Posts by Shane Ryan
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Marcus Smart to College Basketball: Hello
The most interesting part of the Puerto Rico Tipoff championship game, which ended with a 76-56 Oklahoma State upset over no. 6 NC State, was always going to be the point guard duel: Wolfpack junior Lorenzo Brown vs. Cowboy freshman Marcus Smart. Brown emerged as one of the most exciting point guards at the end […]
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About Last Weekend: Oregon Quacks Themselves Out of the Title Game
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. No. 13 Stanford stymied no. 2 Oregon’s vaunted offense and all but ended the Ducks’ national title hopes with a 17-14 overtime upset. In what can only be called a copycat crime, an enraged Oregon fan […]
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Your Semi-Ignorant College Football Guide, Week 12
Guys, I’m not gonna put lipstick on the Week 12 pig. This is not a terrific Saturday. After several weeks of knocking us back on our heels with marquee game after marquee game, NCAA football is slumming it. This is the week when most SEC teams are playing what I think are high school squads, […]
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About Last Night: Miggy 1, Sabermetrics 0
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera won the AL MVP award, beating out Angels rookie Mike Trout by a healthy margin. And now it’s time for the ANGRY OLD SPORTSWRITER! “Look, I know all you stat nerds out there […]
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Uh-Oh, Wisconsin’s Vaunted Defense Looks Gassed
It’s only November 15, but there’s already a problem in Madison. 13, 8, 13, 67, 6, 2, 49, 19, 56, 5. Those numbers represent Wisconsin’s national defensive efficiency rankings under Bo Ryan since 2003, per Ken Pomeroy. (Ahem … defensive efficiency is a tempo-free stat that measures how many points a team concedes per 100 […]
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About Last Night: Dickey Delivers Knuckle Sandwich
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey capped off his improbable season by winning the NL Cy Young Award. “In frozen to name the scarlet lake we’ll posit terrible worsts or declare any ripple tentative by the queen devouring sensations […]
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The Devil You Know
Seth Curry’s senior season at Duke now includes an early win over young Kentucky.
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About Last Night: K.C. Can’t Stop Steelers
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons intercepted Chiefs QB Matt Cassel in overtime to set up a game-winning field goal in a 16-13 win, but Pittsburgh lost Ben Roethlisberger with a sprained shoulder in the third quarter. “I feel […]
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About Last Weekend: D’Lakers Pick D’Antoni
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. The L.A. Lakers hired former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni to replace Mike Brown. In his basement, Dwight Howard took down the complex pyramid of surveillance photos and connection lines and case […]
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College Basketball Preview: Top 10 Opening-Day Games
After weeks and weeks and months and metaphorical years and decades of reading offseason features like “Top 10 Undersize Left-Handed Combo Centers,” I am beyond excited to say the following words: COLLEGE A@#$5IOU()*)$*% BASKETBALL IS BACK!!! This year, the scheduling gods have put together what I consider the most attractive opening night of games since […]
