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KD Recap

Lowder will not seek reappointment to the board.

The Cincinnati Bengals may look at Charlie Frye as a realistic possibility if they decide to sign a veteran quarterback during free agency.

High Speed Rail Update

Gloria riding south instead of west. Officers arrested Gloria James on a misdemeanor assault charge

Ryan Brinson is playing DB for the Canton Legends. Ha! That's hilarious! Well, actually, how sad for him. Brinson with the Canton Cougars.

Hopefully the amount of units now available will start to make the prices level off for off-campus housing. Some places have started to raise rent to levels that are a little ridiculous for how nice they are/what neighborhood's they are in. The new units will be more expensive. The new apartments would rent for about $700 a month per bed, compared to $600 a month at 22 Exchange. Maybe it will help lower prices at other locations, just not in the new housing.

All hail Gino Ford -- the new King of Peoria. "Oh no!?!" Jim "My wife is my rock" Thome is real genious. Never point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot, gun safety. That would include yourself, Thome. You might not want the barrel of your gun pointing directly at your face.

Although most universities are public institutions or colleges are supposedly not for profits. The athletic departments are supposed to be run as part of academia. It is also unusual how payments for luxury seating and naming rights are charitable gifts. Maybe universities should operate athletic departments (or atleast football and basketball) as unrelated businesses. Look at Texas getting $300 million for a television network. I find it ironic how much the coaches can get paid, some as much or better than NFL coaches, and student-athletes can only earn their education which has a ceiling (which I guess parallels a salary cap).

See link to Nader's Core Principles of League of Fans. League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to encourage social & civic responsibility in sports industry & culture. It has been around at least 10 years. He also ripped the city of Cleveland in 1996 for the stadium deal.

Now you don't have to just watch him. Come and see Huckabee, potential GOP presidential candidate in 2012, as the featured speaker during the Summit County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.

Frye is scheduled for unrestricted free agency.

No news or did I miss an update somewhere else?

Sure looks like Nik to me. Yep

Who is it this time?

Iona in in the MAAC and the announcers didn't know which MAC/MAAC the Zips were from.

Based on the picture in that article, CJ Oldham might not be enjoying the season as much as Josh.

Great game. Dec 1996 17 point underdogs. If I remember right Ali had a great look to win the game in regulation. J Ball 44 points!?!? TODAY is the day Zips!!! “James Posey scored five of his 17 points in the third overtime yesterday and No. 17 Xavier escaped with a 113-111 victory over Akron. The Musketeers (8-0) survived 44 points by Akron freshman point guard Jimmal Ball, whose baskets forced each of the overtimes for the Zips (1-6).” NY Daily News

I was asked to discontinue writing the blog at the end of May 2010. Bring it back, it was good.

Congrats to Shaka!

One thing the writer of this piece failed to mention: with Zeke Akron has reached the second round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history. Now that's an impact player. Miss Cleo's pen name is John Santa. John just glossed over the fact that UofA wins tomorrow. Zeke was just being a gentleman and didn't question John's prognosticating.

MCKEESPORT DAILY NEWS Akron hit it big with McKeesport's Marshall

From the Genius that is Pat Forde: Notre Dame (2) Best Case: Mike Brey does what Digger Phelps and every other men's basketball coach in school history failed to do -- capture a national title. Riding the rarest commodity in the game -- lavish experience -- the heady Fighting Irish reverse the trend that says you must have surefire pros to win it all. The Irish shoot the lights out of three successive venues and win a succession of close games -- they beat Louisville in their third overtime meeting of the season, then take out Kansas State in Houston and slay Ohio State in the title game. Ben Hansbrough joins big brother Tyler in the fellowship of the (championship) ring. Phelps gives Brey a gold-plated highlighter. Notre Dame faces reality and officially becomes a basketball school, and to prove it, the Irish commit to building a new arena. Worst Case: Experience is great, but athleticism can beat it. Notre Dame runs into that in a second-round upset loss to Florida State. The Seminoles blanket the Irish shooters and savage them on the offensive glass. Crestfallen Notre Dame fans remember that Mike Brey has never been to a regional final, much less a Final Four, as a head coach. Then they go back to scrutinizing the spring football depth chart. Meanwhile, Mike Krzyzewski unexpectedly retires after winning a fifth national title and Duke names Brey to succeed him. Akron (15) Best Case: The Zips take inspiration from a text message sent from former Akron homie LeBron James: "Take your talents to Chicago. And shock the world." Balanced team that won 11 of its past 13 games jumps on sleepy Notre Dame in afternoon tipoff, instills unease in pro-Irish crowd in the United Center and hangs around until the final media timeout before capitulating. LeBron sends consoling postgame text saying that he knows what it's like to lose in a playoff format. Gerry Faust shows up to root for both teams. Worst Case: There are no motivational texts from LeBron, and no hope, either. Akron team that didn't beat anybody in the RPI top 75 and lost to a pair of teams in the 300s is in far beyond its depth against the Fighting Irish (No. 8 RPI). Zips fail to challenge Notre Dame inside and are buried beneath an avalanche of 3s. Faust gets booed by both fan bases.

I saw a lot of missed shots in this...

What ever happened to Vincent Dorsey's blog?