Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Articles by Andy Jobanek and Billy Low:
The Full Court Press: A Super Bowl in London?
Andy: Ask anybody what’s the first thing they think of when they hear of London, and I bet you nobody will say American football. Yet ...
The Full Court Press: weird science, weird sports
Billy: Science and technology are now more prevalent in sports than ever before. TV networks have introduced innovations, such as the telestrator, to improve fans’ ...
The FullCourt Press: student athletics or big money?
Billy: In her article “Learn a Lesson, Lose the Wins” in Sports Illustrated this March, Selena Roberts addressed Florida State University’s reaction to an NCAA ...
FullCourt Press: alternative sports leagues
[caption id="attachment_4631" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Credit: Calkin."][/caption] While the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB dominate professional ...
The Full Court Press: our final four predictions
In the men’s NCAA national semifinals on Saturday, April 4, Michigan State plays Connecticut, and Villanova takes on North Carolina. The winners will play for ...
The FullCourtPress: The importance of winning
Billy: The way sports are watched, the way sports are played, the uniforms athletes wear and the money athletes make all change over time. But ...
TheFullCourtPress: World Baseball Classic begins
Andy: Several major league players will not be joining their respective ball clubs. It’s not due to lack of talent or a steroid scandal, but ...
The Full Court Press
With baseball’s spring training under way, here are some things both of us would like to see happen in the 2009 season. Billy: A solid encore by ...
The Full Court Press: A-rod and sports suspensions
Billy: Major League Baseball will soon compromise either its integrity as a sport or as a body of authority when it decides whether or not ...
The Full Court Press: Are all-star games still relevant?
Andy: Irrelevant. Too commercial. Boring. That’s the way all-star games are described nowadays, and with good reason. While it’s an honor to make an all-star game ...
