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Why Are Dark Colors So Prevalent in Modern Sports?
A while back when I posted the Notre Dame Uniform History Pictorial there were some rumblings. Once the 2011 version of The Shirt was unveiled it became a full blown discussion. What color blue is appropriate for Notre Dame? It's an interesting question and certainly one in which there really...
Updates on Tech alum in pro sports
Currently, there've been some rough patches for Tech alum in the major pro sports. Mark Teixeira is struggling as a Yankee batting a lowly .211 in the New York "Homerun Derby Park." He's got three homers helpin' out his slugging percentage. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, Mark'll pull through...
SI's 50 Richest Athletes - GT Represented...
Sports Illustrated released an article with the 50 highest paid American athletes of 2009. GT had Starbury and Teixeira represented on the the list at #17 and #14, respectively. I went through the list and broke down the players by college/conference. It's pretty interesting seeing the way sports...
Sprints Doesn't Have to Choose Between a Signing Bonus and College // 06.10.09
Play Ball! Tuesday marked the first day of the MLB Draft. The SEC draftees: 7. Atlanta Braves: Michael Minor, LHP, Vanderbilt23. Chicago White Sox: Jared Mitchell, CF, LSU37. Toronto Blue Jays: James Paxton, LHP, Kentucky39. Milwaukee Brewers: Kentrail Davis, CF, Tennessee51. Seattle Mariners:...
How Exclusionary is the BCS?
One of the principles that the recent BCS hearings were built on was that the BCS is inherently restrictive in who it allows to play for the national title. Specifically, it doesn't let anyone from the non-automatic qualifying conferences in. The idea is that human pollsters will not give the...
OT: How Davey Johnson Lost the World Baseball Classic
EDITOR'S NOTE: Every once in a while, I go off into other sports. This is one of those times. If you're not interested in MLB and or the World Baseball Classic, you can skip this one. I have, since it began in 2006, been one of the biggest fans of the World Baseball Classic. I think it's a great...
The SEC and the pros -- no, not the NFL
A personal story, if you will: On May 9, I was in Florida on vacation and went about 90 minutes out of my way to attend a Tampa Bay Rays game. When I was first planning on going to Florida, this was merely to go to a baseball game and cross another major league city off my list. (I plan to go to...
THE THREAD [06.15.08] :: Happy Endings
It ends tonight. Or this morning. Or whenever you read this. This is the last daily edition of The Thread for 2008. C&F will now grab South Carolina stories individually or in a brief combined post and run out a full post on a non-Gamecock story every now and then. And busy days could prompt...
Former Huskers Joba Chamberlain, Alex Gordon Face Different Challenges In Their Second MLB Season
Who can hate Joba Chamberlain when he takes a family to Disney World and talks about his first roller coaster ride? Who can hate the Yankees as long as he's there? He's become a bona fide star, a nice guy, a super hero! He swears he'll stay the same fist-punching screaming guy that he was in his...
Don't Look Now, But...
One of the best things about this time of year is that, after months in the wilderness, we get an enormous amount of entertainment from the sports world rushing at us all at once. Not only is football season so close we can taste it, but the montonous summer has set the stage for a fantastic...
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