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The Sports Sermon

You may not have heard of Mary Ellen Clark. During the 1990s, she was one of the premier Olympic divers in the United States, and I—for no apparent reason outside her ability to kick a lot of post-communist posteriors and emerge from the water looking like she’d spent the day in an Icelandic spa—idolized her.

By admin September 6, 2007

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The Buzbee buzz: Georgetown son takes on the NFL, real world

Ask anyone related to Georgetown football about Alex Buzbee, and you’ll hear the same refrain: he’s a hard worker and he leads by example.

By Anthony Francavilla September 6, 2007

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Georgetown sailing: no scurvy here

Contact with Georgetown’s various athletes is an inevitable occurrence. There is seldom a day when one can’t hear or see the football team practicing on Harbin Field or watch one... Read more

By Anthony Francavilla August 30, 2007

Sports

Switch Hitting: a weekly take on sports

With the first pick of the 1999 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns selected Tim Couch, a quarterback from the University of Kentucky.

By Mike Kuebler August 30, 2007

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Football and fish: that’s what Finland does

Senior quarterback Matt Bassuener can normally set his schedule by the sun. Sunrise: hit the weights for a good lift and dissect defenses on tape during a team meeting before... Read more

By Phil Perry August 30, 2007

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The Sports Sermon

Brady Quinn’s new hazing-induced haircut isn’t the only piece of titillating news on sports fans’ minds in my hometown.

By admin August 30, 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Americans should thank Michael Vick for restoring the sanctity of American sports. Our recent national foray into the underbelly of athletics is wholly unnatural, as we are a people who... Read more

By admin August 24, 2007

Sports

Roy Meets World: Team USA Hits Brazil

While most Hoyas spent their summers fetching coffee or lounging at the beach, Roy Hibbert (COL ‘08) spent his break in the standard fashion of preternaturally tall, phenomenally talented human beings: playing basketball in South America with Team USA.

By Michael Kuebler and Clare Malone August 24, 2007

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Houghton leads Hoyas into the fray

Charlie Houghton is a complicated guy. One of those soft-spoken, deep-thinking types who doesn’t say much. Carefully crafting every thought and phrase, he’s even-keeled, setting his own pace. His feet, on the other hand, are usually moving much faster than his mouth.

By Phil Perry August 24, 2007

Sports

Switch Hitting: A weekly take on sports

“Boyhood dreams, a bat made from a tree struck by lightning and most importantly, a never-ending passion for the game.” So goes the tagline for Barry Levinson’s iconic 1984 cinematic adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s baseball novel, The Natural, the story of Roy Hobbs’ journey from young pitching phenom to middle-aged outfield hero. Fast-forward 23 years, subtract the magical bat, add some perseverance and determination, and this fictional feel-good story about overcoming adversity takes on a very real dimension in the form of St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder Rick Ankiel.

By John Cantalupi August 24, 2007

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A new era for Hoya field hockey?

Georgetown’s field hockey team confronted a tough quandary at the beginning of August when eight-year Head Coach Laurie Carroll announced her resignation in the last week of July. Her assistant coach Homero Pardi walked away with her. Two weeks later the Hoyas announced Tiffany Marsh as the new Head Coach and Emily Beach as her assistant.

By Liz Kuebler August 24, 2007

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Soccer slips up in PA

Mother Nature had her say in the Georgetown Men’s Soccer season-opening exhibition on Tuesday, providing a slick stage for the Hoyas’ 1-0 loss to Penn State.

By Anthony Francavilla August 24, 2007

Sports

The Empire strikes back: Hoya croquet

Two framed pictures of Archie Peck and David Bent hang on the wall of the “Croquet House,” a townhouse on 37th street where five Georgetown University Croquet Society members live.

By Sam Sweeney May 3, 2007

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Track gets set for post-season

The Georgetown Track and Field Team’s regular season came to an end last Saturday at the Penn Relays. The real competition heats up in post-season play beginning later this week.

By Liz Kuebler May 3, 2007

Sports

Lax lacking at inaugural BE tourney

As one of the nation’s elite lacrosse teams, the Lady Hoyas entered the first ever Big East Women’s Lacrosse Tournament as the number one seed.

By David Dietz May 3, 2007

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The Sports Sermon

There is something mind-altering about the lights on Kehoe Field.

By admin May 3, 2007

Sports

Gettin’ a Wiff of it

On a cliff to the north of Florence, overlooking the Arno River, there’s something absurd afoot.

By Phil Perry May 3, 2007

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Freshmen shine for the Hoyas

Last weekend, when the Hoya Baseball team (14-25, 3-11 BE) lost their three-game series to Big East foes St. John’s (24-12, 11-4 BE), the sweep was not so much a triumph for the Red Storm as it was a heartbreak for the Hoyas. Though St. John’s dominated the series opener 16-0, Georgetown came back in the second game, only to lose in the ninth inning, 8-2. In the third game, the Hoyas took the game to 11 innings before losing 4-2.

By Kathryn Brand April 26, 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

D.C. soccer fans have had the Aug. 9 match-up against the Los Angeles Galaxy circled on their calendars ever since the club announced the signing of English superstar David Beckham in January. But thanks to recent acquisitions under the MLS’s new “Beckham Rule,” D.C. fans will be graced by international quality much sooner.

By Anthony Francavilla April 26, 2007