Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer saw the replay of the punch thrown by Baylor’s 6-8 freshman star Brittney Griner that landed on the face of a Texas Tech player on Wednesday, rocking women’s basketball.
(See video of punch here: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=4963605).
VanDerveer has always been willing to share her opinion on things, and here is what she said about ...
Arizona State center Eric Boateng made 110 percent of his shots against Stanford last Thursday, leading directly to our one question on Rhetorical Tuesday:
Does this mean it really is possible to give 110 percent?
It seems Boateng has given a speck of truth to that trite comment made by athletes who don’t know what to say ...
A common complaint about sports writers (and there are several from which to choose) is that they are too negative.
To which we at JakesTakeOnSports have two responses:
Response A: That’s not true.
Response B: OK, maybe it is true, but, face it, negative stuff is more interesting.
So in an effort to provide balanced reporting, this week’s Monday ...
It’s Rhetorical Tuesday, and JakesTakeOnSports has two rhetorical questions to offer:
No. 1: How can a player who leads the Pac-10 in turnovers be a contender for Pac-10 player of the year?
No. 2: How can a player who leads the West Coast Conference in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots, all by sizable margins, and plays for ...
You know the feeling. You’re sitting in your cubicle at work crunching the numbers of the company’s 2006 inventory, and your mind starts to wander. One thought leads inexplicably to another and at some point, just to amuse yourself, you try to recall how the thought process started.
That happens to us at JakesTakeOnSports, too, and ...
St. Mary’s should comb its hair, straighten its tie and shine its shoes, because it needs to look good for its appearance on national television on Thursday. The image the Gaels portray during that two-hour exposure may determine whether they get into the NCAA Tournament.
It might seem that with a 21-3 record and no losses ...
A star player being ejected, coaches planning to go without shoes, a team going more than 10 minutes without scoring and still almost winning, a 35-point performance by a player in a loss, and a player scoring seven points in eight seconds to pull out a game that seemed lost.
Those were just some of the ...
There are several ways to get attention in basketball. A game-winning shot or an upset win is the more attractive way, but futility can work well too if recognition is the goal.
So we present several categories of Inglorious Basterds:
Man of the week: Stan Holt
Holt graduated from USC with honors and is now working on a masters in athletic ...
Today is Rhetorical Tuesday, where we ask five rhetorical questions involving West Coast college basketball. And away we go, knowing no answer is required or requested:
How have we reached the point where the Ivy League might get more teams in the NCAA Tournament than the Pac-10?
Bashing the Pac-10 is getting old, but the fact is, the ...
We open our basketball notes courtesy of USC women’s basketball coach Michael Cooper, who, according to the Los Angeles Daily News, began his meeting with the media following Sunday’s 70-63 victory over UCLA by saying, “My opening statement is F— UCLA.” Except that Cooper filled in the three blanks with a U and a . . ...
