Sports

Coverage of Hoya sports.

Sports

The games must go on

I picked a hell of a week to start writing about sports. There I was, all geared up to maybe cover some Georgetown football, write a basketball preview or perhaps... Read more

By the September 20, 2001

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NHL ’94-’99

The flanker flies up along the wing, skates shaving ice particles onto the ankles of long-lost defenders, who valiantly tried to fling their life, their very essence, onto the streaking... Read more

By the September 20, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

Yes, web readers, this week’s sermon is extremely brief. While we had much to say, the Sports Staff blew up this week, and we had articles out the proverbial wazoo.... Read more

By the September 20, 2001

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Tragedy changes football and soccer outlooks

You half expected there to be a sign on the front gate of Kehoe Field, just a little something simple to state the obvious, that there would be no Wagner-Georgetown... Read more

By the September 20, 2001

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Sportsview

There was a time, around 14 years ago, when my father woke me up really late at night. Blearly eyed and clenching my tattered blue blanket, which I called Snoopy?I... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Viagra: More scoring for NHL heroes?

Canadian hockey legend Guy Lafleur is stirring up controversy north of the border. Last week, Lafleur made headlines when news leaked that Pfizer, maker of Viagra, had signed on the... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Now batting for the Pink Team …

Vittles is the social center of our worlds. Consider one conversation overheard in there on Tuesday, after a plane crashed into the Pentagon: “Dude, yea … like, we probably won’t... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Schedule puts Hoyas on national scene

I apologize to all juniors abroad or going abroad: the Georgetown Men’s basketball schedule came out last week, and it looks like this could be the most exciting year since... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

Where to begin ? First off, Brit-poppers Travis remixed their single “Sing” on Sunday after Barry Bonds popped off three homers at Enron, bringing his total to 63. It goes... Read more

By the September 13, 2001

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Mutombo speaks on basketball, life

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo. He’s a man with seven names, but two missions: basketball and service. Mutombo, a former Georgetown big-man and current member of the NBA’s... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Hoyas drop Patriot League opener to Lehigh, 41-14

Coach Bob Benson rests his elbows on his knees, then gently lets his head fall into his hands. He scratches his temples, rubs his eye intensely. Finally, after what seems... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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NFL Dreams

The world is magically correct again. And no, I don’t mean because I saw a group of 40 first-years headed to a party last weekend on 36th and heard one... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Sportsview

On Saturday afternoon, instead of spending the day recovering from a night of partying or getting ahead in my school work, I found myself getting ready and getting energized for... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

Yo. Who cares if Mussina almost dropped a perfect game on Boston? Yankee junkies were pretty upset on Sunday night, even though they moved up another game over the Dead... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

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Sportsview

Did you know that Tyrone Hill went to Xavier? Or that Mookie Wilson faced a 3-2 count against Calvin Schiraldi before slapping that grounder between Bill Buckner’s legs? Did you... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Now Batting for the Pink Team

My life has been pretty surreal recently. First, I stood outside Village A and was asked by a group of first-years if they could use my name at a party... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Eight Hoyas to watch before December

So you’re a first-year, or maybe a little older, and you’re looking for something to do this weekend, eh? Well, chances are there’s a party, somewhere on this campus, thrown... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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The Sports Sermon

Two things we can learn from watching The Life on ESPN: 1. Ken Simonton, Oregon State running back and Heisman candidate, looks cool in a beret. In fact, more superstar... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Coach Tabatznik said it: “One game at a time”

As the Georgetown Men’s soccer team gets ready to start a new season, their plan is simple: Make the NCAA’s. Men’s soccer has consistently?that is, for the past three years?been... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

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Mutombo speaks on basketball, life

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo. He’s a man with seven names, but two missions: basketball and service. Mutombo, a former Georgetown big-man and current member of the NBA’s... Read more

By the August 30, 2001