March Madness is just a few weeks away and EA wants this year to be the best ever. Details inside.
NU football star Brian Mandeville told to retire
Feb. 23, 2009 3 Comments
Northeastern University football player Brian Mandeville received devastating news on Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis during routine physical examinations. The star tight end, who missed a third of his senior season with knee injuries and even survived a brain tumor while in college, was told by Combine doctors that he has a heart [...]
Live from the Beanpot!
Feb. 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Reporting from the TD Banknorth Garden The players are warming up and the fans are crowding the Garden for the 57th annual Beanpot Championship. “Execute our game plan and come up high, there’s no more pressure than any other game,” said‚ Albie O’Connell Northeastern assistant coach. After a decisive win against Boston College, the third-ranked Huskies [...]
Boston College fires Jagodzinski
Jan. 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
Just like they said they would, Boston College has fired head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski, whose name is roughly as fun to type as that of a certain Illinois governor. B.C. warned Jagodzinski that if he interviewed for the head coaching vacancy of the N.Y. Jets that they would fire him. Apparently, they weren’t kidding. [...]
NFL rivals clash on cool Fossil watches
Nov. 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
Fossil has a series of NFL and college watches out there under their Kaleido collection.
Editorial: ESPN and BCS agree to deal
Nov. 18, 2008 Leave a Comment
As reported on ESPN, “ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013.” This means the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, plus the BCS Championship Game, will [...]
EA Sports details new All-Play line for Wii
June 26, 2008 Leave a Comment
EA Sports announced Thursday further details regarding its upcoming All-Play line of games. The new Wii exclusive line encourages social play and features unique control schemes and presentation values designed especially to appeal to players of all skill sets. “The Wii platform and the Wii consumer are looking for a very unique sports experience,” said Peter Moore, [...]
EA Sports announces players for NCAA Football 09 cover
May 6, 2008 1 Comment
Due out July 15, EA Sports’ NCAA Football 09 will feature Cal’s DeSean Jackson and West Virginia’s Owen Schmitt on the covers. Jackson will appear on the PlayStation 2 version, while Schmitt will be featured on the cover of the PSP game. Jackson was drafted in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles. Schmitt was [...]
And now there are two: Final Four wrap
April 6, 2008 Leave a Comment
The field of 65 is now down to the final two after last night’s national semifinal games. And, after last night I don’t think anyone can doubt that the final game includes the two best teams in the country. Memphis easily handled a very popular UCLA team in the first game 78-63 and Kansas took [...]
More NCAA Tournament and more Perry
March 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
Four teams advanced to the Elite 8 (Great 8?) last night in the NCAA Tournament. The first two games of the evening featured Xavier vs. West Virginia and North Carolina vs. Washington State. Let’s take a look at what went down: (7) West Virginia vs. (3) Xavier: Xavier jumped out to an early 8-0 lead [...]
NCAA Tournament: Perry Breaks Down the South & West…Again!
March 26, 2008 2 Comments
South Region (Houston, TX) Summary of the first two rounds: The South region, similar to the East region, only had one game where the higher seed advanced past the lower seed (higher meaning higher number) when (5) Michigan State defeated (4) Pittsburgh 65-54 in the second round. The Spartans also won their first round game [...]
Pearl Vs. Calipari: Let’s get it on!
Feb. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
The state of Tennessee plays host to the NCAA’s regular season game of the year Saturday night for the 1-2 showdown at FedEx Forum, home of John Calipari’s Memphis Tigers (26-0). The second ranked Tennessee Volunteers (24-2), coached by Bruce Pearl, are traveling across the state in attempt to repeat their 76-58 win over the [...]