Archive for April, 2010
Slap of the Week — April 30
How much to the folks in the Sunshine State love football? Believe it or not, flag football is actually a recognized sport by the Florida High School Athletic Association. It’s only for girls, so there has to be some sort of Powder Puff Tim Tebow rolling around down there. Maybe even more shocking to me is [...]
Mid-Week Grades for April 28
Welcome to this Presidential edition of the Mid-Week Grades. In honor of the 44th President of the United States’ visit to the area, we’ll play a game of POTUS instead of our usual grading system. And as Houchins found out on Tuesday, POTUS stands for President Of The United States. (He’ll get a demerit for [...]
Slap of the Week — April 23
Don’t know whether to slap Carlos Zambrano or the Chicago Cubs. In case you missed it, the Cubs have decided to make Zambrano into a reliever. He’s probably baseball’s first $18 million-a-year set-up man. Zambrano hasn’t been a reliever since 2002. He’s struggled out of the gate this season, going 1-2 with a 7.45 ERA [...]
Mid-Week Grades for April 21
A — National Football League. Is there any doubt which sport rules the roost in America? Expect ratings for the three-day draft to go through the roof later this week. Releasing the schedule on TV with a special program may have been a little over the top, but you have to like how Roger Goddell [...]
New life for the Great River Bowl?
The hiring of Greg McVey as athletic director at Culver-Stockton College could mean good things for the Great River Bowl, the football series between C-SC and Quincy University. On Saturday, McVey fully endorsed the resumption of the rivalry. “We’re going to make every attempt to play that game,” said McVey, who was hired Saturday just [...]
Slap of the Week — April 16
Ever since they booed Santa Claus, Philadelphia sports fans have been known as some of the worst in American sports. (They have a long way to go to match the European soccer hooligans.) Thanks to some schlub named Matthew Clemens, Philly fans will be known as some of the most vile. Clemens was arrested at [...]
Mid-Week Grades — April 14
Here’s a glance at this week’s grade book. All’s quiet after a pretty good 10-day stretch with the Final Four, the start of baseball and The Masters. We’re in a little bit of a lull until the start of postseason play for the preps in a month or so. Listen in to WGEM SportsCenter on [...]
A little home magic
The Quincy University softball team heads into this weekend’s four-game set of Great Lakes Valley Conference games at the Mart Heinen Softball Complex undefeated on the season with a 10-0 home mark. The secret to the Lady Hawks’ home success? It’s all in the music. After every home win this season, the Lady Hawks have [...]
Slap of the Week — April 9
The victory celebration got a bit out of hand for a Slovenian hockey team last weekend. Acroni Jesenice had reason to party last Saturday after winning its league title. So what better way to celebrate than getting blitzed — both coaches and players. Seems that the team’s American-born coach Mike Posma ordered the team’s backup [...]
Mid-Week Grades for April 7
Here’s the deal for this week. Lots of stuff to choose from with baseball starting, college basketball ending and the Masters. As always, we’ll hash these out around 8:20 or so on Wednesday morning’s WGEM SportsCenter on ESPN 1440. If you have a list of grades, feel free to submit them to us at sportscenter@wgem.com [...]
