Over a decade ago, Bill Simmons began ranking basketball players in his annual ‘NBA Trade Value’ column. The rules are simple: Talent, salary and age all matter. If two equally talented players earn different amounts, then the cheaper one has more ‘trade value.’ Similarly, younger players are often viewed as more valuable. The idea of the list is that if the general manager of Team A calls the general manager…
NCAA Preview: Denver Opens 2014 Home Season, Griffins Fly to Mile High
WHO: Canisius at Denver WHERE: Denver, CO WHEN: Sunday February 23 1:30 pm MT DENVER Having a balanced start to the season, the Pioneers won their season opener at Air Force. Then, in the second week traveled to Durham, N.C. and lost to Duke. For starters, they opened their season with two road games. Come this weekend, Denver will finally open their home crowd to the 2014 season. Air…
St. Mary’s vs. Roanoke: Seahawks Top Maroons, 12-8, For Second Consecutive Opener
The Sehawks got right back to work in 2014 after a 2013 full of upsets by knocking off the No. 8 Roanoke Maroons 12-8 on Tuesday in a tilt that was pushed back a day due to the snow storm that crushed the east coast over the last week.
NLL Three Stars Week Eight: Bucktooth Returns
Week 8 of the National Lacrosse League featured five blowout games in what was possibly the least exciting weekend that we’ve seen thus far in the 2014 season. The usual suspects were at it again including Colorado Mammoth John Grant Jr. (3 goals, 5 assists), Calgary Roughnecks Shawn Evans (4 G, 7 A) and Rochester Knighthawks Cody Jamieson (5 G, 5 A) but its three other standouts that have found…
NLL Rookie Report: Wilde Debuts, Digby Collects 9pts.
Rush rookies remaining unbeaten, Digby’s scoring prominence, and a Wilde debut highlight Week 8 of NLL rookie action. The Edmonton Rush maintained their perfect record with a 14-9 win over the Minnesota Swarm thanks to help from their rookie tandem of Riley Loewen and Robert Church. Loewen had two goals, including a third quarter tally that proved to be the game winner for Edmonton. Robert Church continued his steady production…
Trend of Defensive Play Highlights Americans in 2014 NLL
Going into the 2014 season, we expected to see a down year for American players with so many of them opting to instead play just MLL and with Team USA. However, those few Americans who have played this season have been very impressive. Still, with so few Americans left in the NLL, let’s take a look at how they have all fared. Philadelphia consistently has the most Americans in the…
Princeton Eager to Get Started Against Hofstra
WHERE: @ Princeton WHEN: Saturday February 22 @ 11:00 Princeton gets to start its season against the Hofstra Pride who are coming off an 11-9 loss to the Marquette Golden Eagles this past weekend. The loss gives the Pride an early record of 0-1 on the season and they will look to stop it from becoming a losing streak as they travel to Princeton to take on the Tigers in…
NCAA Power Rankings: Duke and Syracuse Off to Good Starts
Overtime is the early theme in the 2014 college season. With the expanded field, these one-goal affairs could play a factor when determining the bubble teams. Otherwise, it was a good week for the ACC. We saw some impressive victories by some of the up-and-coming programs. If these February games are any indication, we might be in for a bedeviling season. 1 Duke (2-0)—Duke got a head start and won…
NCAA Preview: Nittany Lions @ Fighting Irish
The Penn State men’s lacrosse team will travel to South Bend, Indiana to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The last time the two met was in mid-March of 2013. Notre Dame came out with the W in a close 10-9 game that resulted in overtime. Last week, the Nittany Lions faced a tough, overtime loss, to Loyola. Erik Myers and Kyle VanThof both had a great game. VanThof earned…
Bandits, Stealth Face Long Breaks
Both the Buffalo Bandits and Vancouver Stealth are facing an oddity in the National Lacrosse League as both teams will not play for three weeks, not back in action until March 8. Vancouver this weekend is coming off of a win and a loss while Buffalo is coming off of a blowout win over Philadelphia. Both teams are heading in drastically different directions as they head to this break. Buffalo…