Sports Stories for March 2011
Stories for Thursday, March 31
NFL’s numbers guarantee spots for unknown players
It has taken awhile, but I am becoming used to ESPN’s Colin Cowherd on radio.He tends to contradict himself at times, but sometimes you have to make some odd noise to get people to listen.But a couple of weeks ago, his rant just didn’t work.He was saying how most of ...
Stories for Wednesday, March 30
Miamisburg native, VCU's Getter playing key role for team
One day when he was still a Miamisburg grade schooler, he told his folks that when he grew up he wanted to be either an eye doctor or a basketball coach.“We thought, ‘Yeah right, Kyle,’” Bill Getter said with a laugh that didn’t last too long. That’s because his son ...
Stories for Tuesday, March 29
Former local golf pro Gilbert dies at 73
Jimmy Gilbert, former head golf professional at Dayton Country Club, died Tuesday in Plantation, Fla., after a bout with cancer. He was 73.A native of Bowling Green, Ky., Gilbert was head pro at Eaton Country Club for two years and worked at DCC for 34 years before retiring in 1997. ...
Commentary: Even in defeat, UT coach Summitt steals the show
How can a women’s college basketball team come to a hoops-crazed town and take over? Two words: Pat Summitt.I spent much of last weekend at UD Arena watching the Dayton Regional featuring Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Notre Dame beat Tennessee on Monday for the first time in ...
Stories for Monday, March 28
Gems’ donation to family tops $10,000
HOCKEY: The Dayton Gems have raised more than $10,000 for Kyle Terrian, an 18-year-old Bethel High School graduate who has a rare form of cancer. The Gems held a silent auction and a postgame jersey auction on Saturday night during their regular-season finale against Quad City. The Gems also donated ...
Bellbrook runner wins Louisville race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bellbrook’s Ann Alyanak won the Papa John’s 10 Miler in a women’s record time of 57:27 on Saturday, nearly two minutes ahead of her closest competitor. In the men’s division, Bellbrook’s Jason Ordway finished fifth in 51:05, finishing 1:40 behind the winner.A record 9,181 runners registered for ...
Notre Dame’s rock star lifts Irish past Vols
DAYTON — Skylar Diggins had a regional championship hat on her head and a Final Four T-shirt freshly over her uniform when she leaned into the microphone and gave the deadpan line of the night.Asked about the experience of playing for the hometown team, the Notre Dame sophomore guard and ...
Tuesday's high school sports results
BASEBALLReynoldsburg 8, Northmont 7WP—Core (1-0). N: Stoffel HR.Tri-Village 6, Mississinawa Valley 4WP—Slade (1-0), 15 K. MV: Stump 2 RBI. TV: Schlechty 3-3; Pipenger 3b; Maples 2-3.Sidney 5, Carroll 2WP—Van Horn (1-0). S: Beer 3-4; Dotson 3-4. C: Bundy 2-3, HR.New Bremen 10, Bradford 0WP—Bertke (1-0). NB: Barlage 3b, 3 RBI; ...
Butler coach youngest to lead team to back-to-back Final Four
Butler’s 34-year-old Brad Stevens has gotten acclaim for being the youngest coach to lead his team to back-to-back Final Four appearances. But if Connecticut wins the title, Jim Calhoun, who is 68, would become the oldest coach to claim the crown.Oldest coaches to win an NCAA title (ages in years-months-days):Phog ...
Stories for Sunday, March 27
Gems to face Rapid City in playoffs
The Dayton Gems will be taking on Rapid City in the opening round of the CHL Playoffs. The Rush were the top team in the Turner Conference, while the Gems finished in eighth.The Gems will play in the best-of-five series Friday and Saturday in Rapid City before coming to Dayton ...
<b>Low seeds, high hopes</b>
VCU and Butler (for the second straight season) have pulled off major surprises by reaching the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. They’re two of the lowest-seeded teams ever to crack the national semifinals since the field was expanded to 40 teams in 1979.Year School (seed)Result 2011VCU (11) ??? 1986LSU (11)* ...
Ex-NCAA wrestling champ not quite ready
When phenom Jon Jones (13-1) won the UFC light-heavyweight title on March 19, fans already had anointed former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion Phil Davis (9-0) as the man most likely to dethrone him.Davis kept his perfect record intact with a UFC Fight Night 24 victory over veteran Antonio ...
Commentary: Mid-majors close gap on traditional powers
Thomas Frank, a writer with the New York Times, penned a controversial political book several years ago entitled “What’s the Matter With Kansas?”It’s a question basketball fans are now asking of the Jayhawks, and the other various power conference teams, which are finding their NCAA tournament grip slipping.VCU defeated Kansas ...
Tennessee women's coach Summitt pushes the right button
As Pat Summitt stories go, this one tells you all you need to know about why Tennessee awoke from its first-half lethargy Saturday and knocked Ohio State out of the NCAA basketball tournament women’s regional semifinal at UD Arena.Many years ago the Volunteers’ legendary coach was nine months pregnant with ...
Commentary: College basketball players need reality check
I think I’ll write a book on how to manage your time during NCAA tournament games. With nine lengthy TV timeouts and 10 for the coaches, these marathons last about as long as the Rose Bowl. So, what should we tackle during our down time? An early jump on the ...
Commentary: New NCAA TV format makes watching better
I was as skeptical as anyone when hearing about the new way the NCAA tournament would be televised this year.I loved the cutting away from one game to see an exciting ending of another. It was one-stop shopping, getting everything you need in excitement without changing the channel.But this year, ...
Shooting display from unlikely source helps Notre Dame advance
DAYTON — Brittany Mallory was asked to stop on her way to the Notre Dame locker room. Reporters from two South Bend, Ind., television stations flipped on their camera lights as the Fighting Irish senior guard moved against a wall in the UD Arena hallway.Teammate Skylar Diggins, more often the ...
Highlights from the NCAA women's Dayton Regional at UD Arena
A look at Saturday’s NCAA tournament Dayton Regional semifinals at UD Arena:BEST PERFORMANCE: Devereaux Peters, a Notre Dame senior forward, packaged 17 points (on 6-of-8 shooting), 13 rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocks to help the Fighting Irish top Oklahoma 78-53. Peters, who averages 11.8 points and 7.3 ...
Silverbacks suffer 2nd straight defeat
MARION — The Marion Blue Racers handed the Dayton Silverbacks their second consecutive indoor football defeat, 34-13, scoring 34 unanswered points until Daniel Stover threw a 14-yard TD pass late in the fourth quarter.The Silverbacks return to action Saturday, hosting the Cincinnati Commandos at Hara Arena at 7:30 p.m.
Stories for Friday, March 25
Big Ben’s sister has her own story to tell
She’s gone some 900 miles away to build her own athletic career and become her own woman and yet so many places she goes, Carlee Roethlisberger finds she’s still Big Ben’s little sister. And depending on the circumstance that can mean a warm, almost fawning embrace or, once in a ...
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