of the game that enabled the Coyotes
Most Incredible Hockey Brawl Ever
I’ve seen a lot of hockey fights in my lifetime but nothing like this… this bench clearing melee (bench clearing fights are very rare in hockey) actually occurred in the Russian hockey league: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlf4C0qNm0w[/youtube] 4 min 44 sec
Wright State Loses Close Game to Cleveland State
We made it back to the Nutt House one more time (this was the third event in three days at the Nutter Center for me) to catch the Wright State game versus Cleveland State basketball game. Although the Raiders started
Bombers Zap the Devils
Len and I went to the Dayton Bombers ECHL hockey game at the Nutt House last night, and watched the Bombers outplay the Trenton Devils, 5-2. It was nice to see the Bombers leading scorer back with the team. They
Raiders Freeze the Penguins
I went to the Nutt House last night with Mark Kelley to watch the Wright State Raiders beat the Youngstown State Penguins, 66-55. The score makes it appear that Raiders dominated the game. In reality, they really struggled and WSU coach
Flyers Whip 22nd Ranked Rhode Island
I went to the Flyers game with my buddy Steve Weiss last night, and we watched the hometown Dayton team whip the Rhode Island Rams 92-83 in front of a full house at UD Arena. We were among the ever-present