Posts by Shane Ryan

  • Mason Plumblee, Jared Sullinger

    About Last Night: Blue Devils Bedeviled

    In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. In the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, no. 2 Ohio St. embarrassed no. 4 Duke 85-63. The Buckeyes dominated every facet of the game, and Jared Sullinger led his team with 21 points. After the game, 95 percent of […]

  • Austin Rivers

    Challenge Talk: An ACC Fan Gets Real With A Big Ten Fan

    In advance of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, which begins tonight, Shane Ryan and Mark Titus exchanged e-mails discussing Duke, Ohio State, the nature of the Challenge, and a few odds and ends, including a new game called Azerbaijan. And after much fanfare, picks were made.

  • Drew Brees

    About Last Night: Who Dat Killing The Giants?

    In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. Drew Brees threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as the Saints routed the Giants 49-24. After the running touchdown, he tried to dunk the ball over the goalposts, but was forced to settle for a […]

  • Tyrann Mathieu, Grant Cook

    College Football Recap: The Eye in the Storm

    After the frenetic highs of Week 12, Rivalry Week was a slow coming-down party. In 16 games involving ranked teams, there wasn’t a single upset — at least by the rankings. Most of the games weren’t even close. The rich got richer, the poor got poorer, and several avenues of escape were cut off.

  • Kevin Garnett

    About Last Weekend: The NBA Unlocked

    In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. The NBA is back! Pending ratification, a new labor agreement has been reached between players and owners that would allow for a 66-game season beginning on Christmas day. Which means that the first Christmas memory for […]

  • Maui Invitational: The Ongoing Thrill of Duke Guard Play

    Sports hatred, when directed en masse at a particular team, is rarely based on that team’s style of play. The Yankees hit a lot of fan-friendly home runs. Kobe Bryant’s appealing electricity was the engine of the recent Lakers’ titles. The Cowboys of Aikman, Irving, and Smith were high-scoring and never dull. And Duke — […]

  • College Football: The Rivalry Week Spectacular

    Rivalry Week is here, and there’s a lot more at stake than just pride. Which is great because, really, who cares about pride? Most of us threw that out the window when we went on welfare just so we could afford HBO. It’s the American story, folks. Don’t blame the messenger. Anyway, there are more […]

  • About Last Night: Blue Devils Love Them Some Maui

    In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. The no. 6 Duke Blue Devils are now 14-0 all-time at the Maui Invitational, beating no. 15 Michigan 82-75 to advance to the tournament final. After the game, Coach K phoned NCAA president Mark Emmert and literally […]

  • Fantasy Fantasy Football: The Experts’ Week 11 Picks

    It’s time again for the most important weekly feature on the Internet: Fantasy Fantasy Football. Throughout the NFL season, we’ll be evaluating five fantasy football gurus as they tell us who to start and sit each week. Using a highly flawed method based loosely on mathematical principles, we’ll attempt to reveal the one true football […]

  • Kansas, Georgetown

    Maui Invitational, Day 1: A Triumph of Discipline

    I realize A Triumph of Discipline sounds like a propaganda film from a particularly unsavory totalitarian regime. Luckily, what happened in Maui yesterday was a little less sinister. In essence, three of the four quarterfinal games involved a team with a defined system defeating a team with a looser style of play. Let’s start with […]

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