AM or FM? Sports are going to the FM side and dumping on the AM band

| April 27, 2007

N.C. State athletics have parted ways with WPTF 680 AM out of Raleigh and now will make their home at 101.5 FM WRAL.  The Wolfpack has been with WPTF as their flagship station forever. WPTF is a talk station that can be heard in the daylight hours from Greenville to Greensboro and back.  WRAL is, “God- forbid”, …Read the Rest…

Walk This Way

| April 27, 2007

The Greensboro Grasshoppers were issued 13 walks from the Hickory Crawdad pitching staff on Thursday night en-route to a 9-2 victory at First Horizon Park.(Aerosmith was not in the house on Thirsty Thursday)  The Hoppers starting pitcher Graham Taylor got the win, he’s 4-1 and Taylor has only walked one man all year long to go with his 26 strikeouts …Read the Rest…

Bullington: Thorney situation for Schilling, Red Sock

| April 26, 2007

 By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer There is an adage in journalism about the reporter never being part of the story. Often, the journalist in question looks without leaping and is the story (see Imus, Don). Other times reporters inadvertently find themselves in the middle with an innocent comment. The latter situation applies today to …Read the Rest…

Hockey Goes to Winston-Salem

| April 26, 2007

Wednesday, it was announced that the Southern Professional Hockey League’s Pee Dee Cyclones would be relocating to Winston-Salem for the 2007-2008 Season.  Pee Dee used to be the home of an ECHL franchise.  Details can be found at the Winston-Salem Journal. Tickets will run between $8.50 and $13.  According to the team’s owner, Bob Kerzner, …Read the Rest…

The Carolina Panthers with the 14th pick select?

| April 25, 2007

The NFL Draft comes up on Saturday and the Carolina Panthers are talking about selecting a tight end with the 14th pick in the first round. The Panthers don’t need a tight end.  They don’t throw to the tight end.  When the Panthers throw the ball they go to the wide receivers.  Jake Delhomme and David …Read the Rest…

Dropped balls at Second Base

| April 25, 2007

After seeing the Jane W reminder in the comment box I went to see the NWG-Grimsley game out at Northwest last night.  The only problem is the News and Record had the game time listed as 7pm and the game began at 6pm so I got there in the top of the 5th inning. The …Read the Rest…

The Weekend in Review

| April 23, 2007

There were a number of sports activities going in and around the Greensboro sports community over the weekend.  Greensborosports.com was at the Revolution football game on Friday night at the Coliseum. The indoor football is a nice idea but the Revolution need to get their act together if they hope to stay in operation for an …Read the Rest…

Bullington: Around The Rink

| April 22, 2007

By: Bruce Bullington, GreensboroSports.com staff writer Area hockey fans have been hit with some disappointments the last couple of weeks. It was recently revealed in the News & Record that the Greensboro Coliseum would be without hockey once again this season. It’s unclear as top what exactly happened or who is to blame. Word was …Read the Rest…

Reminder: GreensboroSports.com Night at the Revolution this FRIDAY NIGHT!

| April 18, 2007

Just a reminder….GreensboroSports.com Night at the Greensboro Revolution is this Friday night. Andy, Bruce and myself will be on hand at the Greensboro Coliseum for all the action. There are 2 free tickets left. Below is a list of those folks who signed up for free tickets through the GreensboroSports.com website. Glenn Gibbs – 2 …Read the Rest…

Moore throws No-Hitter at HPC and Southeast Guilford sails

| April 18, 2007

Clint Moore threw a five inning no-hitter for Grimsley on Tuesday as the Whirlies took two from High Point Central 14-0 in game one and 11-0 in game two helped by Moore’s no-hit pitching and nine big strikeouts.(amazing numbers strikeouts-per-innings-pitched for Moore on the year)  The game two win for Moore and Grimsley allowed GHS …Read the Rest…

Ed’s kids get it done

| April 17, 2007

The Greensboro Grasshoppers completed their home stand on Monday afternoon with a split of a doubleheader against the Hagerstown Suns.  The Hoppers dropped game one 7-4 but bounced back to claim game number two 5-4. Manager Edwin Rodriguez saw his Hoppers improve to 8-3 on the season and they are now 6-2 at home at …Read the Rest…

Massacre at VA Tech could have been avoided and you know what, it could have happened at UNCG

| April 16, 2007

Webster’s Dictionary defines “MASSACRE” as an act of Killing a Number of Helpless or Unresisting Human Beings under circumstances of Atrocity or Cruelty. The Massacre at Virginia Tech up in Blacksburg, Virginia could have been avoided. I first heard of the killings on Monday afternoon when I returned a call from greensborosports.com associate Doug Cockman. …Read the Rest…

GreensboroSports.com: What we are, what we could be and what we should be

| April 14, 2007

In recent weeks, GreensboroSports.com has been the home of some very hot topics. These topics have given life to some very thought-provoking and lively debate. Many of these have touched on some hot button issues such as DUI, race relations and shock jock radio. Even the methods used to debate some of these issues have …Read the Rest…

Hoppers take two from Captains

| April 13, 2007

The Greensboro Grasshoppers took two games from the Lake County Captains on Thursday at First Horizon Park.  The Hoppers won game one 4-3 and kept the excitement going with a 6-5 victory in game number two. The Grasshoppers are off to 5-2 start and begin a four game home-stand against the Hagerstown Suns on Friday …Read the Rest…

Imus Booted – NBC Loses Credibility

| April 12, 2007

I enjoy Don Imus’s daily broadcast.  I watched it on MSNBC and listened to it on 850 The Buzz when in the car. When NBC gave him to boot, I didn’t mind it because of the statements given by their personnel. When this morning, the first guest on the replacement program was Jesse “Hymie Town” …Read the Rest…

Should Don Imus get the Heave Ho?

| April 11, 2007

Should they shove Don Imus out the door after his comments that were made in regards to the Rutgers womens basketball team? CBS radio and MSNBC talk shock-jock Don Imus called the young women from Rutgers a bunch of “Nappy-headed HOS”. In this world of anything goes radio and TV does Don Imus have the right to …Read the Rest…

Everybody is leaving High Point Central and Tiger is Talking

| April 11, 2007

Todd Staley the head football coach at High Point Central is leaving for the job as head coach at a AAAAA high school down in South Carolina.  Staley was previoulsy an assistant coach for David Gutschall down in SC.  Gutschall led Burlington Cummings to several state championships before taking on the bigger piece of pie in what some people …Read the Rest…

Grasshoppers get it in Gear

| April 11, 2007

The Greensboro Grasshoppers got it in gear with their first home win of the year at First Horizon Park on Tuesday night.  The Hoppers took on a totally different look after Monday’s 14-8 loss to the Lake County Captains.  Last night the Hoppers pounded the Captains 12-1 and they did it with excellent pitching and hard …Read the Rest…

Former WCW Star Busted In Gambling Raid

| April 10, 2007

From Bob Ryder:1wrestling.com Dozens of people were arrested last night in Rosewell GA as police raided a high stakes poker game allegedly hosted by former WCW star Glenn (Disco Inferno) Gilberti. Police conducted a six month investigation after complaints from neighbors about the number of vehicles in front of the house every Monday night.  They swept …Read the Rest…

Hoppers fall hard at First Horizon Park

| April 10, 2007

The first home game of the season was not a good one for the Greensboro Grasshoppers as they fell hard to the Lake County Captains 14-8.  The Hoppers’ pitching staff gave up the long ball early and trailed 3-0 after the first inning.  Lake County clobbered four home runs for the game and pitching was …Read the Rest…