Posts by Shane Ryan

  • Match Play Madness: The Golf Season Starts Today

    It’s not just the elite 64-player field that makes the Accenture Match Play Championship great; the format is unlike anything else in the professional game. For golfers used to playing four-day stroke play events, it can seem seriously unfair.

  • Tyler Ennis Breaks Hearts: A Second-by-Second Analysis

    Watch the video of the entire endgame, and let’s go moment by moment, time-stamp-style, to celebrate his greatness, and, yes, revel in schadenfreude as the Orange Cooler visits his awful silence on an entire arena.

  • Wichita State: The Mid-Major You Can’t Ignore

    The age of being amused and delighted and a little bit condescending when small schools make the Final Four are over. We know these teams can win. We know they can make Final Fours. And we haven’t seen it yet in the modern era, but we know they can win a national title.

  • Surging Devils, Paper Panthers: Duke Routs Pitt

    This should have been the game when the whispers stopped and Pitt proved that it was more than a paper tiger.

  • Old Genius, New Genius: John Beilein and Nik Stauskas Lead the Michigan Resurgence

    What do you do when you lose Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the draft, and your new best player, a sophomore who was the best power forward in his class coming out of high school, tells you he’s opting for season-ending back surgery?

  • Wisconsin’s First Loss and the Value of the Road Win

    The Hoosiers upset the Badgers and blow the Big Ten wide open.

  • Adreian Payne

    Bedlam in Breslin: Michigan State Steals One at Home

    In the face of insanity, it’s important to start with logic. SO. The facts, as they will be presented in various media today, are that the Michigan State Spartans blew a late lead in regulation, barely survived to reach overtime, and then caught fire in the extra session in an eventual 72-68 home win against […]

  • Oregon

    About Last Night: Remember the Alamo

    In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota accounted for 386 total yards as the no. 10 Ducks routed the Texas Longhorns, 30-7, in the final game of Mack Brown’s Texas career. “Not exactly how I wanted to go out,” said […]

  • Aaron Rodgers

    About Last Weekend: The Pack Is Back

    In case you were out being thrown in jail while attempting to incite a Seahawks riot by overturning a vegan food truck, and using your one phone call to beg Shane to fill in for you on About Last Night, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend: Aaron Rodgers was spectacular in his […]

  • Duke

    December Turnaround: Duke Shows a Flash of Greatness

    There have been a lot of Duke teams that reach ACC play either undefeated or with one loss in the nonconference schedule. This year, though, the story has been turned on its head; despite the excellence of Jabari Parker, the best freshman in the nation, and the addition of transfer Rodney Hood, a dynamic offensive […]

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