Yesterday the barrel racing community - particularly our community in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia - lost a great one. Jack Schweiger passed away after a long battle with cancer Wednesday, March 30, 2011. He was 71. As a kid, Jack and his daughters Kelley Jones and Sue Bologna welcomed me … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2011
Tara the Terrible’s sense of humor
Whenever C and R run into Stanford women's basketball fans, we inevitably talk about Stanford Head Coach Tara VanDerveer. And for those who have been lucky enough to meet her, all remark on her sense of humor, something that does not show when she is on national TV sitting on the bench. … [Read more...]
Track & Field: Who’s Racing Where This Weekend
Want to know where the top college athletes are going to be competing this weekend? It's all here.I've done a rough rating of the top ten in each individual event, men and women, and scoured schedules and entry lists and heat sheets to find out who's doing what.100 meters1. Jeff Demps (Fla) - … [Read more...]
Silly Girl Design boarders and the Orange County Skate League
Sarah +ACI-crash+ACI Thompson competes in the OCSL and some of her friends and board sponsor Silly Girl Design, came out to support her. What is OCSL? (Orange County Skate League) OCSL is a private non profit dedicating to developing skateboard teams at the schools in OC. How many girls are in OCSL? Silly … [Read more...]
Political contributions and $200 taxi rides: Fiesta fires its CEO
We're not talking about something of the stature of the green sport coats awarded to the winners of the Masters, but in college football circles, everyone seemed to be happy when the yellow jackets showed up in your town. Those coats belong to the folks who run the Fiesta Bowl, one of our designated … [Read more...]
Pitching - How to get more strikeouts
Baseball of Famer, Warren Spahn once said +ACI-Hitting is timing, pitching is upsetting timing.+ACI If you want to get more strikeouts and more wins this season, find another way to upset the timing of the hitters you face. One super simple way to do this is vary the length of your set. Some pitchers … [Read more...]
Around the WNBA: League is feeling a draft
If only NCAA tournament bracket picks were this easy. Based on a WNBA pre-draft teleconference call, the first two slots are filled and there shouldn't be any surprises. The picks are also your best bets for +ACI-franchise+ACI players as the remaining teams will fill need and add depth with their … [Read more...]
Billie Ann Sexton on Mental Toughness in Texas Rodeo
Imagine … [Read more...]
Brianna Glenn’s Blog: Counting Calories
The other day I decided to download a calorie counter app on my ipad. My reason for doing this started off as curiosity of what percentage my diet broke down to, in terms of protein, carbs, and fat. What I was going to do with this information once I had it was still unclear, but knowing seemed … [Read more...]
WNIT Final Set, Toledo vs. USC on Saturday
Toledo beats Charlotte, 83-60 USC beats Illinois State, 63-36 USC travels to Toledo to play the Rockets in the championship at 3 p.m. ET Saturday on CBS College Sports Game recaps Toledo, Southern Cal roll into WNIT final (womensnit.com) Toledo Wins, Will Host WNIT Championship+ACE- … [Read more...]