January 29, 2003
Morning Sports Potpourri
Have your doubts about Title IX -- then make sure to read John Irving's piece from the New York Times (yes, that John Irving, writer and wrestling legend) on how the principle of proportionality has been spun into a hard gender quota in college athletic departments. The result: the destruction of countless men's minor sports and the extinction of the male "walk-on" athlete. Expect this issue to get red hot here in the sports "dead zone". Thanks to Erin O'Connor, reporting from the front line in the culture war on campus, for the link. Keep low, Erin.
Jason at Stick and Move, a denizen of Saratoga isn't happy about horse racing's Eclipse Awards. Hint to Jason: own horse racing and have your shot at owning an audience. Keep it up.
The rumor, excuse me, rumour mill North of the Border is working overtime, and John Campea of The Hockey Pundits is dreaming of Alexi Kovalev getting shipped to Toronto for the moral equivalent of a skate sharpener, a bag of pucks, and a lace hook. Meanwhile, Mario Lemieux and a host of others will be taking a powder during this weekend's NHL All-Star Game, and Brett Hull is still looking for goal number 700.
Tim Kraus is MIA at The End of the Bench, leaving me with the burning questions: What about Jerry Sloan and Ron Artest?
Last night I had a dream: Steve Smith and Thomas Inskeep were co-hosts of ESPN's College Hoops Tonight. Special guest stars: The Housemartins.
LeBron James got into a fender bender -- a right of passage for every young driver. Something tells me the folks at his car insurance company won't be cancelling his policy. But they will jack up his rate.
UPDATE: The NBA suspended Sloan for seven games. Artest got a four game suspension.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Tim took a few minutes out after class to offer his own thoughts on Sloan and Artest. As for Reggie Miller, he has his own take too.
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during my junior year of college, title 9 took hold of our athletics program. in order to "even things up" as we were told by the school administration, my school was going to cut men's baseball, a very sucessful sport at my school, but definitely not one that brought in much revenue. maybe i'm biased, but baseball, you don't cut baseball. look first to the diving, tennis, and waterpolo's of the world. that last year of existence, our soon to be extinct baseball team won the Big East and came within one game of the College World Series. But hey, at least we established a women's lacrosse team, right?
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at January 29, 2003 08:54 AM
You're wish is my command Eric.
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at January 30, 2003 11:05 AM
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