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College basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Head coaches at the Division I level receive excellent compensation, as do many of their staff members. The composition of the coaching staff is a confusing subject for the average fan. This article will clarify the role of the head coach, assistant associate …
Bad Boy Birmingham Bulls of the WHA 1977-78
The 1977-78 season was the penultimate of the World Hockey Association. The Birmingham Bulls may have been trying to take a page out of the Philadelphia Flyers book from a few years earlier. However, the bullying and harassment from Birmingham did not earn them a championship. The Bulls were led by Ken ‘The Rat’ Linseman, …
Crazy World Series between Los Angeles and Houston recalls a crazy 1993 showdown
Game 5 of the 2017 World Series ended with the most runs scored in the Fall Classic in more than twenty years, a ten-inning affair that also set a record number of home runs. Yet a memorable World Series game saw the two pennant winners cross the plate nearly thirty times, and they managed to …
China Sports Facts
DID YOU KNOW … Yao Ming is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the NBA (National Basketball Association). Like Dikembe Mutombo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Tracy Mc Grady (United States) and Luis Scola (Argentina), he is one of the best players in the world. Liu Xiang won the gold …
The midpoint of the baseball season is July 4, not the All-Star break.
The All-Star break has always been considered the halfway point of the baseball season, but the fact is that all teams have played more than half of their games the week before. A more accurate marker of the midpoint of the Major League season would be July 4. Here in 2016 alone, all teams have …
2008 Houston Texans Preliminary Report
The Houston Texans have yet to win a Super Bowl, a conference championship or even a divisional title. On the other hand, it should also be remembered that the Houston Texans have a relatively short history, having first formed in 2002. The creation of this team gave Texas a second reason to be proud, in …
Major League Baseball Predictions 2009
Here are my predictions for the upcoming baseball season. Division winners through the World Series. Let me know what you think! NL East – New York Mets – The Mets might have the best bullpen back in the league. Acquiring JJ Putz and K-Rod in the offseason solved the Achilles heel of the 2008 Mets. …
Casey Stengel, legendary throwback manager of the New York Yankees
In a sport famous for its colorful characters, Casey Stengel was one of a kind. Stengel was an imaginative storyteller who had one of the best minds in baseball in history. Stengel was just as likely to fake a faint at a referee’s call as to declare a squeeze play in a critical situation to …
College Football 2007: There are poll hopefuls, 9 of the top 25 teams get a reality check
(Editor’s note: All rankings used in this article are from the AP Top 25 survey and all equipment rankings used are from Sagarin, the gold standard among ranking services.) In the world of college football there are hopefuls and hopefuls. Nine of the top 25 AP teams and 3 of the top 5 received a …
Who was the Steelers’ favorite catcher Terry Bradshaw?
The Pittsburgh Steelers had an incredible run of successes in the 1970s and it can all be attributed to a great coach and an incredibly talented roster. On both sides of the ball, offensive and defensive, the team had several players who would eventually rise to the Professional Football Hall of Fame. One of the …