Big Jim M’s NFL “N” Sider Playoff Picks

| January 12, 2007

The Gems from Jim at the Fitness Today Gym on Randleman Road.               SATURDAY 13-4) Indianapolis at (13-3) Baltimore-take the RAVENS….     (11-6) Philadelphia at (10-6) New Orleans-take the EAGLES…. SUNDAY 10-7) Seattle at (13-3) Chicago-take the BEARS….(13-4) New England at (14-2) San Diego-take the PATRIOTS……  *****AM 950 WPET HS Hoops tonight has Page at Northwest Guilford, on air …Read the Rest…

Guilford Great Eight Basketball Polls

| January 11, 2007

Boys High School Poll:#1)Greensboro Day School(14-1, last week beat Providence Day, off until Monday vs. MT. Zion at the MLK Classic) #2)High Point Central(13-1, beat Page 71-56 on Tuesday, will play Oak Hill on Monday at MLK) #3)Northeast Guilford(14-2, beat Dudley 60-48 on Tuesday, will play Rockingham County at home Friday) #4)Dudley(10-3, lost to NEG, …Read the Rest…

UNCG Loses Pair to Hokies in E. Guilford Benefit Double-Dip

| January 10, 2007

UNCG’s men’s and women’s basketball teams suffered a pair of losses Wednesday night at the hands of the ACC’s Va. Tech  Hokies in Greensboro. The doubleheader, played at the Greensboro Coliseum, was staged in part as a fund raiser for Eastern Guilford’s athletic department and band. Eastern Guilford High School was destroyed by a major …Read the Rest…

Headed Down Hicone Road

| January 10, 2007

The new Guilford Great Eight polls will be out on Thursday, but Tuesday night the Northeast Guilford Rams made a statement that they want to move up in the rankings.  It was a sweep for the Rams over the Dudley Panthers and NEG was able to show that Dudley has some weaknesses and the Panther boys need to …Read the Rest…

This Just In….The BCS works!

| January 10, 2007

By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer You might not realize it, what with all the talking heads on ESPN and on talk radio doing their typical hand-wringing, but here’s a news flash. The BCS worked. Again. This bowl season saw the complete exposure of the Big Ten, a conference with two allegedly-elite teams that many …Read the Rest…

The Cupboard is never Bare at Allen Middle School

| January 9, 2007

Don’t feel sorry for the Dudley Panthers who have seniors Josh Chavis and Kenny Belton leading their charges for a third straight State 3-A basketball title.  Dudley will lose both Belton and Chavis at the end of this season but from what coach Calvin Hunt was telling me Saturday night Allen Middle will keep feeding Dudley …Read the Rest…

This Week in Greensboro Hockey History

| January 8, 2007

By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer Things are looking good for Greensboro to have hockey next season, which will mark the game’s return to the Gate City for the first time since the Greensboro Generals folded following the 2002-03 season. Word over at greensborohockey.com is that a team name, staff, lease agreement and price structure …Read the Rest…

NFC Playoff Games Outstanding-AFC Games Blowouts

| January 8, 2007

Why is it that the NFC always seems to have great first round playoff games and the AFC has to settle for blowouts.  The NFC gave us two of the best games we will see when it comes down to going to the wire.  The sideline reporter for Westwood One radio asked Eagles coach Andy …Read the Rest…

ACC Eye Openers

| January 8, 2007

The ACC hoops got busy this past weekend and the results are in but not all of our in-state teams were on.  The North Carolina Tar Heels and Wake Forest Demon Deacons each reached “Winners” status, while Duke and N.C. State fell hard into the losers bracket. Even with all the superstar freshmen on board, Tyler Hansbrough …Read the Rest…

Pre Order Your Wings

| January 7, 2007

It was one of those slow nights at the Sports Bar (Hugo’s – Lawndale) – Carolina v Florida State, GMAC Bowl – real yawners. The topic eventually moved to Wings for the Superbowl – Brian, one of the cooks at Hugo’s was estimating that they would sell over 5,000 wings on Super Bowl Sunday.  That’s …Read the Rest…

Big Jim’s NFL Playoff Picks/Games tonight at greensborosports.com/Cowher to Miami or Charlotte?

| January 5, 2007

Big Jim Modlin’s playoff picks from the Fitness Today Gym on Randleman Road, or as we like to call it, “The Gems from Jim at the Gym”.        Saturday:KC over the Colts at Indianapolis, DALLAS beats Seattle at Seattle(Both road teams win on Saturday)            Sunday:NEW ENGLAND tops the Jets, PHILADELPHIA ends it for the Giants(Both New York teams …Read the Rest…

Guilford Great Eight Basketball Polls

| January 4, 2007

Boys Hoops: #1)Greensboro Day School(13-1, beat Burlington Williams 79-73 on Weds.) #2)High Point Central(11-1, beat East Forsyth 70-58 last night) #3)Dudley(10-2, beat Morehead 45-42 Weds., tight game Dudley had to win on a last second shot) #4)Ragsdale(13-2, lost to unbeaten Trinity  64-60 Tuesday) #5)Northeast Guilford(12-2, beat Western Alamance 65-49 last night) #6)Smith(5-8/2-1 Metro, beat Grimsley Weds. …Read the Rest…

Games Tonight at Greensborosports.com

| January 3, 2007

College Hoops: Maryville, Tennessee at Greensboro College 4pm,     Penn at UNC-CH(Tar Heels vs. Quakers) 8pm High School Hoops: High Point Central at East Forsyth 6pm, Greensboro Day at Burlington Williams 7pm, Grimsley at Smith 7:30pm(I will assume that GDS-BW and GHS-SHS are boys only games)****Games for 1/3/2007****  If we are missing games please let us know.

Loose Lips Sink Ships-Loose Footballs Sink Seasons and SEC Officials Don’t Help

| January 3, 2007

From last night Louisville ended Wake Forest’s fun 24-13, N.C. State got past UNCG in OT 95-93, Duke toppled Temple 73-55 and the state of North Carolina’s ONLY UNBEATEN college basketball team, the Guilford College Quakers knocked off previously unbeaten Averett up in Danville, VA 74-69. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons put the ball on the ground …Read the Rest…

Games Tonight at Greensborosports.com

| January 2, 2007

Wake Forest(11-2) vs. Louisville(11-1) in the Orange Bowl…..8pm UNCG(6-6) at N.C. State(9-4) The Wolfpack is 4-0 all-time vs. UNCG….7pm Temple(6-5) at Duke(12-1) 7pm Guilford College(8-0) at Averett(9-0) in Danville, VA 7pm.  The Guilford College Quakers are the only unbeaten college basketball team in the state of North Carolina. ECW on SciFi at 10pm  ****ALL GAMES FOR …Read the Rest…

Is the Playing Field Level?/Thoughts on 790 the Ball

| January 2, 2007

We have a lot to talk about as we get into the New Year.  The big discussion in the comment box has been Greensboro Day School’s recent first place finish at the Little Four basketball tournament. Is the Playing Field Level or does Greensboro Day School have a distinct advantage over the other schools they …Read the Rest…