Billy Paultz Reconsidered

The 24 hours or so after the brackets come out is, at least to me, maybe the most interesting time of the sports-media year. My favorite moment from Sunday night was when ESPN’s panel came on for its post-bracket analysis, and there’s Bobby Knight, leaning heavily back in his chair and yawning like a grizzly bear. […]

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A week from today the Sunday News begins an Internet talk show (sort of a podcast on video, if that means anything to you) on sports, “starring” Eric Stark and your humble correspondent. The first edition will be taped Tuesday, March 11, and will preview the Phillies’ season. Starkie is currently on a quasi-working vacation […]

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The Jason Kidd deal is now complete and official, meaning the Mavericks gave up a lot of talent base to get a specific piece. Observations:
Watching a little of the all-star game, I realized I had forgotten what a wonderful player Kidd is - “he makes his teammates better,” has become a cliche, but Kidd is […]

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An interesting question was raised for the panel on “Daily News Live,” Monday: Are the Eagles close to the Giants in terms of talent?
Before Sunday I would have said the Eagles were equal to or maybe superior to the Giants talent-wise. But based on Sunday the Giants D-line is the best position-group in the history […]

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In 1990 UNLV dominated the NCAA basketball tournament, ending in a 30-point destruction of Duke for the national title.
Yes, I know it’s Super Sunday. I’m going somewhere with this. Promise.
The Rebels had everybody back in 1991, and by the middle of that season were without question the best college team I have seen before or […]

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From the why we love high school sports dept.: The best two boys’ basketball teams in the powerful Mid-Penn Penn Conference this year have been CD East and Steel-High. Both lost this week to formerly-lowly Bishop McDevitt, which earlier this year lost to Middletown, which lost Saturday night to Elizabethtown, 9-9 overall, 5-7 in very […]

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If Pac Man Jones was a moth, strip clubs would apparently be flame. Why?
He’s a rich NFL player whose life is essentially a gangster rap video. Can’t he see all the naked girls he wants on a freelance basis?

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An important piece for Michigan State, C John Masters, left last week’s Purdue game with a leg injury. He’s questionable for Saturday.
As far as pro-Penn State factors in this matchup, that’s about it.
Michigan State has a history, or at least a reputation, for playing good opponents tough and then collapsing against people it should beat.
But […]

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The Penn State defense, especially the secondary, has taken on water the past couple weeks. The program overall has to be smarting from the pounding it took from Ohio State last week.
But Purdue is one of those BCS conference teams that goes to a bowl most every year, but is like 3-46 this century against […]

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It’s true that Ohio State has played a weak schedule and failed to dominate it. It had 10 straight three-and-outs vs. Akron, for example. It’s true that the Buckeyes’ ascent to the top of the BCS has had more to do with others slipping than with Buckeye brilliance.
But that’s no slight to Ohio State; it’s […]

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