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Couch potato

As the snow fell from the sky like cocaine in the promised land, I cursed the sporting gods as athletics stood at a standstill for the weekend. Between the mullet overload that was the Daytona 500 and the soap opera that was Tiger and Phil, there was little else to do but peruse the wide world of cable.

By the February 20, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

Our younger brother Michael told us on IM the other night that after reading Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero, the children of L.A. scare him. Why, we asked him. “They’re bisexual cokeheads with lots of money and whatnot,” he explained. Well, there are other children in L.

By the February 20, 2003

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Hoyas in the Pitts, suffer second loss to Panthers

Not much separated the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (11-11 overall, 3-8 Big East) from the No. 9 Pittsburgh Panthers (18-4 overall, 8-3 Big East) Tuesday night in the Hoyas 82-67 loss. Simply put, the Panthers came through in the clutch; the Hoyas didn’t.

By the February 20, 2003

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Hoyas fall to Rutgers, last in conference

The Hoyas have hit rock bottom.

With an ugly 66-59 loss on Tuesday night at Rutgers (11-10 overall, 3-6 Big East), Georgetown’s men’s basketball team (10-10 overall, 2-7 Big East) is in last place in the West Division, and in position to miss the Big East Tournament for the first time in history.

By the February 13, 2003

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Georgetown women drop to 4-6 in Big East

The Georgetown women’s basketball team was soundly defeated Wednesday night 78-46 at Virginia Tech. The loss, which marked the return of sophomore guard Sarah Jenkins to the starting lineup, leaves the Hoyas’ record at 13-8 (4-6 Big East).

Both teams were slow out of the gate, with Georgetown falling behind early.

By the February 13, 2003

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Analyze this: Hoyas vs. Irish

To many familiar with the men’s basketball team’s woeful season, the reasons behind the collapse are not obvious. At times the team has played as well as anyone in the country, making huge runs against quality teams like No. 7 Duke, No. 8 Pittsburgh and No.

By the February 13, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

There are many reasons why the Bengals should pass on Carson Palmer, first and foremost being that he’s a pretty boy. Second, the Heisman curse is bound to continue for this guy if the Bengals pick him up. Cincinnati is about as good at developing talent as they are at selling tickets, so bringing Carson into the mix is a lose-lose situation.

By the February 13, 2003

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He got quicks

After two and a half years in college, I’m finally a D1 Baller. No more intramurals at Yates Field House for me, I’m a real athlete now. Well, sort of. College basketball at the University College Dublin is a little different from in the States. But college ball is college ball, and over here I’m a superstar.

By the February 13, 2003

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Georgetown’s skid hits six of last seven

For the Georgetown men’s basketball team (10-8 overall, 2-6 Big East), the story is all too familiar: Junior power forward Mike Sweetney has an All-American-caliber game, but the Hoyas still lose in frustrating fashion.

This scenario held true this week as Georgetown lost at No.

By the February 6, 2003

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Joe Lang speaks out

Georgetown University Director of Athletics Joe Lang wants to win as much as any Hoyas fan. In an interview yesterday with campus newspapers, Lang, at times extremely emotional, conveyed his desire for every sport at Georgetown to be competitive.

By the February 6, 2003

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The ‘Worst in Sports’ awards

In honor of our men’s basketball team being the worst performing overtime team in recent history, I bring you a list of the worst in sports:

Worst Sports Innovation—Selling stadium naming rights. Yeah, the team gets over $100 million for the name, but names like Lincoln Financial Field and 3COM Park are destroying sports.

By the February 6, 2003

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Trash talk

Two weeks ago, the number of Georgetown students who knew who Athletic Director Joe Lang is and what he does for the University could have comfortably filled a Village C dorm room. Today he’s the only man who could unite this campus. In a frenzy of accusations, anyway.

By the February 6, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

February sucks, you say. The NFL playoffs are over, and there’s nothing going on until March Madness, right? NO!

You see, February is the grandest month for true fans, and by true fans I mean the good people who realize that football is almost as boring as hockey and that the two incarnations of the truest sport-basketball-are in full swing.

By the February 6, 2003

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Hoyas fall in OT, NCAAs in serious doubt

“The season’s not over,” said Georgetown Head Coach Craig Esherick after the Hoyas’ (10-6 overall, 2-4 Big East) 93-82 overtime loss to Seton Hall (8-9 overall, 3-4 Big East) last night at the MCI Center.

Unfortunately, with torturous, heartbreaking losses as the norm rather than the exception, it is becoming much harder to believe him.

By the January 30, 2003

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Esherick’s Island

Now sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a Georgetown team … They’re struggling through their ups and downs to try to reach a dream. Our season started out OK as Georgetown won eight straight, Although the teams the Hoyas played were really not that great.

By the January 30, 2003

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Hoyas mauled by Panthers

The Georgetown women’s basketball team lost their fourth straight game on Wednesday night at McDonough Arena as visiting Pittsburgh dominated the Hoyas 91-72. Sophomore guard Mary Lisicky led all scorers with 27 points in the defeat. The loss drops the Hoyas to 11-6 (2-4 Big East).

By the January 30, 2003

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Thank me later

Forget football. The game to which I devoted so much time, energy, and money for pitchers has broken my heart and left me for dead. As if it wasn’t bad enough that I went to the final game at the Vet expecting to tear up the seats as the final whistle blew, I had to then sit through a boring three-hour craptacle some people call the Super Bowl.

By the January 30, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

We just don’t get what all the fuss is about! People keep bitching and moaning about coaches and athletes like they’re doing something wrong, but we just don’t see it.

Yeah, so what if LeBron James has a $50,000 Hummer that he drives to school every day? Didn’t we all? And who cares if he hit another woman’s car and drove away … we’ve all been there.

By the January 30, 2003

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Men’s basketball .500 in Big East

And now the hard part.

Despite beginning Big East Conference action by suiting up against four of the lesser teams in the conference, Georgetown’s men’s basketball team (10-4 overall, 2-2 Big East) has too often resembled last year’s squad that was prone to late-game collapses.

By the January 23, 2003

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Evangelista perserveres in the pool

Georgetown senior Bryan Evangelista’s swimming career has been plagued by injuries. Coming out of high school he struggled with a nagging shoulder injury and this season he broke his hand. Through all this adversity, Evangelista has remained a positive and driving force behind the Georgetown swimming and diving program.

By the January 23, 2003