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Hoops is here

Hoops hysteria is upon us. Well, maybe not hysteria, but hyper-sensitivity at least. With the Kobe Bryant trial and concurrent Kobe-versus-Shaq star wars taking place, the Staples Center just overstepped Hollywood and Vine to become the melodrama center of So-Cal.

By the October 30, 2003

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Football falls to league powerhouse Lehigh

Throughout the season, the Georgetown football team has dug itself into more holes than a confused Labrador searching for a bone in its backyard. Saturday was no different for the Hoyas, as an early fumble and two quick punts led to three unanswered Lehigh touchdowns, and a 45-24 loss at the hands of the Mountain Hawks.

By the October 30, 2003

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Da Scoop: Women’s soccer ends season with a win

Women’s Field Hockey (5-12-0)

The Georgetown field hockey team suffered two losses this past week to Temple and Appalachian State. The team failed to hold on to a 2-0 lead against the Mountaineers, losing 5-2 on Friday. On Sunday the Hoyas dropped a 3-1 decision to Temple.

By the October 30, 2003

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Drew or Zo: Pick your poison

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH The Hoyas may not enter Harbin Field through a shroud of smoke and hoopla as many of today’s top Division I football programs do. Nonetheless, Head Coach Bob Benson’s squad fields a pair of quarterbacks who possess the same multi-faceted arsenal as many of the football slingers for the nation’s largest programs.

By the October 30, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

“Right now I can’t do it. I honestly can’t do it.” – Atlanta Falcons quarterback Mike Vick

Eagles and Giants fans, let out a big breathe of fresh air. Mike Vick won’t be returning till at least December. Your match-ups with the Falcons over the next two weeks looks safe.

By October 30, 2003

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Hoyas turn season around at Cornell

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH The U.S. News and World Report and Atlantic Monthly college rankings may regard Cornell higher than Georgetown, but the Hoyas football team made a powerful statement of athletic superiority on Saturday, routing the Big Red squad 42-20.

By the October 23, 2003

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Men’s soccer heats up in Big East play

The Georgetown men’s soccer team has found that loving feeling or whatever it was that they lost during the past two weekend home games, defeating the Syracuse Orangemen this Saturday 4-1 on North Kehoe Field to inch closer to the .500 mark.

Following the team’s first win in three games last Wednesday at Villanova, the Hoyas won their second straight Big East match with a brilliant second half performance against Syracuse.

By the October 23, 2003

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Midnight Madness fun for all

The Georgetown men’s and women’s basketball seasons officially got under way last Friday night at McDonough Arena. This year’s Midnight Madness, coming off the heels of a bizarre off-season, gave anxious Hoyas fans their first glimpse at the athletes competing in the school’s most notable sport.

By the October 23, 2003

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What is a sport

Is figure skating a sport? No. How about croquet? Yes. Boxing? Questionable. Beirut/Beer Pong? Definitely.

So goes one of the oldest questions floating throughout the world of athletics: what is a sport?

Upon first thought, it doesn’t seem to be a very pressing question.

By the October 23, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

“I want out, trade me to Dallas.” – Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon “Trade me to Dallas.” Who would have thought those words would ever be echoed by one of the NFL’s premier running backs in the year 2003? Corey finally woke up and realized that he plays for the Bungals, but why didn’t he do something about it when he was a free agent two years ago? Dillon could have gone to a handful of premier teams for a boatload of benjamins, but he resigned with the Bungals.

By October 23, 2003

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Hoyas dominate in Homecoming rout

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH There were no fireworks scheduled for Georgetown’s homecoming on Saturday, but the Hoyas football team provided their own in a 49-21 romp against the overwhelmed Stony Brook Seawolves.

By the October 16, 2003

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Third time’s the charm for men’s soccer

In the past week the Hoyas faced three tough opponents in Maryland, Pittsburgh and Villanova. Though playing tough throughout all three games, they managed only one win, dropping their record to 5-7-2 overall, and 2-5 in Big East play.

Last Wednesday, in front of a rowdy crowd at Ludwig Field in College Park, Md.

By the October 16, 2003

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Volleyball, tennis fall

Women’s volleyball (6-14, 1-5 Big East)

The Georgetown women’s volleyball team fell on the road to Virginia Tech 3-1 on Sunday. The Hoyas were down two games before rallying to take the third, 30-26. With the momentum on their side, the Hoyas jumped to a 12-3 lead in the fourth game.

By the October 16, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

C’mon, give Stevie a break, Cubs fans. He didn’t cost you a chance at the World Series. Catching a foul ball is on every die-hard sports fans list. He didn’t muff a potential inning-ending double play ball or give up nine runs in one inning. The loss wasn’t his fault! Even so, we wouldn’t trade places with that man for all the beer steins in Munich.

By October 16, 2003

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Basebrawl

You’ve seen the highlight over and over again. Manny Ramirez, expecting retaliation from a Karim Garcia plunking, taking exception to a high fastball from the Rocket. Pedro Martinez throwing a charging 72-year-old Don Zimmer to the ground like an empty bottle of Preparation H.

By the October 16, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

“Is Lavar jealous that he cant play offense. Is he jealous that he can’t get right. Tell ‘Cant Get Right’ that his plate is full. It’s a little bit too much to take me on”-Tampa bay DE Warren Sapp Warren sure does love to lay the smack down. Redskins fans can’t be happy with that.

By October 9, 2003

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Seats taken

October perennially seems to be the month when the bandwagon pulls out of the garage and makes its stops, picking up the derelicts who wait on the street corner for their team to finally come around. Ahh, the bandwagon, that rollicking inferno that sets ablaze a never-before-seen passion in lost and wayward fans.

By the October 9, 2003

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Efficient Hoyas get it done at Lafayette

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH Georgetown football finally got into the win column with, according to Head Coach Bob Benson, a “resilient and persistent” effort last Saturday in a 17-10 victory over a talented Lafayette Leopard squad. The win, the season’s first both overall and in Patriot League play, was capped on a 14-play, 95-yard drive at the midway point of the fourth quarter of what Benson called a “great team win.”

By the October 9, 2003

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Hoyas fall to Friars, No.2 Terps up next

Following their blowout of the Virginia Military Academy on Wednesday night, the Georgetown men’s soccer team endured a harrowing 3-1 loss to Big East opponent Providence Saturday under piercing sun at North Kehoe Field.

In the first half, the Hoyas displayed immense vigor and team harmony on the field as they held the Friars off the scoreboard and away from senior goalkeeper Tim Hogan’s box, holding Providence to only one shot.

By the October 9, 2003

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Red Sox & Cubs vs. the curse

You my boy Derek Lowe. You saved me from going into a catatonic trance on Monday night. I’d been shaking because I had to watch my beloved Beantown baseballers let a three run lead dwindle to one, and with men on first and second and only one out, I was sure we were doomed to spend another off-season in the dumps.

By the October 9, 2003