Category Archives: Wide World Of Sports

Clips with Coach: DRAGONS SLAY CARDINALS

Photo courtesy of Kentucky.com

Huge upset in College Basketball last week that did not receive its just do, and this blog is intended to rectify that – or as Sarah Palin would say, “refudiate” it. Nothing wrong with a new coinage every now and then. Let us remember that “spork” has not been part of our vocabulary for very long (Editor’s Note: spork has been a part of my vocabulary my entire life – just FYI).

Last Tuesday, while Coach Rick Pitino was working his bolt to coach the Puerto Rican Olympic Team (how jealous of Coach K must he be to do that? I have heard of kids going to med school in the Caribbean when they get shut out in the States, but this is ridiculous), Coach Bruiser Flint (Hoops Report National Coach of the Week) was preparing his Drexel Dragons to knock off the #20 Louisville Cardinals. That’s right – they went into the brand new KFC (aka Yum Yum) Center and knocked Louisville out of the ranks of unbeatens, 52-46. And we all thought Ricky P. did his best work in restaurants (Editor’s Note: oh no he didn’t).

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Clips with Coach: CAN/WILL DUKE RUN THE TABLE?

Irving at Oregon (AP/Troy Wayrynen)

Editor’s Note: Apparently I have great influence, because my dad, former college basketball coach Denny Carroll, has decided he needs to be a blogger. So I’m going to help him get some practice (we’re talking about practice).

Feedback is welcome, but only if it’s nice.

Prior to Duke freshman phenom Kyrie Irving going down with a toe injury, there were some rumblings among college basketball writers about the possibility of Duke accomplishing the same memorable feat Coach K’s mentor (General Robert Montgomery Knight) did with the Indiana Hoosiers in ’76, i.e. “Run the Table” (undefeated NCAA Champs!).

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Guy of the Month: Brian Rose

Name: Bri-man
Age: 24
Occupation: Fun Team Intern for the Hudson Valley Renegades
Likes: Army, the Yankees, Mount St. Mary’s College Blue Knights, the NFA GoldBacks, and the Hudson Valley Renegades
Loves: family, tailgating, Walt Disney World, and friendship
Dislikes: Anyone who beats Army in football and the Red Sox (me too Brian!)

As Highland Falls prepares for the mass exodus to Philadelphia tonight for the Army-Navy game, it seems only appropriate that December’s Guy of the Month honor be awarded to the greatest Army football fan I know, Brian Rose.

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