Author: dwi1


  • Pure

    It’s pretty obvious from this site that I like to watch, talk and write about sports. If I didn’t, you wouldn’t be here. But I also like to play sports. In fact, in almost all cases, I’d rather play than watch. There are many reasons, all the standard ones, why I love to play sports…

  • Since Clemson doesn’t play a game this week, I’m going to just squeeze this paragraph in here at the top. I didn’t want to skip making a few comments about the incredible performance last week by their return man Justin Miller. As you probably know (if you didn’t know, you wouldn’t be reading this), Miller…

  • “This Is MJ”

    This is one bizarre, incredible story. A high school golf coach happened upon Michael Jordan playing golf and asked for some autographs. Instead, he ended up on a three day golf vacation with Jordan a few of his buddies. You know, the usual guys – Ahmad Rashad, Lawrence Taylor, Chris Chelios, Mario Lemieux, Kid Rock…

  • Dukie Dreaming

    Now, I normally like the Duke Basketball Report. I like it a lot actually, even though I’m not a Duke fan. They cover the ACC and all of college basketball extremely well and despite their obvious bias, they usually are pretty objective. Usually. This collection of what-ifs is a pretty egregious anomaly. According to the…

  • It seems that Tar Heel fans aren’t really being sparked by the disinterested play of their football team. They are staying home and those empty seats cost Carolina some serious dollars. The projection is that they’ll lose out on about $600K in ticket revenue, plus whatever concessions that would have produced. One million bucks seems…

  • Defense Rules

    The Washington Post is right, the ACC is loaded with good defenses this year. Five teams in the top 15 in the country is pretty impressive, and it’s not like there isn’t some offensive talent in the league. It’s just that those players, like Charlie Whitehurst, Darian Durant and Chris Rix, have been overpowered by…

  • ACC Review – Week 4

    Miami at Houston – Miami’s biggest opponent for the rest of the year will be themselves. Unless something surprising happens, there isn’t a game left where they won’t be fairly significant favorites. It’s a bit odd for a team to have their biggest, toughest and most significant game so early in the year. I wonder…

  • Open Season

    Well, it appears that last weekend’s stinker against Louisville officially marked the opening of John Bunting Season. And the hunters are banging away on their typewriters. I promise I won’t keep linking to these articles. After all, how many different ways can they say the same thing? That said, this one is a doozy. I…

  • It’s Never Too Early

    The Georgia Tech Sports Blog has uncovered quite a list – the top fourth-grade hoops prospects in the country, according to The HoopScoop Online. See the list here. Pretty amazing. Word has it, Pete Townsend of The Who is one of the talent scouts.

  • Broken Hoop Dreams

    This is a good article on some prep basketball stars who never made it to the NBA. This isn’t a new story, but it’s important for everyone to remember that things don’t always work out. The rankings aren’t perfect (mea culpa – I’ve been ragging on Pete Gillen for taking unranked players) and the future…