The Glory-Lines 12/04/2008

It’s a Thursday edition of the Glory-Lines. You know the drill, here’s some stories from around the ‘net that we like and you SHOULD too! EA Sports Adult Men’s Softball ’09 (Joe Sports Fan) Start a Facebook Group, Get on ESPN (The Legend of Cecilio Guante) Nice Rocky Tops (Hugging Harold Reynolds) Good to see [...]

The Winner of this year’s ACC Invitational is….The ACC

Was there ever any doubt who would win? I guess the Wisconsin win and the upset that Ohio State pulled off gave Big Teners some hope, but deep down, they knew what the outcome would be. I will say that the Big Ten actually held their own this year, but I doubt the original idea [...]

Antoine Walker’s: Stat line of the week #5

With 5 weeks in the books for the NBA season, teams are settling in and slowly taking their positions. Of course the Lakers (14-2) and Celtics (17-2) are at the top of their respective conference standings. The early season surprises are the teams that hold the second spot in the conferences; the Chauncey Billups led [...]

The ACC Invitational is tied after day 2

After Wisconsin’s victory on Monday, the ACC pulled even with the Big Ten by winning 3 out of the 5 games on the second day of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Here’s a quick recap. Boston College 57 Iowa 55In the night’s JV game, the Boston College Eagles gave the ACC it’s first victory in this [...]

Top 10 Worst Dressed Coaches

Recently it seems that anytime I’m watching anything sports related and a coach graces the screen, I find myself laughing uncontrollably. Whether it’s a game or an interview, I always find humor in many of the coaches these days. Why, you ask? Because many coaches are horrible dressers! I’m sure I could give you a [...]

Injury prone McGrady out again

Houston Rockets G Tracy McGrady is scheduled to miss three weeks to rest his sore left knee. McGrady has missed the team’s last 3 games after starting the first 15 of the season. The Rockets star had arthroscopic surgery in May and obviously the knee hasn’t completely healed yet. McGrady is averaging a modest 15.6 [...]

The Glory-Lines 12/02/2008

It’s another Tuesday edition of the Glory-Lines. You know the drill, here’s some stories from around the ‘net that we like and you SHOULD too! Fed up with Thanksgiving football nonsense (No Joshin’) Vernon Wells Version ??? in 2009 (Mopup Duty) A hot or not update on how NBA teams are looking so far (Cuzoogle) [...]

Love Cupcakes? Go Play for Duke!

That’s right parents. If your kids love cupcakes and they can flop when an opposing player comes down the lane, then there’s a spot for them in the Duke University basketball program. Just check out the abundance of cupcakes that Duke has in store for your youngster: Presbyterian Georgia Southern Rhode Island Montana Duquesne UNC [...]

BCS rankings, what a joke

Once again the BCS ranking system has failed again. This week the Texas Longhorns were jumped in the rankings by the Oklahoma Sooners, a team they beat 45-35 earlier this season. The Sooners were crowned the Big 12 South champs by the erratic BCS computer which broke a 3-way tie among Oklahoma, Texas and Texas [...]

Things that make me ponder

Some things have reasonable explanations, but others can’t logically be explained. Here are a few of those occurrences that recently plagued the world of sports and its glory. 1. What is wrong with Jimmy Connors? 56 year old tennis great, Jimmy Connors was arrested last week for apparently causing a disturbance outside the campus of [...]