Sports
Tackling the 2009 NCAA Tournament by the numbers
The Law Weekly sport's editors analyze the NCAA Tournament.
Mayham for Mayhew: How to fix the Detriot Lions
As a journalist and a law student, I guess I’m still at the stage of my life when I can harbor wild dreams about my future. One of those dreams puts me in the front office of a major professional sports team. While The Law Weekly continues to be generous enough to give me a soapbox, I'll continue acting like that dream has already come true. Today, in the Matthew Rappaport Realm of Revisionist History, I’ve been installed as the successor to embattled Lions GM Matt Millen. I'm already on the phone with all 31 other NFL franchises auctioning the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft to the highest bidder.
USA soccer begins final push for 2010 World Cup
On Feb. 12, the airport in Columbus, Ohio was about as busy as it gets outside of Ohio State football season. The airport was full of American and Mexican soccer fans trying to get home after the previous night’s World Cup qualifier between the two giants of the region. That’s when it happened.
For his heroics on the field, A-Rod deserves a pass
Over the past weekend, Sports Illustrated broke a news story in which it reported that four independent sources corroborated the allegations that baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez had failed a blind test for performance-enhancing substances administered by Major League Baseball in 2003.
An update on the two other sports’ current seasons
Now that football's over, I'm sure you're eagerly anticipating the drudgery of the grueling NBA and NHL regular seasons. February is notorious for being the worst month for American sports, considering it's sandwiched between the Super Bowl and March Madness. However, in case you want to blind yourself from the Hoyas' recent freefall, here's a quick and dirty update of the landscape in both basketball and hockey (for the two and a half people actually watching it).
On the hard-hitting gridiron, it’s brains over brawn
Those of you who watched Super Bowl XLIII last night witnessed a great game of football.
Out of left field: Free agent activity proves telling
For fans of Major League Baseball, this time of year offers the first exciting action of the baseball season. Teams rapidly snatch up free agents while trading for what they need. It's interesting seeing who goes where, while everyone from message board fans to ESPN commentators endlessly debate the moves.
Hoyas feel growing pains of young coach and star
As of this writing, the Georgetown Hoyas Men's Basketball squad finds itself in a serious predicament. After dropping a hard-fought game at Cameron Indoor Stadium to powerhouse Duke University, the Hoyas have dropped two straight Big East games: one by seventeen points to Bob Huggins's West Virginia squad at home, and the other by five at Seton Hall.
The best team always wins? Remind me not to watch
If the playoffs thus far have been any indication, the NFL gets more unpredictable with every passing season. While this notion is conventional wisdom to most fans of the sport, it begs another question: why does professional football continue to grow and thrive, even in an adverse economic environment?
World Series Prediction: Tampa Bay over Philadelphia
Imagine that you're taking a class in which your grade is based on seven tests. If you fail four tests at any time you're dropped from the class. But if you pass four tests at any time, you're automatically given an "A." It's a very peculiar class.