Billy Paultz Reconsidered

So Terrelle Pryor is going to Ohio State, as has been long suspected.
Not sure this is a bad thing for Penn State. They have a quarterback for next year. They have a QB for the year after that. Drop Pryor into Happy Valley and you immediately have a QB controversy, probably with players taking sides, etc. […]

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The “controversy” over Brett Myers and not Cole Hamels starting opening day for the Phillies is a good example of why spring training is too long. People have to reach hard for things to write and talk about. No, it doesn’t matter who starts opening day. What’s the over/under on how many regular season days will it take […]

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Just watched the second half of the Philly Catholic league girls’ final, Archbishop Carroll vs. Cardinal O’Hara at the Palestra. O’Hara won 48-45. Unless I’m badly missing something (always a possibility), either of those teams would kill any girls’ team I’ve seen this year, both were stocked with non-seniors, and the Catholic League joins the PIAA […]

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It’s been a long day and long week of hoop-related activity, so what am I doing now? Writing about basketball while watching basketball (Memphis-Tennessee) in the newsroom. Envy my life, minions.
Not to step on the quasi-diary of the District 3 high school tournament that will be in tomorrow’s paper, a spare observation or two:
Local teams’ […]

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You’ve got to love high school basketball in February. Well, maybe you don’t have to…
We’re at the Giant Center in Hershey for District Three semifinals. Earlier, the Lancaster Mennonite girls destroyed Lampater-Strasburg 59-26. They’ll play Saturday here for the championship against the winner of the Northeastern-Gettysburg semi, which Northeastern leads 29-26 at halftime as we […]

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