Category: Sport
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Here’s the list of Thursday night games on ESPN, including USC’s game with Oregon State on Sept. 25.
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The New York Giants have just signed former Jaguars safety Sammy Knight to replace Gibril Wilson, who bolted to Oakland for big money over the weekend. Knight, 32, will be playing for his fifth team in 12 years. I don’t think he’s a huge downgrade from Wilson. Knight had four interceptions last season and has…
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They just completed a Notre Dame alumni golf outing in North Naples, Fla., and Ara Parseghian shared with the world what he said to Crewcut Charlie Weis. “Put big W’s up. That’s what I told him,” Parseghian said. “Get those wins. Sometimes it’s not always easy.” Parseghian, who had a sparkling 95-17 record as Fighting…
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Hawaii’s trip to the Sugar Bowl is even more remarkable after you take a tour of its facilities. In the locker room there are missing ceiling tiles, broken soap dispensers and inoperable fire alarms. In the weight room you’ll find damaged Olympic weights, cracked upholstery on machines and broken equipment. Hawaii is expecting to receive…
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All those paper fans featuring the head of Will Ferrell that were distributed at the Galen Center the past two weekends could not rescue Will Farrell’s new movie, “Semi-Pro” from a disappointing opening. The movie took in $15.3 million, about $10 million less than expected. “Will Ferrell is always a draw and audiences love him.…
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Everyone seems to have computer formula these days. But some systems engineer professors at Georgia Tech claim their system “consistently predicts NCAA basketball rankings more accurately than . . . even the tournament seeds themselves.” The LRMC methord says it was right 55-65 percent of the time in games where picked different winners than other…
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I have many fond memories of that game. I remember my friends and I standing on top of our seats, jumping up and down, and screaming our lungs out like everyone else in the stadium. Just like the description in the video says, that day the Coliseum was SEC loud.
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Those days of wishing you had a copy of the 1954 match-up between USC and Bradley in the NCAA Tournament are over thanks to the NCAA On Demand store. Unfortunately, there are no Division I-A football, er, bowl subdivision, or whatever the hell it’s called, DVD’s on sale but there are some gems to be…
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See the rest of the pictures over at USCRipsIt.com.
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Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas Very surprising that the first wide receiver the Broncos brought in for a visit was Keary Colbert. A former second-round pick, Colbert was nothing short of a complete bust in Carolina. Â After a decent rookie season, he struggled mightily. Colbert was given every chance to hold down a starting…
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Football cornerback Jim Abbott is also a walk-on outfielder on the baseball team. He made his first appearance last week at Florida International and a fly ball hit him the forehead, requiring several stitches.
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