Category Archives: Other sports

Mark Cuban, the hyperactive owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has a blog. It’s actually pretty good, and it’s very much in line with the general blog philosophy of “a place for one’s ramblings”. He’s busy flogging his hobbyhorses of officiating … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ll be damned. University of Houston officials have called a news conference for this afternoon, presumably to name Tom Penders as the Cougars’ new head basketball coach. UH officials said Monday night the new coach will be introduced at 4:30 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, I got 22 out of a possible 32 in the first round of the NCAAs, putting me a solid 8th out of 9 in the BAN Hoops Contest. My sincere thanks to Jack for doing worse than I did. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Retrogrouch over at Barefoot and Naked is running an NCAA Tournament contest, which he’s opening up to bloggers and blog readers. I’ve filled out my bracket, which was ridiculously easy to do within the Yahoo! group. (I used to run … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, even though the teams I really care about are in the NIT, I’m looking forward as always to the NCAA basketball tournaments. Mostly because just about everyone who has any kind of case to make gets a shot at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Buried near the bottom of this rather pedestrian story about sex ‘n’ drugs ‘n’ stuff on the Bigtime College Athletics Recruiting Trail is a fairly sensible suggestion, made by UT Coach Mack Brown. UT and A&M are in unusual positions … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In case you’ve ever wondered, this is exactly the sort of thing that makes athletic directors chug Maalox. The president of a company that employs topless dancers said Tuesday his strippers have been hired by students at Rice University and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s never really too early for March Madness, is it? Here’s a study (PDF) by three liberal-arts economist types who claim that all regions’ seedings in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament have become less accurate over the past few years, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

If golfer Greg Norman had his way, the PGA Tour would permanently bar women from playing in its events. The Australian star dismissed women in men’s events as a marketing ploy, and said men’s tours should consider changing their bylaws … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It sure doesn’t suck to be Adam Vinatieri, does it? Two blown field goals and he comes out the hero anyway. Life is beautiful all the time. Was it just me, or was there a serious shortage of genuine, memorable, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nice to see that former Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is doing well after retiring from coaching due to health problems. Among other things, he’s attending basketball games as a fan and a scout. “Everybody likes to have some kind … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This story about women in executive positions with NFL teams is quite interesting. I knew about the Raiders’ Amy Trask – there was a Sports Illustrated profile of her awhile back in which she was described as “Al Davis in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Oh, good lord. The Chronicle has started a Super Bowl blog, just exactly the thing I was looking for to combat my ennui about the whole thing. As with their previous foray into blogging, they still haven’t quite grokked the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Write down the date and time: I’m officially tired of Super Bowl XVIII and all the hype surrounding it. If I never read one more story about fabulous celebrities and exclusive parties it’ll be too soon. And the next visiting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The worst-kept secret in college sports is apparently about to become official, as TCU is set to accept an invitation to the Mountain West Conference. After months of deliberating and number-crunching, Texas Christian University will accept an invitation next week … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Some rule changes for Division III sports: Eight Division III schools will be allowed to continue giving out scholarships for sports that compete in Division I, though no other Division III schools will be allowed to award athletic scholarships in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I know I speak for Rice fans everywhere when I say that the best thing about the recent trade that sent Moochie Norris to the Knicks is that it installs Mike Wilks as the Rockets’ backup point guard. This is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Here’s a great article on Dicky Maegle and Tommy Lewis, the two protagonists in the wildest play ever in college football. Lewis’ off-the-bench tackle of Maegle while Maegle was headed for a 95-yard touchdown run during the 1954 Cotton Bowl … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hawaii defeated Houston 54-48 in triple overtime in the Battle of the UHes yesterday. Congratulations to all of you who were wise enough to bet on the over. Continue reading →

From the Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time Dept: UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Bad Santa isn’t just a holiday movie. A seemingly harmless Christmas promotion arranged by the New York Islanders turned ugly, and all because of the team’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to St. John’s and their head coach John Gagliardi for doing what my Trinity Tigers could not do last year: beat the best team in college football in the Stagg Bowl for the Division III national championship. Yes, I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron’s John McClain notes that after this week, a dubious achievement will no longer be associated with Houston. If Detroit loses at Carolina, as expected, the Lions will own sole possession of a record they have shared with the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Trinity University men’s soccer team for winning their first national championship! They had a tough road to the title but came through in style. Talent and attitude helped Trinity win its first Division III national championship last … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Everyone takes their shots at the BCS today, from Dennis Dodd and Ivan Maisel to King Kaufman and John Lopez. I don’t think the problem here is strength of schedule, though Kaufman makes a great point about how a team … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You know, I don’t actually like Kansas State. I don’t like their coach, Bill “King Cupcake” Snyder, who’d schedule nonconference games at home against high school teams if he could. But when they can throw the entire BCS structure into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s a total tuque-a-rama in Quebec! MONTREAL (CP) – The Heritage Classic has made a simple Montreal Canadiens’ hat into the hottest product in Quebec. Demand has been “overwhelming” for the red, white and blue tuque with the Canadiens logo … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Rice MOB gets profiled by a classical music critic for the Star-Telegram, who was a member of the Baylor band 30 years ago. He did a pretty nice job of it, too, even if he didn’t include any of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Chron has a longish article about the prospects of an American sports franchise moving to or being founded in Mexico City. It has the standard reasons why a league (most likely the NBA or Major League Baseball) might do … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Rice has signed on the dotted line to join Conference USA, along with SMU and Tulsa, thus rejoining its former mates Houston and TCU. Rice University president Malcolm Gillis signed an agreement Friday with Conference USA, paving the way for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I caught a bit of this in the IHT earlier this week (thankfully, both our B&B and the hotel in Paris had this lifeline for me), but the story has advanced since the last I’d read of it. Apparently, the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I was going to do a rundown on Rush Limbaugh’s bad day yesterday, which included his resignation from ESPN and a screaming headline about allegations of drug abuse, but why bother when Eric McErlain’s on the case? He’s got all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Althea Gibson, the pioneering women’s tennis player who won two Wimbledon titles in the 1950s, died today at the age of 76. Gibson was the first black to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Doug proposes a let’s-do-it-and-get-it-over-with mega-conference realignment for college football that would get every Division 1A school into one of ten reasonably suitable groups, and throws in a possible playoff structure as a bonus. It’ll never happen, of course, since college … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via Eric McErlain comes this article by Allen Barra about WUSA’a demise. Barra makes a pretty good point in that in terms of league building, the WUSA was putting the cart before the horse. Lamenting the closure of the WUSA … Continue reading → Continue reading →