Sergeant Zip

LBJ / Dambort / Arena Zach Jackson article He has a direct line to a certain multi-millionaire mentioned above who happens to like basketball, happens to like Akron and happens to be one of Nike’s most important clients. This is me saying this, not Dambrot, but when Akron does get a new arena there’s a pretty good chance it will have lots of swooshes, lots of LJ logos and the absolute finest and shiniest of everything.

MidMajorMadness on Dambrot contract and Zips "team." "Getting that talent to work together in that manner is a skill that not every coach has. Dambrot appears to be able to do it, along with some of the best coaches in college basketball."

Rather than starting a new thread, I'll post here: Athlon Sports Preview has the Zips at #119 of 125.

Zach Jackson update

Steve French & Terry Bowden open up MAC Football Media Day at Ford Field in Detroit.

Akron students to design a mobile app to enhance The Akron Experience, tentatively named "Successful U."

Glad it happened today. That is the problem with technology, you never truely get away.

Great news! I thought you were on vacation George!

Matt Williamson works for ESPN. He followed J.D. Brookhart from Pitt to the University of Akron, where Williamson was the director of football operations.

"#MACFBDay Official tweets will include this hashtag." Cool. How many tweets does it take to get trending?

Looks like Matt has had a decent career in coaching after UofA. Do you think he new anyone at North Alabama that helped UofA reach out to Terry?

JZ84, I thought the same thing about the injuries. Unless i missed it, no mention of concussions, head injuries or concern of injuries in general.

Dambrot on James: "Listen, this guy has been pampered, spoiled and told how great he was since the 7th grade..." Keith seems to be getting a lot of run since James won the championship.

D.B.A.(Dante Boccuzzi Akron) opened this month and is described as “modern American.” First floor of Northside Lofts in the former VegiTerranean location. Link to restaurant webpage.

I think I heard it starts July 30th and will be called the Big Time Sports Show. Here is Joe Dunn's website for his BigTime Sports Ohio TV Show.

Heard on Sportsradio 1350 that Joe Dunn is taking over 3 to 6PM to talk local sports.

Keith Dambort quotes in Windhorst Article

If that was it, it is now https://twitter.com/#!/JasonTaylor. It has the blue check too.

Old news but JT possibly joining the four letter network (a.k.a. ther mothership or ESPN).

Rasor signs off at the ABJ / Ohio.com. Thanks for all the time and effort you put it. Always enjoyed your stuff whether I agreed or not.

Jason Swiger is on the Akron Jagz roster.

The world record for fist pumping was set around UA and Manny's Pub. Dude lasted 16 hours. His fist was super-glued together to ensure he maintained the perfect fist formation. He prefers the so-called Jersey-style where you use your elbow to roll your fist — opposed to a “fist thrust” where you just thrust your fist into the air.

Looks like the Bears were also interested in him.

April 2012 Independent Football Veterans Conference Powerpoints from their panel on concussions and the lawsuits filed against the NFL and Riddell.

Charlie Frye joins concussion lawsuits.