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Is NBC right for the NHL?

Posted in Just my Thoughts, Professional Sports, Sports, tagged , , , , on 10 June 2009 | 4 Comments »

Yes, I am sure the money is right.  If nothing else is important to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, money is.  The bigger question is “is the television contract with NBC good for recruiting new and more hockey fans?”
I would say emphatically NO after the past two days.  First off, this year’s Stanley Cup Championship Finals [...]

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Holy Hockey, Batman!

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , on 28 March 2009 | 1 Comment »

It has beautiful here in upstate NY this weekend so a lot of my NCAA path to the Frozen Four has been clips at the end of the night.  None the less, as I am watching the first weekend of the NCAA Division 1 Hockey Tournament, I am impressed by the number four seeds in [...]

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March Madness Revisited

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on 27 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Academics, Athletics and the University

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , on 16 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Seems that there is a constant discussion in my area regarding the local university, its ladder to division one collegiate sports and putting academics on the back burner.  This discussion took on a national slant when “Outside the Lines” on ESPN had on Pete Thamel of The NY Times, Dr Joel Thier who is AD [...]

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CHA Hockey Tournament

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , on 13 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last year at this time, I was ensconced at Niagara University for the College Hockey America tournament at Dwyer Arena.  While I would love – at least for the hockey that is going to be taking place – to be in Bemidji, Minnesota this weekend, I will be keeping tabs on the Purple Eagles via [...]

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Will Your Team Dance?

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , , on 10 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As conference championships have begun to be decided, are you wondering where your team will fall?  In the case of my Mountaineers, the question is what seed they will be more than where they will be playing after Selection Sunday, March 15.  If, as they have in the past, West Virginia happens to win the [...]

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NCAA Recruiting Rules Change

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Just my Thoughts, School Sports, Sports, tagged , , , , , on 24 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Surprise!  Surprise!
The NCAA thinks it is just like big time professional sports and has an annual meeting to discuss rules and changes to said rules.  If you have ever gone through the NCAA recruiting manual, I am amazed there are not more violations.  It is like reading a state report but much more dry and [...]

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Diving at Oneonta

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, School Sports, Sports, tagged , , , , on 24 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love to go to swim meets that are not at Maine-Endwell.  You see, my son is a diver, not a swimmer.  He does occasionally swim exhibition heats but he does not swim much.  He dives.  So why do I dislike going to home meets?  Maine-Endwell does not currently have a diving board for diving during swim meets.
When my son, [...]

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Bowl Bound

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Family, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , , , on 3 January 2009 | 3 Comments »

My almost 22 year old son left home yesterday to head back to college.  No classes do not start this early in January.  He is heading to the University at Buffalo to meet up with approximately 23 busloads full of students who are now almost at the Canadian border.  They are following their football team [...]

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MAC Championship Tonight

Posted in Collegiate Sports, Family, Just my Thoughts, Sports, tagged , , , , , on 5 December 2008 | 2 Comments »

My 21 year old son is on the bus, one of six I believe, headed from the Buffalo suburb of Amherst where the University at Buffalo’s North Campus is located to Detroit.  Why you may ask?  He is one of approximately one thousand who have bought tickets to attend the MAC Championship Game at Ford [...]

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