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OT... Nova women win petit final at IRA

Congratulations to the members of the Villanova women's lightweight 4 who won the petit final at today's IRA championship. Translated, the Villanova boat finished 7th in the nation in their category at the national championship event. Finishing ahead of Villanova in the championship race were Wisco, UMass, Stanford, Radcliffe, and Boston U. Note that the Villanova women's rowing program has seen a definite uptick in its performance and enthusiasm of its athletes since St.Claire stepped aside and Coach Carissa Adams assumed the head coaching position.

WVL4 PF Results:
1 VILLANOVA ........ 8:00.180
2 FORDHAM ..........8:00.550
3 PRINCETON ...... 8:23.550
4 GEORGETOWN . 8:42.190
5 MIT.......................8:46.000

OT: Generation of Sports Broadcasters ready to move on?

Interesting discussion on Atlanta sports radio this morning with the announcement that Verne Lundquist will be retiring from the CBS SEC coverage. (Which is a big deal in ATL given that SEC football is discussed 24/7/365)

Mentioned a few of the broadcasters that have/are retiring and a few others that might be soon, including:
Vin Scully
Bill Rafferty
Dick Vitale
Lee Corso
Bob Costas
Al Michaels
Chris Berman
Marv Albert
Brett Musburger

I'm sure there are others. That is a pretty big list of key guys that have done a lot of events over the past 30+ years. Really leads to a generational shift that's going to occur over the next couple years.
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TID BITS FROM PHILLY ALL STAR GAME LAST NIGHT

ATTENDED THE PHILLY HS ALL STAR GAMES LAST NITE AT GIRARD COLLEGE......THREE GAMES INCLUDED THE BEST RISING SOPHOMORES JUNIOR AND SENIORS IN THE GREATER PHILLADELPHIA AREA.......ALTHOUGH VILLANOVA JUST WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, NOT SURE IF PHILLY IS CURRENTLY A FUTURE HOT BEAD OF FUTURE HI MAJOR RECUITS........CLASS OF 2017.........DA DA ROUNDTREE AND QUADE GREEN DID NOT PARTICIPATE...THEY
ATTENDED....PANGOS EVENT IN CALIF..........LONNIE WALKER...NINE POINTS.....PLAYED WELL...STARTED OFF WITHA SMOOTHE ATHLETIC DRIVE TO THE BASKET, HANGING IN THE AIR TO CONVERT........SCORED ON A STEAL NEAR HALF COURT IN WHICH HE ALMOST TORE DOWN THE RIM ON HIS DUNK TO CONVERT.......SCORED ON A PERIMTER JUMPER......MADE SOME OF THE BEST PASSESS , YOU WILL SEE IN TRANSITION.....OUTSTANDING THREAD THE NEEDLE BOUNCE PASSESS......TO TEAMATES FILLING A LANE........MISSED ON A FEW OUT OF CONTROL DRIVES INTO TRAFFIC......SCORES IN BUNCHES AND CAN DISAPPEAR FOR STRETCHES......OUTSTANDING PASSER......GREAT ATHLETE........LONNIE.....GAVE THIS LIST OF SCHOOLS.....SYRACUSE.....VILLANOVA....MIAMI.... I THINK VA .........SAID THERE WERE MANY OTHERS.......VERY GUARDED TALKING ABOUT RECUTING.....DIDNT MENTION KENTUCKY AT ALL UNTIL HE WAS PROBED......SAID CAL CALLED.......SAID HE WILL ATTEND VILLANOVAS TEAM CAMP..LATE IN JUNE........DIRECTLY SAID THESE WORDS....."...I PLAN TO DECIDE IN OCTOBER......".......NICE KID......MATURE AND POLISHED....INTELLIGENT......................CLASS OF 2018.....SAT WITH ALLAN RUBIN , NORM EAVERSON...TOM KONCHALSKI.....MOST AGREE THAT THE CLASS OF 2018....IS VERY WEAK IN PHILLY AREA......ONE OF THE WORST IN YEARS FOR QUANTITY OF .HIGH MAJOR PROSPECTS.........THERE IS ONE GUARANTEED PLAYER......CAM REDDISH, WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. ......REDDISH IS OBVIOUSLY BIG TIME...TOP TWENTY PLAYER MICKEY D....ALMOST FOR SURE...........THEN THERE IS.......MARCUS LITTLES.......TOP 150 PLAYER.....AND SETH PICKNEY FROM ARCHBISHOP WOOD.....WHO ARE TWO BIGS TO KEEP AN EYE ON.......IM TOLD LITTLES COULD END UP AT GORETTI, ST JOES PREP, OR ST BENS.....BY A SOURCE.....SETH PICKNEY...SIX TEN....DEFENSE IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF OFFENSE......BUT ONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON.......NOT SURE IF EITHER ARE VILLANOVA GOOD ENOUGH......AND THATS ABOUT IT IN THAT 2018 CLASS........NOVA STAFF BETTER HEAD OUT OF THE AREA NEXT YEAR SINCE THERE SIMPLY IS NOT A DEARTH OF TALENT.......BUT......CAM REDDISH MAKES UP FOR IT ALL.....WHOEVER GETS HIS COMMITMENT.....................CLASS OF 2019............IT ALL BEGINS WITH MIKEAL JONES FROM ROMAN CATHOLIC.......SIX FOOT SEVEN.....VERSATILE , SLASHER, CAN PLAY INSIDE OR THE PERIMTER VERY ATHLETIC, A TOP SEVENTY FIVE OR HIGHER PLAYER,.....MVP OF GAME, SCORED 18 POINTS......POWER DRIVES TO THE BASKET.......GOOD KID IM TOLD ... A MORE ATHLETIC VERSION OF LAMAR STEVENS........DONTE SCOT, IMOTEP......VERY ATHLETIC....SCORED NINE POINTS....LOTS OF POTENTIAL .......ERIC DIXON FROM ABINGTON....... SIXTEEN POINTS IN THIS GAME......VERY VERY SKILLED......NEEDS TO LOSE WEIGHT...STRONG.....SIX FOOT SIX....IF HE GROWS HE WILL BE A MAJOR RECUIT.....VERY SKILLED...A LITTLE CHUNKY.......A LITTLE JENKINISH BODY TYPE......CAN HIT THE THREE....POST YOU UP......INTRIGUING PLAYER.........COULD END UP A STEAL FOR SOMEONE....AND EASILY A TOP HUNDRED TYPE PLAYER........JAMIEL RIGGINS ...SIX FIVE,ANOTHER IMOTEP PLAYER, MORE OF A PF....SKILLED.....COULD BE A TOP HUNDRED KID WITHLOTS OFWORK.........CHRISTIAN INGS...FROM GORETTI...GUARD...VERY QUICK....REAL GOOD DEFENDER.....HAS SOME ATHLETIC TOOLS......COULD EASILY END UP A TOP HUNDRED PLAYER IN THAT CLASS......I LIKE HIM......ANOTHER IN A LONG LINE OF QUALITY GORETTI GUARDS.....A WAIT AND SEE.......BUT LOTS OF POTENTIAL...

Rollie deja vous.....

...watching the Championship replay I just picked up something pretty cool that I hadn't noticed before...Hart is at the line with 13.5 seconds left...he makes the second free throw to put us up by three...if you look behind our bench you see Rollie behind Patty Wright who is in white...as the second free throw goes though the net Rollie throws up a vigorous fist pump very reminiscent of the one heading to the locker room at halftime of the '85 Championship after the Williams shove on Everson...really cool...check it out...
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