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Players may strike out I agree with critics who say that professional athletes are overpaid, though I can live with that. What I can’t live with is major league baseball players going on strike because they don’t believe that they are being paid enough. Click here for story Barry Bonds Bonds is a dangerous hitter and every time he gets up to the plate people watch to see him swing the bat and do his famous walk down to first base as he watches the ball sale over the fence. His success is the best thing that has happened to baseball in a long time. Click here for story. Mets have visions of Series Will the “New-Look” Mets live up to
the expectations of fans and journalists? Not a Knight in shining armor ESPN's first made-for-TV movie demonstrates former Indiana Coach Bobby Knight’s temper on the basketball court and reveals his soft side off the court – and does a credible job of portraying Knight, played perfectly by actor Brian Dennehy.Click here for story Notre Dame football isn't what it used to be Being the football coach at Notre Dame used to be a privilege. Coaches used to dream of having the chance to coach the Fighting Irish, but the prestige of the job has weakened lately. Click here for story College hoops: a season of upsets It’s the beginning of the college basketball season and for those die hard college b-ball fans it is a new year for their teams.Anything can happen in college athletics -- that’s what makes them so fun and unique. We’ve already had indications that this college basketball season is going to be like no other. Click here for storyHow Coach Calhoun put the puzzle pieces together Coach Jim Calhoun seemed to be the only one who knew the 1998-99 UConn team would be there at the end, competing for a national championship. He guided his team as if they were really a group of huskies attached to a sled. He let them go and then when they got too cocky and excited he pulled on the rope to hold them back. When the championship game came around, Calhoun was ready -- he’d been preparing for years for that moment. He let go of the rope and let his team explode. Click here for story |
Cards' Kile dies at 33 We sit in front of our televisions and watch these miraculous athletes perform every night with perfection, and think of them as invincible. They cannot be touched, but they can. Click here for story Red Sox could shake curse It’s ironic that the Red Sox’s season starts on April 1, April Fools’ Day. The Red Sox have had one disappointing season after another. It makes you wonder if the Baseball Gods cast a spell on the Red Sox. Click here for story Super Bowl win no shock to Patriots As Coach
Bill Belichick’s decision to let Tom Brady try to score from all the way
down at New England's 17 yard line with 1:30 to go in the game was so daring
that Fox Sports announcer John Madden, an expert of the game, told fans he
disagreed with it. The coach’s move was risky. It was dangerous. But it was what the Patriots had done all year. With Bird on guard, Huskies will soar The UConn women’s basketball team in the last decade has been as dominant as when Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls.The University of Connecticut is known across the country as having one of the best women’s basketball programs. |
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T.J. O'Connor is a sophomore at Avon (Conn.) High School.
