Tom Bosco

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The Sports Sermon: Spring break 09!

During my spring break road trip, I got stuck in a car. The car didn’t break down, nor was I in traffic. The situation was much more dire. I was stuck in the middle of Syracuse hell.

By March 19, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: C.R.E.A.M, dolla dolla billz, y’all

Despite being a white 44-year-old, Washington Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder’s life seems to be based around the most popular lyric from Shaolin’s illest crew, the Wu-Tang Clan: “Cash rules everything around me.”

By March 5, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: The name game

Misnomers are common in the English language. Some blackboards are green; people drive on a parkway; and yes, there really is a boy named Sue. Today, you can add “D.C. United” to that list.

By February 26, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: A National change of culture

Barack Obama’s mantra of “change” has already saturated Washington, D.C. To the great pleasure of District sports fans, it seems to have permeated more areas than simply politics—just look at the Washington Nationals.

By February 19, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: Super Smash Bros.

Issei Nino (COL ‘12) might seem like your typical, over-achieving Georgetown student. He speaks English, French, Japanese, and Spanish fluently and is currently studying Chinese; he’s a regular stud at pick-up basketball games at Yates Field House; he’s a personable, good-looking kid. But Nino’s most prized talent is not gifted athleticism or scholarly acumen. He is a Super Smash Brothers demigod.

By February 12, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: Lack of mental focus

If a basketball game were a staring contest, the Hoyas would have blinked first everytime during their recent five-game losing streak.

By February 5, 2009

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What Rocks? Victor Lopez-Cantera

The old adage says the harder you work, the luckier you get. If that is true, freshmen swimmer Victor Lopez-Cantera is very, very lucky. Lopez-Cantera swam his way past the competition for victories in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly in this past Saturday’s dual meet against St. Bonaventure Unive

By January 29, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: So long regular season

This Sunday, around 200 million people across the globe will sit back on their recliners and watch the Super Bowl, the self-proclaimed greatest sporting event in the world.

By January 29, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: Dear Mr. President

Dear Mr. President, Christmas may be well past, but you (and other Obama faithful) seem to be in the spirit of giving.

By January 22, 2009

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The Sports Sermon: Monroe’s flaw

The next time you have a chance to watch a Georgetown basketball game on television, sit back, relax, and listen to every broadcaster announce to the world that Greg “The Doctrine” Monroe is the best freshmen in the country. Monroe-mania has taken hold of announcers like Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas, among others, who yak on and on about Monroe’s superb court vision and ability to facilitate Georgetown’s Princeton style offense.

By January 15, 2009