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Patrick Ewing for Head Coach

As a young sports fanatic growing up in Brooklyn, I had many New York sports heroes. Don Mattingly, Mark Messier, Lawrence Taylor … the list goes on. One man however, stood above them all, literally and figuratively. This man was a 7-foot-tall Jamaican basketball player out of Georgetown University.

By the March 6, 2003

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Name game

Yes, I know corporate stadium names are old news. Corporate America sucked the life and tradition out of America’s Pastime (among other less-official pastimes) long ago, and I frankly never really cared. The Enron Field fiasco was pretty funny, after all.

But that was before Jerry Reinsdorf got wise to all this.

By the March 6, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

This week, the Serm sent an emissary to Assembly Hall at Indiana University to report what it was like to go to a game at a school that actually has successful basketball program, as well as a team that took three-point shots and actually made them.

While there is a lot of “Fire Esherick” sentiment going around these days, the Serm feels there is more to the problem: Fans, you need to get your asses in gear.

By the March 6, 2003

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Growing Pains

Over the last 20 years, Georgetown has built a new student center, an Intercultural Center, and a dormitory. Over the next 10 years, the University wants to build a Performing Arts Center, a new facility for the McDonough School of Business and a new science building.

By the February 27, 2003

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The Sports Sermon

When we say dynasty, what pops into your mind? The Bulls? The Yankees? Bad soap operas?

Well, how about a women’s basketball team? No? Am I exposing your innate gender preferences, your enormous lack of respect for the opposite sex? Or are you a woman? Were you actually thinking about women in the first place? Am I confusing the hell out of you? Are you wearing any pants?

Well, before you answer no, let us get back to the point.

By the February 27, 2003

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Hoyas keep Big East Tournament hopes alive

With 6:30 left in the Georgetown men’s basketball team’s (13-11 overall, 5-8 Big East) 71-56 romp over Providence (13-12 overall, 6-8 Big East) on Tuesday, Friars’ sophomore forward Ryan Gomes backed down Hoyas’ junior forward Mike Sweetney. Over the past five minutes, the two 6-7 behemoths had combined to score 18 of the game’s last 19 points and Gomes was looking for more.

By the February 27, 2003

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Women’s lacrosse opens season with blowout

The women’s lacrosse team kicked off the preseason with a bang on Tuesday, beating Big East foe Virginia Tech 17-5 at the University of Maryland’s Artificial Turf Facility.

Junior midfielder Anouk Peters and sophomore midfielder Ali Chambers finished with four goals each to lead all scorers.

By the February 27, 2003

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Hoyas schooled by UConn, 97-57

As 1,879 noisy fans looked on in a packed McDonough Arena, the Georgetown women’s basketball team (14-11 overall, 5-9 Big East) meekly handed No. 1 Connecticut its 65th straight win last night, 97-57. Though junior forward Rebekkah Brunson led all scorers with 20 points, the Hoyas lost their second consecutive game by 40 points or more.

By the February 27, 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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Lohser finds balance with tennis, academics

With his neatly styled hair and GQ attire, senior Marc Lohser (MSB ‘03) looks more like a young professional than a college athlete. Yet every morning at 8:40 a.m., Lohser can be found on the tennis courts practicing with Georgetown’s men’s tennis team, just as he has since he was a first year.

By the February 20, 2003

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It’s a winter wonderland of sports

Ah, snow days at Georgetown—a rare and beautiful thing. And what better way to spend them than outside participating in winter sports? Here is a how-to guide for my three favorite Georgetown snow activities. Hilltop skiing—This is an activity that I first witnessed on campus Sunday night, and it was love at first sight.

By the February 20, 2003

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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 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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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