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Finally addressing my suggestions, toy-makers have made a toy that transforms from a basketball to a super-hero version of Rockets Center Yao Ming. Luckily for you, the toy comes right in time for Christmas. You can send me my Yao Transformer at the WBRU station in Providence.
-Heng
Our Thanksgiving “Sports Rundown” featured an interview with Sean Morey, who plays in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals. He spoke about his Super Bowl ring, how he likes his chances this year, what he thinks of fellow Brown graduate Zak DeOssie, and which team had a better WR duo - his team in Pittsburgh (Plaxico Burress and Hines Ward) or his team currently in the desert (Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin).
The “Sports Rundown” with Jenna and Jeff airs every Saturday at noon, and each week there’s a prize giveaway you can call in to win!!
Sometimes statistics are misleading. For instance, if I told you that the Detroit Red Wings outshot the Boston Bruins more than 2-1 in the first period tonight, you probably would think the Bs weren’t doing so hot. But despite letting Detroit get plenty of time around their net, Boston was up 2-0 after 20 minutes. In fact, 40 minutes later, after being outshot 30-19, the Bruins had secured a convincing 4-1 victory over the reigning Stanley Cup Champions.
Sometimes they aren’t. Take for instance the 41:14 goals scored to goals allowed by the Bruins in all of their home games this November. What do you know? They’re 8-0 at home during the month, a streak that now puts them in a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with the NY Rangers.
And what more fitting way for Boston to cap off its impressive streak than by cheering for a guy named Manny. With Tim Thomas out once again due to illness, Manny Fernandez got his second consecutive start in the net and made it count, saving 29 of Detroit’s attempted strikes. And he didn’t even fake a knee injury.
But despite the Bruins success, you have to feel for the city of Detroit. This past week, the Redwings are 1-3, the Lions reached 0-12, and their auto manufacturers continue to fall further into the toilet. Okay, so maybe you don’t have to feel for them, but the city isn’t exactly hitting its peak.
As for the Bruins, they head down to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Regardless of the stats, hopefully the wins will keep on coming for the Bs.
-BS
The Rams improved to 4-1, defeating Hartford in front of a student-depleted crowd at the Ryan Center by a final score of 94-72. The game was tied 13-13 over 7 minutes into the game, but then the Rams went on a 23-7 run and Hartford never pulled to within single digits after that.
[Close for Keith] Rams’ junior guard Keith Cothran came one point shy of a new career high. He scored 23 against VCU last time out and finished with 22 tonight. With 5 minutes left, Lamonte Ulmer lobbed an alley-oop pass for Cothran, which would have been a nice way to reach a new career high. The pass was off though and Cothran was subbed out shortly thereafter. After the game, Jimmy Baron called Keith, “the best slashing guard in the Atlantic 10 and one of the best slashing guards in the country.” He continued to say, “when we play teams, I don’t know who they’re going to guard.”
[Status Quo for Baron] Yawn, another outstanding night from long range for Jimmy Baron. He connected on 6/11 three-pointers, knocking them down from all over the arc. Baron is now 22/39 on the season, good for an amazing 56%.
[Do Martell] In the second half, Will Martell was called into the game, but when he went to take off his warmup shirt, he snatched his jersey off as well. He walked onto the court, putting his jersey back on, with a sheepish grin on his face. A minute later, Baron zipped a pass to him down low for a lay-in that got the crowd going. He then followed it up on defense with a block.
[The Stats] The key stats of the game: URI outscored Hartford 23-8 on points off turnovers. They also outscored Hartford on second chance points, 25-9. Hartford’s coach said afterwards that URI physically wore his team down (second chance points) and that his team had trouble with URI’s speed (points off TOs).
[Spreading the Minutes] 12 different Rams saw the court for at least 4 minutes, all of which played in the first half. Coach Baron said that with 2 important games (Penn State and either Villanova or Towson) this upcoming weekend, “We tried to preserve some guys. We tried to get guys coming off the bench.”
- JE
[All my jokes about wrestlers are targeted at The Rock, so let's skip the fooling around and cut to the chase. -EJ]
Emmett sat down with Matt Hardy of the WWE yesterday–you can listen to the full interview below:
Photo licensed under the Creative Commons and courtesy flickr user killerfan619.
Some people might be impressed by those two dunks, but I’m not one of them. I can do dunks like that in my sleep. Seriously. I have made way more impressive dunks on my Fisher-Price basketball hoop. Ok, so its only 5 feet tall and I don’t have to jump, but I don’t see why that makes my dunks any less impressive. Move over LBJ, I’m here to take the crown.
-Heng
P.S. seriously friends, comment. It is easy to make an account. I welcome criticism and outright insults…maybe.
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The Saints demolished the Packers 51-29. I watched the entire game, and the Packers defense did not feel like playing at all. All-Pro cornerbacks Al Harris and Charles Woodson could not keep up with all the weapons on the Saints. Aaron Rodgers lobbed a few balls that were intercepted. At this point, the Packers are 5-6 and have a hard road ahead of them to make the playoffs. The Jets are 8-3 and poised to make a playoff run. I don’t know how much longer before its reported that Aaron Rodgers has been shot picking up milk at the local grocery store. Long Live Rodgers!
-Heng
In case you missed it, here is our Brief piece asking (and answering) the question: Are high school football programs in the region and their Thanksgiving Day rivalry games in decline?
There are contributions in the piece from the following schools: Salem High School in Salem, MA; Malden High School in Malden, MA; Narragansett High School in Narragansett, RI.
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