Archive for December, 2009
Happy New Year
Anyone who purchased a 2010 St. Louis Cardinals team calendar from Turner Licensing got this little surprise. Yes, that’s former Redbird Chris Duncan in the photo. He’s Mr. May. He hasn’t played since being traded the Boston Red Sox on July 22. I’m sure these calendars have to be done well in advance in order [...]
QU Review — QU men 92, Robert Morris-Springfield 76
The Hawks closed out the 2009 portion of their schedule with a tougher-than-it-needed-to-be win over the Eagles at Pepsi Arena. Wednesday’s stars 1. Justin Brock Unlike some other lower division teams that have come into Pepsi this year, Robert Morris actually had someone that could look the junior in the eye. Yet 6-foot-8 Ephram Davis [...]
Year-end Grades for 2009
We’re going to throw a little changeup during today’s Mid-Weeks Grades, which are brought to you by Dr. Scott Stiffey at ProActive Chiropractic. Instead of running down the best and worst from the week, I’ll go over my year-end grades on WGEM SportsCenter today with QU women’s basketball coach JD Gravina, who is sitting in [...]
Happy Holidays
DOBservations is taking its annual holiday break. We’ll be back the week of Dec. 28. Hope you and yours have a happy holiday season.
Mid-Week Grades for Dec. 16
It’s the final Mid-Week grades before next Wednesday’s wonderful Festivus celebration on WGEM SportsCenter. (It’s also my next-to-last batch of grades for 2009. I’m off next week to celebrate Festivus among other things.) Please feel free to submit your own grades, which are sponsorsed by Dr. Scott Stiffey at ProActive Chiropractic, by texting us at [...]
Slap of the Week — Dec. 11
Wayne A. Spring may be the dumbest man in America. Or maybe the smartest. Surrounded by New Orleans Saints fans in Albany, La., Spring said he’d let his facebook friends come over and shoot up his 60-inch TV if the Saints beat the lowly Redskins last week. Turns out the challenge didn’t work out very [...]
QU Review — QU men 77, Oakland City 62
It wasn’t the dominant performance that QU fans have become accustomed to seeing, yet the Hawks still did more than enough to beat the Oaks at Pepsi Arena and improve to 8-0 on the season. Here’s a look at Wednesday’s stars 1. Justin Brock The Liberty product tied a career high with 23 points on [...]
Mid-Week Grades for Dec. 9
You only have two weeks to get ready for Festivus. The airing of grievances could be pretty lengthy this year. While you’re thinking that over, take a look at this week’s grades, sponsored by Dr. Scott Stiffey of ProActive Chiropractic Center. WGEM SportsCenter host Josh Houchins and I will mull these over around 8:20 or [...]
QU Review — QU men 86, Missouri S&T 70
It took the Hawks a half to shake away from the Miners, but a 16-4 run in the early portions of the second half was more than enough to help QU improve to 2-0 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Arena. Here are Saturday’s stars: 1. Billy Hayes The junior transfer [...]
QU Review — QU women 89, Missouri S&T 70
The Lady Hawks put away the Miners early in the second half on Saturday afternoon to finish the first weekend of Great Lakes Valley Conference play with a perfect 2-0 mark. Here’s a look at Saturday’s stars: 1. Janette Burgin In talking things over during Saturday’s broadcast on ESPN 1440, Ben Marth and I came [...]
