Hockey MOM for Vice-President!

| August 29, 2008

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been named the Vice Presidential Candidate for John McCain. She is called by most media as a “HOCKEY MOM”. May be we can get Hockey back in Greensboro with a Hockey Mom in DC.

Mick Foley and Ken Kennedy both gone from the WWE

| August 29, 2008

Mick Foley has agreed to contractual terms with TNA, according to Wade Keller of PWTorch.com. Foley will debut with the company once he is contractually able to do so. His WWE contract expires at the end of August. Jason Powell of prowrestling.net says: TNA just taped three weeks of television, so it could be a …Read the Rest…

High School Football Roundup and Preview for Friday August 29

| August 29, 2008

Grimsley over Northern Durham 35-14 last night in what was a real team effort and the Whirlies were very pleased with the return of RB’s Lay Lay Brown and David Ray to the lineup. QB Josh Patterson had a big game for Grimsley and kicker Joe Rossabi was 5-5 in PAT’s and that takes his …Read the Rest…

Guilford Volleyball Tabbed Ninth in Preseason ODAC Poll

| August 29, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. — Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) volleyball coaches picked Guilford College ninth in the league’s preseason poll Wednesday. Washington and Lee University, the defending ODAC champion, topped the 11-team poll with nine first-place votes. Third-year head coach Emily Gann leads a squad that features five returning letter winners from last year’s 7-20 unit …Read the Rest…

High School football games tonight on AM950 Radio

| August 29, 2008

We will have updates for you tonight on six area high school football games on AM950 WPET radio. These will be coming your way during the Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball game from NewBridge Bank Park as the Hoppers take on the Lexington, Kentucky Legends. The football games we will be tracking this week include: Page at …Read the Rest…

Next week will be time to “BEAT THE JOCK” on our NFL pick contest!

| August 29, 2008

OK, All of you pickers; nose, guitar and football types-especially the NFL type-next week, we, here at your favorite sports web-site will start our NFL picks contest. If my memory serves me correctly[it's fading like the Yankees] I won last year’s overall total, edging a couple of contenders in the last two weeks of the …Read the Rest…

Birthday Blasts Lead Hoppers Past Lexington

| August 29, 2008

Dominguez Hits Pair of Greensboro’s Four Home Runs in 11-2 Rout; Durand Earns 10th Win GREENSBORO – Greensboro used the long ball and plenty of them in Thursday’s 13-2 drubbing of Lexington. Matt Dominguez slugged one in each of the first two innings in celebration of his 19th birthday. His second was the middle of …Read the Rest…

Grimsley grounds down Northern Durham

| August 28, 2008

Grimsley used 391 yards rushing and the Whirlies made the plays on defense when they had to as the Whirlies won their home opener 35-14. After the only three and out that Northern Durham had in the first half the Whirlies went down on their first possesion to take a lead they would not relinquish …Read the Rest…

NHRA weekend will be quick to impress

| August 28, 2008

from David Poole of the Charlotte Observer: It was Aug. 29 of last year when I got wind that Bruton Smith was seriously thinking about building a drag strip at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. I called Smith to check it out and was literally putting luggage into the car to go to the airport to fly …Read the Rest…

Big time college football atmosphere will be on display in “The Capital City Battle” tonight in Columbia, S.C.

| August 28, 2008

If you want to see what big time college football atmosphere IS, watch tonight’s game between the capital city teams in the capital of South Carolina, Columbia. South Carolina will be good this year. N.C. State likely won’t. I have two of my other business partners who are South Carolina graduates, so I hear way …Read the Rest…

Grimsley at home vs Northern Durham this evening

| August 28, 2008

Grimsley football is set to host Northern Durham in their home-opener tonight at Jamieson Stadium. The Whirlies will play this game weather permitting. RB David Ray will be returning for Grimsley in this game and you have to favor the Whirlies if they get a chance to keep it on the ground on their home …Read the Rest…

College football tonight

| August 28, 2008

7:00 PM ET Northeastern at Ball State 7:00 PM ET UTEP at Buffalo 7:00 PM ET Eastern Illinois at Central Michigan 7:00 PM ET Indiana State at Eastern Michigan 7:30 PM ET Hofstra at Connecticut 7:30 PM ET Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech 7:30 PM ET Vanderbilt at Miami (OH) 7:30 PM ET Eastern Kentucky …Read the Rest…

Football In Focus – Show #1

| August 27, 2008

We got started a little later than expected; but we got the full hour in. Watch it. Next week, we’ll be back at Shane’s Rib Shack with new guests and more comments. Come on out and join the “studio” audience.

Guilford Soccer Ranked in Preseason ODAC Polls

| August 27, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. — Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) soccer coaches picked Guilford College’s women’s team sixth and the Quakers’ men eighth in their annual preseason polls Wednesday. Virginia Wesleyan College owns the top spot in the 12-squad women’s poll by seven points over defending league champion Lynchburg College. Virginia Wesleyan, the defending regular-season ODAC men’s …Read the Rest…

This Week At Greensboro College

| August 27, 2008

Women’s Cross Country Picked 6th in USA South FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The Greensboro College women’s cross country team has been picked to finish 6th of 10 teams in the upcoming USA South season, according to a poll of conference coaches. Pride Men’ s Cross Country Third in USA South Poll FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Greensboro College …Read the Rest…

Guilford College Announces 2008 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees

| August 27, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College will recognize five alumni, including four student-athletes, as the 37th class inducted into its Athletics Hall of Fame Sept. 13. Leslie Bowerman Blincoe ’82 of Virginia Beach, Va., Joe D. Floyd, Sr. ’53 of High Point, N.C., Brenda Davis Goble ’94 of Terre Haute, Ind., Michael Ian Hutcheon ’89 of …Read the Rest…

ZMAX RACEWAY ROARS TO LIIFE

| August 27, 2008

If anyone really doubted Bruton Smith could pull off the miracle of putting together the greatest drag strip in the world in less than seven months, those doubts have been laid to rest. He did it. Bruton Smith took drag strip construction to the next level, a level that is likely to stand for years. …Read the Rest…

Players at Army must put their dreams on hold

| August 27, 2008

Major changes are under way at West Point, where the Army has rescinded a program that allowed cadets who were athletes to swap out military service for playing professional sports after graduation. The option had been available since April 2005, as the Army reasoned that its former West Point cadets could generate positive media attention—and …Read the Rest…

GREENSBOROSports.com Football in Focus

| August 27, 2008

The LIVE webcast from Shane’s Rib Shack begins TODAY and then will move to Thursdays next week(September 4). We will be talking High School, College and Professional football from Shane’s on Westover Terrace and you can feel welcome to stop by the Rib Shack or you can check out the LIVE streaming of the show …Read the Rest…

Do the fans need more/better protection from flying baseballs at NewBridge Bank Park?

| August 27, 2008

I’m sure you’ve all seen the article by Sonja Elmquist in today’s News and Record and on-line at www.news-record.com, if not you need to check it out. Carroll Master was hit by a foul ball at the Greensboro Grasshoppers game last weekend and he will be forced to lose his left eye. Mr. Master got …Read the Rest…