Posts by Shane Ryan
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Mid-Major Primer: The Wichita State Shockers
With an emphatic 21-point win over indie darling Creighton on Saturday, Wichita State poked a tentative head out from the underground tunnel of mid-major anonymity. The Shockers made their first appearance in the AP Top 25 poll this week, tied for 24th, and are looking more and more like a lock for the big dance. […]
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About Last Night: Linsanity!
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Linside the Air Canada Centre lin Toronto, the lindomitable Jeremy Lin linitiated the offense. Raptors defender Jose Calderon had a linkling — lindeed, a lincredibly strong linference — that a linstantaneous drive was linevitable. “He’s not so […]
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The Mysteries of Syracuse
Here are a few reasons why Syracuse’s 52-51 win at Louisville on Monday was a resounding positive: 1. Rick Pitino’s Cardinals were riding a six-game Big East winning streak and a seven-game run against Syracuse that dated back to 2007 (which prompted Jim Boeheim’s worst moment until his worst moment — start at 3:30). At […]
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About Last Night: Straight Comeback, Homey
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Monday was Randy Moss’ birthday, and he made the surprising announcement that he wants to play football next season. In a moment that was perhaps too candid, he asked, “anyone out there looking to ruin their NFL […]
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Is the ACC the Most Exciting Conference in Basketball?
Wild Wednesday sealed the deal. There was Duke’s stunning comeback at North Carolina and — on the very same night — Florida State’s improbable loss at Boston College. The two results may have changed the complexion of the conference race, but they only added to the increasingly exuberant ACC script. With Michigan State’s ugly win […]
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About Last Weekend: Tiger Tamed Once Again
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Phil Mickelson out-dueled Tiger Woods by 11 shots in the final round to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. At the press conference, an angry Woods said that the only reason Mickelson beat him is that […]
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About Last Night: When It Rains, It Pours in Boston
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and Pau Gasol had a crucial block at the buzzer as the Lakers edged the Celtics in overtime, 88-87. I’m not saying Boston has had a rough sports week, but Bill Simmons […]
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Austin’s First Miracle
The thing with objectivity, in sports journalism as in life, is that it’s a myth made to sustain something that’s already dead, and was never truly alive. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. Lying to you or lying to themselves, but lying either way. Everything is subjective, including your reaction to this opinion. Welcome to […]
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About Last Night: The Blue Devils in Full
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. After trailing by 10 with under three minutes to play, no. 9 Duke stormed back and beat no. 5 UNC with an Austin Rivers 3-pointer at the buzzer. And if the jokes suck today, it’s because I […]
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A Tale of Two Stars: Anthony Davis and Jared Sullinger
During the broadcast of Tuesday night’s Florida-Kentucky game, which the no. 1 Wildcats won handily, Dick Vitale told a story about Ohio State sophomore Jared Sullinger. Both Vitale and Sullinger were at the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year awards banquet this past April — Sullinger to receive the top prize, Vitale to receive a […]