Apr
13
2014
Bubba Watson won his 2nd Masters and in the process, joined all kinds of elite company. He is now a 2-Time Masters Champion, and 2-Time Major Winner. Watson is one of only 78 Multiple Major winners in the history of golf, and one only 17 golfers to win the Masters more than once. This is …
Apr
12
2014
This is a guest post by Ron Leyba – @NBAFantasyInfo on Twitter as he takes a look at who could be some of the NBA’s top draft picks this year. Thanks to Ron for contributing! We’ll see if Jabari Parker turns pro. He seems to be going back and forth on that decision. The NBA world has …
Apr
12
2014
This morning, at 10:00 a.m. EST, through CLNSRadio will air the new podcast called the “ABC’s of the ACC”, a show that will dive deep into the sports in the Atlantic Coast Conference. While the main focus will be on the two main sports… football and men’s basketall, but all sports will be covered during …
Apr
10
2014
After Connecticut beat Kentucky to win the men’s basketball title on Monday night, before the evening was over there were already pre-season polls coming out for next years basketball season. Sounds kind of crazy, but still they make for interesting discussions. From an ACC point of view, it was a bit premature to call the …
Apr
08
2014
Monday night the Connecticut Huskies men’s basketball team won their 4th national championship since 1999. That’s more national titles than the Big 10 conference has won in the 4 biggest collegiate sports – Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Football, and Baseball combined. There was the 2002 National Title in Football for Ohio State, and the 2000 …
Apr
08
2014
If you’ve read the blog in the past, you know we’ll take a peek at golf from once in awhile, especially when it’s time for one of the four majors. The Master’s is this week, but one major star will not be playing. Tiger Woods, due to a recent a back surgery, will not be …
Apr
06
2014
My podcast co-host @HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports have a special treat for you tonight. Our friend @HokieSmash is a big fan of college hockey, and he’s brought on a couple of our favorite guests Boston College Blogger @SoaringtoGlory whose site is SoaringtoGlory and @WillWorldsMN who is a contributor to the fine ACC site SCACCHoops.com. They join to discuss the upcoming Frozen Four. For me …
Apr
04
2014
Three struggling ACC basketball programs hired new basketball coaches in the last few weeks. Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Boston College are looking to turn things around. Does it look like they did? Let’s go through each one… Virginia Tech – Buzz Williams Let me just come out and say it right off, I love …
Apr
03
2014
My podcast co-host @HokieSmash and I @TalkinACCSports had plenty of ground to cover this week in the ACC. Boston College just made a new coaching hire, and Boston College blogger @SoaringtoGlory joined us on the podcast to discuss it. We appreciate @SoaringtoGlory coming on such short notice. To download the audio file of this podcast, please go here. You can also find …
Apr
01
2014
Short post for tonight, but here’s something interesting from CBSSportsLine. It is a document detailing NCAA rules the Power 5 conferences would like to see changed or amended. When I read this, I thought these actually seem like reasonable requests. I would recommend taking a look at the proposals. It’s a good read. I don’t …