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Full Moon Marks End Of Loony Series
The Moon is blood red as I write this, in a total eclipse, lit only by refraction of all the sunsets and sunrises ringing Earth. It's a deep central eclipse, its totality fully 100 minutes in duration, but with a visibility zone half a world away. Alas, just a few hours too early. It will be a...
Stanley Cup Finals Game 7: Who Hoists The Cup?
This year's Stanley Cup Finals comes down to a seventh and final game, as the Bruins notched a 5-2 win over the Canucks in Game 6 last night. The B's travel back to Vancouver for Game 7 on Wednesday night starting at 8 PM. BC's own Cory Schneider and Andrew Alberts look to join a growing list of...
Boston College Daily Links: Double-Digit Wins For The 2011 Irish?
Even Bill Connelly and the Football Outsiders are riding the 2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish bandwagon. 2011 Season Preview: Predictable Platitudes And The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (SBNation.com)Some of the fun in being a numbers nerd is getting to disagree with much of the conventional wisdom that...
Just How Good Is Dan Persa? And The Big Finish
Wrapping up Northwestern Preview Week ... Brian: In BC's season opener, they will face first-team All Big Ten quarterback Dan Persa and the Northwestern Wildcats. Before rupturing his Achilles tendon in the Iowa game last year, Persa had amassed 2,500 yards through the air and only threw four...
Goal Differential in the Post-Season
One thing that recent Stanley Cup winners have in common is dominance on the scoreboard both in the regular season and in the playoffs. With a +77 goal differential, and the best record in games decided by two or more (excluding empty netters) in the regular season, the Vancouver Canucks have the...
Boston College Daily Links: The Golden Eagles? That's Southern Miss
Want to really get under my skin? Refer to Boston College's athletics programs as the "Golden Eagles." Sorry, that's Southern Miss. Not BC. My question is how exactly did this start? Was BC school's official mascot ever the "Golden Eagles" or are people just being lazy? What gives? In protest, I am...
Where does Tampa Bay end up in the media pecking order of the NHL's Final Four?
Let's play a little game of speculation. We all know how the NHL and the traditional media regards the Tampa Bay Lightning. Not only is it a "South-least" Division team, but it's also one of those supposedly "unworthy" Sun Belt teams. While the arrival of Steven Yzerman has stemmed some of the...
TV Ratings and Horse Racing: The Big-Event Phenonmenon
Over the past decade much has been written about the decline of horse racing in the landscape of American sports. Certainly, when compared to the glory days of the 30s and 40s, horse racing's impact has lessened significantly, but how far has the sport really fallen? More specifically, how do the...
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