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Doug Gottlieb...for all the transfers under former coach Eddie Sutton: The staff must do its homework to make...was originally a late signee for ISU coach Greg McDermott and played the 3 and the 4...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2009
Rice swung and missed on Jeter
Buster OlneyOn a Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, I happened across a YES Network broadcast of Yankee Ron Guidry's 18-strikeout game against the California Ang...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2009
Five thoughts and a weekend preview
Doug GottliebFive random thoughts: 1. Lance Stephenson goes for 31 and his Brooklyn high school team loses by 20 on ESPN. Yup, that is about right. 2. Brandon Je...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 12, 2008
Not superstars, but super value
Doug Gottlieb...best shooter you have never heard of is Keiton Page, a local legend in Pawnee, Okla. Sean Sutton had him come up to Gallagher-Iba Arena as a sophomore for an unofficial visit. The coaching...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2008
Gerrity's decision to leave Charlotte is puzzling
Doug GottliebMike Gerrity is transferring to Biola University in Los Angeles. Who is Mike Gerrity? Gerrity was a tremendous high school point guard for Gary M...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 22, 2008
Monday Mendozas
...there haven't been many pitchers as durable as Glavine, but Warren Spahn, Don Sutton, Steve Carlton, and (still) Greg Maddux were also extraordinarily durable. • Did Ralph Kiner hit the longest home run...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2008
Thursday's Big 12 tourney preview
Fran FraschillaHere's a preview of the Big 12 tournament, which starts on Thursday in Kansas City. No. 8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State (ESPN2, 12:30 p.m. ET) ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2008
Mets hunting for innings-eater
Alex Rodriguez has dominated the early offseason conversation for the Mets, who will check in on the third baseman's open house here in Orlando, Fla. ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2007
Early-entry decisions paid off
NEW YORK -- And now for a quick look at how some of the early-entrants fared in the NBA draft. • Sean Williams had no choice. The former Bost...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2007
Useless Rarities of the Week
We're not sure how to explain this. But all of a sudden, it's Time Warp Week in the big leagues. A closer starts pitching like it's 1977 again. A per...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2007
Weather, offenses about to heat up
Many of the Cardinals and Pirates played in shirt sleeves Tuesday, with the temperature at around 74 degrees. The warm days are coming, and the hitter...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 18, 2007
Early-season one-hit wonders
...Andy Ashby, Derek Lowe, Frank Castillo) • 1995: 6 (Greg Maddux, Aaron Sele, Kevin Appier, Juan Acevedo, Hideo Nomo, Butch Henry) • 1975: 5 (Don Sutton, Terry Forster, Charlie Williams, Bill Castro, Mike Norris) •...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 12, 2007
The universal nature of baseball
...He loved the game, was awed by the ability of those who played it well. How does Greg Maddux get the movement on his fastball, he would ask, or maybe he would want to chat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2007
On Blyleven's candidacy
...done that 14 times; Roger Clemens 38. Nolan Ryan did this 23 times; Fergie Jenkins 18; Don Sutton 6, Ron Guidry 11, Randy Johnson 35; Blyleven, 12 times. In his second year on the Hall...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 09, 2007
Wazzu's Bennett deserves props
...Oklahoma State's win over Syracuse, but Tony Bennett needs to get his due, just as Sean Sutton has. Bennett, in a situation similar to Sutton's, has taken over for a legendary father and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 07, 2006
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