By Rusty Bryan
Published: December 17, 2009
I’m sure I’m displaying my age and cultural bias, but I couldn’t help wondering last weekend what part of the concept of “sportsmanship” apparently doesn’t translate well into Italian.
In case you missed it, American Overseas School of Rome scoring star Lorenzo Mannozzi and the AOSR bench became so agitated with the decisions of the referees at the end of Friday night’s game at Vicenza that head official Robert Johnson declared the situation uncontrollable and forfeited the game to Vicenza. There were 5 seconds left on the clock and Vicenza was leading 81-80 at the time.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: December 12, 2009
A story in Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal says the NCAA is surveying broadcasters about the “media value” of expanding its men’s Division I basketball tournament from the present 65 teams to 96.
Since the story goes on to say that the NCAA is deciding “whether to exercise an escape clause in its 11-year, $6 billion deal with CBS,” one can only conclude that the idea of 96 teams equates in the NCAA’s mind with generating even more broadcast dollars from an expanded field.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: December 6, 2009
It was just opening weekend, but based on their performances Friday and Saturday, look for the winter sports teams from Patch High School to be around at the end. All four Panther squads opened their winter sports seasons with impressive victories.
Most notable were the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, each 2-0 in road openers against two of the Division I foes they’ll have to tame come tourney time in February. The boys stunned defending champion Ramstein 58-47 on Friday night, then stopped by Kaiserslautern on the way home on Saturday and prevailed 60-40.
