Archive for January, 2010
QU Review — Kentucky Wesleyan 85, QU men 73
The Hawks saw their 17-game home winning streak come to an end with a Great Lakes Valley Conference loss on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a look at Saturday’s stars: 1. Desmond Stephens The ultraquick Kentucky Wesleyan point guard dictated the tempo of the game. He weaved his way in and out of traffic to score 19 [...]
QU Review — QU women 90, Kentucky Wesleyan 77
The Lady Hawks won their third straight game on Saturday afternoon, slowly pulling away from the Panthers at Pepsi Arena. Here’s a look at Saturday’s stars: 1. Whintae Irby The senior point guard from Peoria had arguably her best day as a Lady Hawk. Irby finished with a career-high 19 points and dished out a [...]
Slap of the Week — Jan. 29
His gift for gab made former NBA player — and I use the term player very loosely — Paul Shirley a popular guy on the Internet. Shirley played all of 18 games over parts of three NBA seasons, including seven glorious games for the Chicago Bulls during the 2003-04 season. For some reason, we should [...]
QU Review — QU men 73, Bellarmine 68
The Hawks got back to their winning ways, erasing a two-game losing streak with a win at Pepsi Arena. Here’s a look at Thursday’s stars: 1. Mookie Pierre Maybe the folks at QU ought to think about hiring a corner man if the rest of the Great Lakes Valley Conference schedule is going to be [...]
QU Review — QU women 105, Bellarmine 93
The Lady Hawks evened their Great Lakes Valley Conference record at 5-5 thanks to a home win over the Knights. Here’s a look at Thursday’s stars: 1. Brittany Edelen, Bellarmine forward Usually always go with a Lady Hawk in the top spot, especially after a win, but it’s hard to overlook what the University of [...]
Mid-Week Grades — Jan. 27
Here’s the good, bad and ugly from the last week in the sports world. As always, you can listen to Josh Houchins and I break these down on WGEM SportsCenter on ESPN 1440 around 8:20 or so on Wednesday. You can listen in daily from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. (Yes, we’re streamed live online, [...]
Slap of the Week — Jan. 22
When we last heard from Jose Offerman, he was wielding a bat and going after folks in an independent minor league. Fast forward two years and Offerman is in the news again. Guess the whole swinging-a-bat-at-a-pitcher incident was no big deal for those who run the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Republic winter league. Really, [...]
Mid-Week Grades — Jan. 20
A — Quincy University men’s basketball team. What more can be said about the Hawks? A school record 16 straight wins to start the season is beyond what anyone predicted for them. The talent-rich team has shown a maturity some of Marty Bell’s past teams have lacked. It’s been able to roll with the punches [...]
Cardinal Caravan extra
Here are a few tidbits from the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan stop at Quincy University’s Pepsi Arena: Clark won’t back down Jack Clark said his cell phone’s been buzzing over the last couple of days, but he “hasn’t answered any of them.” Clark, a former Cardinals star, made some big waves last week when he [...]
Slap of the Week — Jan. 15
It’s interesting watching fans whip themselves into a frenzy. I’ve never understood soccer hooligans. There have been moments when I’ve been passionate about my favorites, but never to the point where I wanted to throw a rock at someone or beat someone up because they’re wearing the jersey of my team’s rival. The folks of [...]
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