By Paul Lambeth | November 30, 2007 - 6:58 pm - Posted in Uncategorized

Last week was a rare ‘up’ week as the 5-1-1 mark makes me 49-71-4 for the season, so there could be hope yet!
This week I like
Navy -14 vs. Army: The Midshipmen have been steadily thumping their arch rival ever since Paul Johnson arrived on the scene. Look for this trend to easily continue.
And [...]

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By Andy | - 2:04 pm - Posted in Amateur

Greensboro Bicentennial Torch Relay
Participants Needed to Carry Torch through City
The Bicentennial Torch Relay is the kick-off event for the celebration of Greensboro’s Bicentennial. The Bicentennial is a year long celebration commemorating the 200th birthday of the City of Greensboro. The Torch Relay, a four day event, will commence on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 [...]

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The Dudley Panthers(11-3) will on the road again tonight as we hit round four of the NCHSAA State 3-AA football playoffs. The Panthers will face #1 East seed Oxford Webb(11-3) while Dudley comes in as the #7 seed in the East.
Dudley will showcase it’s Panther Pride defense and QB Ricky Lewis, RB Joseph Jackson, [...]

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By Andy | - 11:58 am - Posted in Professional

Taylor’s death a grim reminder for us all
Jason Whitlock / FOXSports.com
There’s a reason I call them the Black KKK. The pain, the fear and the destruction are all the same.
Someone who loved Sean Taylor is crying right now. The life they knew has been destroyed, an 18-month-old baby lost her father, and, if [...]

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By Andy | - 11:42 am - Posted in Professional

It’s time for another for another slice of Ci Ci’s Pizza in the NFL.
Rob’s picks for this week:
San Francisco vs. Carolina (CAR) – The 1 pm start bodes well for the Cats. Call me crazy, Panthers by seven.
Jacksonville vs Indianapolis (IND) – Jacksonville is hot, but not hot enough. Indy by 10.
San [...]

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I’ve been wanting to get some folks together to do a local Sports Podcast ever since we started Greensboro Sports Dot Com. Sure we do interviews and even games; but, I wanted a weekly series. (We’ll probably get around to it, it just takes time.)
In the meantime, Jim Young and Jeff Carlton of [...]

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By Don | - 9:28 am - Posted in College

Doug Clark of the News & Record has a valid question that fellow columnist Rosemary Roberts first started.
Doug points out that UNC pays its losing coach nearly 4 times as much as Joe Paterno of Penn State. Worth the read!

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By Don | November 29, 2007 - 11:06 pm - Posted in Professional

The bars were packed Thursday Night as Time Warner Cable’s lack of the NFL Network resulted in hundreds of fans leaving their homes to go where they could watch the 10-1 Packers play the 10-1 Cowboys. The demand for the game eventually convinced the NFL to stream the game via the Internet; although, it [...]

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By Andy | - 8:19 pm - Posted in College

Standing Up for North Carolina Universities, Congressman Steps Up Pressure on Time Warner joins University President, Athletic Directors, and Conference Chairman in urging Time Warner to carry MASN:
(Greenville, NC) — North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones has stood up for his state’s universities and sports fans by urging delinquent cable company Time Warner to begin immediately [...]

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By Don | - 5:51 pm - Posted in College

Andy was armed with a video camera and took a few pictures – check them out at Flickr.

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By Don | - 12:53 pm - Posted in College

I caught this first through the Business Journal, it’s also on the News & Record.
Dee Todd, the first black female Athletic Director at any University is being reassigned by the Chancellor. (Her Bio Page is still up at NC A&T.) Ms. Todd is a very pleasant person; but unfortunately, athletics is a BIG BUSINESS [...]

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It was just like the old days back when the Guilford College Quakers used to pack the Alumni Gym(they called it the old Cracker Box) out off of West Friendly Avenue and New Garden Road. The only difference was this time the scene was about 35 years later and the location was the Hanes [...]

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By Andy | November 28, 2007 - 11:56 am - Posted in High School

High school basketballs were bouncing again last night at UNCG where the Eastern Guilford Wildcats took on Burlington Williams. EG pulled off the sweep taking the girls game by 20, 62-42, and then the boys game was much tighter with EG prevailing 63-52 over BW and believe me the game was much closer than [...]

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By Andy | - 10:56 am - Posted in College

This will be our last count-down for the 2007 season. With all favorable feedback that we have been receiving, we’ll have to do this feature again next year. The out-pouring of support has been unbelievable.
Final Poll:
#1)Appalachian State(10-2) LW1-Mountaineers pulled off a great 28-27 comeback win over the Dukes of James Madison last Saturday [...]

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By Andy | November 27, 2007 - 4:00 pm - Posted in High School

I got the call today from one of the coaches over in High Point and he passed along names of those who have been honored for their accomplishments during the 2007 high school football season.
Metro 4-A Coach of the Year:Kevin Gillespie-Page
Metro 4-A Offensive Player of the Year:Will Newman-Page
Metro 4-A Defensive Player of the Year:Jamaral Rease-Grimsley
Metro [...]

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By Andy | - 12:50 pm - Posted in College

MASN to Televise Division I-AA Quarter Finals
Appalachian State hosts Eastern Washington live on Saturday at Noon
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment, announced today that it will televise the annual Division I-AA Quarter Finals this weekend. Coverage begins on [...]

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No retirement yet for the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair as he held off “The Legend Killer” Randy Orton in Flair’s hometown of Charlotte, N.C. on Monday evening. If Flair had lost the match at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena then the “Nature Boy” would have been forced to retire after almost 75 years in the [...]

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By Andy | - 12:12 pm - Posted in Professional

from FOX Sports, find out more when you click on the sports stories box at the left of the page:
Pro Bowl safety Sean Taylor died Tuesday after he was shot in his home by an apparent intruder, leaving the Washington Redskins in mourning for a teammate who seemed to have reordered his life since becoming [...]

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Greensboro College will begin producing live streaming audio and video of Pride athletic events.
PrideTV debuts on Tuesday when GC women’s basketball hosts Emory & Henry College. The following day, Guilford College visits The Pride men.
Fans with an Internet connection can view the broadcasts at: http://www.ustream.tv/gcpride
There is no charge to view the games and broadcasts are [...]

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By Don | - 10:18 am - Posted in Professional

There are some things that set me off and Rob Daniels’ article did that today.
I’m not a Professional Sports Writer, I’m not even that great of a fan. I enjoy watching the competition and often I watch and immediately forget what I just saw. But I know enough about the NFL and Football [...]

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