Archive for April, 2008
DOB’s Midweek grades
As part of the Wednesday spectacular on the WGEM SportsCenter presented by Hardee’s program, Professor Matt Schuckman and I give out our midweek grades for those in and around the sports world. We started this experiment last week. Here’s my list from this week. You can hear Professor Schuckman and me give out our grades [...]
Good bye, SI
When I go to the mailbox on Thursday, I won’t get my Sports Illustrated. Seems like that for the last couple of months, my SI was coming religiously on Thursdays. When I lived in Champaign, it always came on Wednesday. Now, it won’t come at all. The folks at SI told me that if I [...]
Fight night’s all right
When it comes to entertainment options on the weekend, it’s no secret that Quincy is a bit challenged. Sure, you have the movies. It’s nice to go to a bar now and not having to go home smelling like one. But in a search for something different, I found my way to the Oakley-Lindsay Center [...]
The never-ending debate: QHS vs. QND
The debate over which high school gets morecoverage seems to flare up the most duringthe girls soccer season. One of the great debates of our time rages in saloons, on various local blogs and in the back of soccer vans in and around the Gem City. "The Herald-Whig covers Quincy High School more than they [...]
Gems making headlines
Some interesting news came out of Monday’s Quincy Civic Center Authority Finance Committee meeting. After bursting on to the scene in 1996 and being a money-maker initially, the Quincy Gems sucked some valuable tax-payer dollars out of the Oakley-Lindsay Center earlier this decade. According to Ed Husar’s story, the team lost nearly $100,000 over a [...]
WIU down to two
It looks like the race to be the next Western Illinois University men’s basketball coach is down to two coaches with plenty of pedigree. According to WGEM, which broke the news this afternoon, either Jim Molinari or — Quincy University fans, make sure you’re sitting down for this one — Ray Harper will be the [...]
Coaching carousel starts to spin
It appears Culver-Stockton College is getting closer to naming a women’s basketball coach to replace Dan Chapla. On Wednesday, Tim Southers will interview at the Canton, Mo., school and will meet the campus community during his visit. Southers, shown at left, has been the head coach at Midway College, an NAIA school in Midway, Ky., [...]
Fearless baseball predictions for 2008
For no other reason than to have something to laugh at come October, here is one man’s opinion on what will happen in Major League Baseball this season. These were first offered up on Monday’s edition of WGEM SportsCenter presented by Hardee’s. Feel free to mock these selections in the fall. MVPAmerican League — Alex [...]
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