D.C. Sports Bog: March 18, 2007 - March 24, 2007
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Not to intrude again on the college basketball talk, but here's a Blog Poll: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate Friday night's debut of Blog Show on Washington Post Live, featuring choking dog Dan Steinberg as one host, the non-speech-encumbered Jamie Mottram of Mister Irrelevant as another...
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March 23, 2007; 7:53 PM ET |
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Joey Dorsey Wants Him Some Greg Oden
Wow wow wow. The Memphis-Ohio State regional semifinal got a little juicier a few minutes ago, when West Baltimore's own Joey Dorsey, Memphis' 6-9 junior center, pretty much called out Greg Oden. A sample: "It's going to be David and Goliath," Dorsey said. "I'm Goliath. He's the little man. I'm...
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Adam Kilgore
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March 23, 2007; 5:19 PM ET |
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Some San Antonio Loose Ends
Tremendous games here last night, a sports fan's dream and a sportswriter's nightmare. Brutal deadlines. Apologies to anyone who read my stories in today's birdcage liner and found they only approached coherency. They also lacked a few details, so here are some things you didn't read in today's paper. -There...
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March 23, 2007; 1:55 PM ET |
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Clock issues in San Antonio?
Don't get bent out of shape over your bracket. If last year taught me anything, it is that no matter how much basketball you watch or don't watch, this is little more than a guess. Texas A&M seemed like the ideal sleeper Final Four pick in the summer. To see...
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March 23, 2007; 9:59 AM ET |
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Local Hoops Poll Week 15: Additional Pithy Comments
Dan Steinberg here. Are these 11 days late? Yes. Are many of them outdated to the point of making no sense? Yes. Is this a foolish entry? Yes. But I promised the Local Voters I would publish these before tonight's games begin, and I never break a promise, except the...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 22, 2007; 5:40 PM ET |
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Georgetown's Commodore
Greetings from East Rutherford, where I am joined by not one, not two, but THREE fabulous Washington Post columnists: Mike Wise, Sally Jenkins and John Feinstein. Today's blog plan was to write about Martin Bahar*, Georgetown's charming graduate manager. He is a local guy (Bullis), a 2006 graduate of Vanderbilt...
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Camille Powell
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March 22, 2007; 4:05 PM ET |
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Gilbert Issues a Manifesto
Dan Steinberg here. Not about college basketball. I was supposed to be on a conference call about WPL today, but I was completely distracted by Gilbert's latest blog. It's 3,621 words. I'll be honest, he could use an editor. He repeats himself, repeatedly. He takes excessive umbrage at the words...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 22, 2007; 1:19 PM ET |
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Practice day in St. Louis
Arrived in St. Louis late last night. This is a logistical dream for the reporter because the hotel is located across the street from the dome. No Jerry Palm sighting yet. I had a great sleep until I awoke in the middle of the night when I realized ATM Kilgore...
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March 22, 2007; 8:46 AM ET |
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Something New
Wow, that last post had been there for a while. So, um, anyone want to guess the women's Final Four? Or take another stab at the men's Final Four? Or the Wizards' playoff seeding? Or the ETA for the Caps in the playoffs? Or the number of ounces a typical...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 21, 2007; 10:02 PM ET |
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Remember the Alamo!
And don't forget the cliches! Adam Kilgore here, live from San Antonio, where I'm mostly basking in the fact that I'm about half a country away from D.C., so I can easily avoid watching/appearing on Washington Post Live. (Only kidding, bosses.) Sorry for not blogging much, still getting the hang....
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Adam Kilgore
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March 21, 2007; 6:32 PM ET |
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On Leslie Nielsen and BobbyBoswell.com
Dan Steinberg here. And this isn't about college basketball. So it was a big night for parties last night. First was ROCK THE HILL, a welcome to the 110th Congress featuring Leslie Nielsen, the Stanley Cup and award-winning country artists Emerson Drive, sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, taking place at...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 21, 2007; 2:58 PM ET |
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John Thompson III buys Egg McMuffins
Here is something that I would've paid to see: Georgetown Coach John Thompson III standing in line at McDonald's earlier this week and asking to buy dozens of McMuffins. Georgetown students camped out at McDonough Arena on Monday night in order to be first in line when tickets for the...
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Camille Powell
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March 21, 2007; 1:51 PM ET |
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On Washington Post Live
Dan Steinberg here. Do you care what I think about Washington Post Live, our exciting new venture into the world of boring live TV talk shows? No, you do not. How do I know this? Because of my seven phone numbers and 14 e-mail addresses and multiple blog comment spaces,...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 21, 2007; 1:14 PM ET |
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This year's Florida
I leave for St. Louis tonight. This region has my name written all over it, so I can't wait. The one-and-only Jerry Palm will be there. So will A.J. Graves of Butler. So will 5-6 Tajuan Porter of Oregon and the Tark boys of Vegas. (Before my wife just walked...
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Eric Prisbell
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March 21, 2007; 9:37 AM ET |
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Best Sweet 16 matchups
This is the calm before the storm, a chance to unpack and repack, pay some bills and reintroduce myself to my wife. But before I leave for St. Louis tomorrow night, I'm looking at which team fits the profile of last year's Florida squad. When you consider the course of...
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Eric Prisbell
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March 20, 2007; 9:20 AM ET |
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Little Pat's Big Dunk, other W-S odds and ends
I'm feeling a little guilty that I reduced Patrick Ewing Jr.'s huge reverse dunk in the final minute of the BC game to a mere sentence in my game story, especially after watching the replay on ESPN about a hundred times and seeing John McDonnell's great photo in the paper....
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Camille Powell
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March 19, 2007; 12:27 PM ET |
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Final word on Buffalo
Eric checking in the morning after the return from Buffalo. On the tournament and road experiences: The year after George Mason, there will officially be no George Mason. No double-digit seed has advanced to the Sweet 16. Butler doesn't qualify as a potential Mason, and neither does Southern Illinois, both...
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Eric Prisbell
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March 19, 2007; 8:56 AM ET |
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Ok, Rank Em
I've always wanted to be in one of those pools where you have a snake draft for the NCAA field; eight people get eight teams each, and whoever winds up with the champion wins. Apparently something similar can be done with the Sweet 16 field. While waiting for someone to...
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Dan Steinberg
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March 18, 2007; 10:19 PM ET |
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