That's right, I'm bringing back +ACI-What-If.+ACI But instead of me writing a What-If for every team, most of which just won't be all that interesting, I want to read some other What-If stories. So here's the detailed question: What if your favorite franchise could change a pivotal moment from within … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
Cage Warriors Adds Pair of Bantamweight Fights to Dec. 7 Card
Howarth Niedzwiedz Europe+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s bantamweight talent will take the stage December 7th. Cage Warriors announce two female bouts for their card+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-in Newcastle, England. +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Ultimate Fighter+ACY-rdquo+ADs hopeful+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-Laura Howarth will take on+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Emma Delaney, while Polish sensation … [Read more...]
Storm 2013 Exit Interviews: All-Star Sue Bird returns to play after offseason knee surgery
Series Note: The Storm was swept in the opening-round of the WNBA playoffs by Minnesota on Sept. 22. Game 2 was played at the Tacoma Dome due to a scheduling conflict at the team's KeyArena court by one of its sponsors, Microsoft. Minnesota went on to win the WNBA championship as Seattle players … [Read more...]
‘No Apologies’ football film still winning awards
Keeping with the Aussie theme for today, the football doco No Apologies picked up two awards at the Southhampton International Film Festival.+ACY-nbsp+ADs-You might remember a few posts on here about No Apologies - a doco following two Australian Aboriginal girls to the 2011 FIFA World Cup.+ACY-nbsp+ADs-They won … [Read more...]
Previewing Women’s basketball The American: University of Memphis
The Memphis Tigers hope a change of scenery will cure what ails them+ADs namely, not playing in the NCAA tournament+ACY-nbsp+ADs-since 1998. They have played in three straight WNIT tournaments but have not found much success there as the Tigers have bowed out in the first round twice and the second round … [Read more...]
7 Skills Every Hockey Player Must Work On (and Why)
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to watch two of the best women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s college hockey teams in the States +ACY-ndash+ADs University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota-Duluth +ACY-ndash+ADs face-off against each other in a double-header. At the time, both teams were ranked +ACM-1 and +ACM-2 in the … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - The First XI for October 31, 2013 - (1) Virginia vs (10) Virginia Tech [UPDATING]
+ACY-nbsp+ADs (Check back later in the day for previews of the later games.) (1) Virginia vs (10) Virginia Tech +ACY-ndash+ADs 7:00 PM Virginia Tech is all that stands between Virginia and a previously unthinkable accomplishment. Most felt that the ACC title battle would be a war of attrition that would go down … [Read more...]
Senior CLASS Award 2014 candidates announced
The preseason candidates:Name Position SchoolGennifer Brandon Forward CaliforniaHeather Butler Guard UT MartinAlyssa Charlston Post IdahoHallie Christofferson Forward Iowa StateJerica Coley Guard FIUAllyson DiMagno Forward CornellAlexis Dobbs Guard AmericanStefanie Dolson Center … [Read more...]
Some sad news among the goodies
More injuries and illnesses:Notre Dame senior forward Natalie Achonwa will miss 4-6 weeks with a meniscus tear.Kentucky freshman forward Kyvin Goodlin-Rogers is out for the season after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism this week.Other college news:The Lady Vols are hoping better unity … [Read more...]