Posted 5:36 PM by logoshak
NC State defeated Duke this afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium 28-21. That was Duke's 30th straight conference loss. But, things are looking up for the Blue Devils. The school fired head coach Carl Franks last week and replaced him with defensive coach Ted Roof. The Devils appeared to play with a renewed purpose today and maybe this is the beginning of better days ahead for the duke football program. With Miami,Fla and Virginia Tech entering the ACC next year, things better look up.
The lowest of the low hockey minor leagues cranked up last night. Talking about the Southeast Hockey League. Yes this four team collection of teams is playing what appears to be a round robin schedule of games. The Winston-Salem franchise got sponsor money from a Canadian brewery and was going to be called Moosehead. But a disagreement last week has caused the team to be called Winston-Salem Hockey Team for at least the next few weeks. Shades of the Baltimore team in the CFL a few years back.

Barry allsportsguides.com

Posted 12:08 PM by logoshak
Who'd thought that the Bambino's curse would be broken by a knuckleball. That's right, that garbage pitch that has been the nightmare of every catcher who's had to catch it. The Boston Red Sox' Tim Wakefield beat the New York Yankees for the second time in the ALCS series. Yanks coach Don Zimmer behaved himself last night and stayed away from punk wannabe Pedro Martinez. This afternoon's game could be the eventual American League winner.
The Atlantic Coast Conference had gone berry picking in the Big East patch again and plucked Boston College. This will give the ACC 12 teams and the lucrative conference football championship game it craves so much. The Big East has already filed a lawsuit claiming damages to its athletic programs. I don't see any of the Big East teams coming back. Get over it.
After last night's 36-0 beating at the hands of the St. Louis Rams, the Atlanta Falcons must be praying for the return of Michael Vick more than ever. The Falcons are a completely different team without their star QB. Even the defense seems hogtied without him.

Barry allsportsguides.com

Posted 11:25 AM by logoshak
Am I sick of hearing about Kobe Bryant or what? I haven't seen or heard the evidence in this case but if the preliminary hearing is any indication, Kobe is guilty as sin. Anytime that a man has transgressed against a woman and his only defense is trying to expose her bad character, you can assume that he knows he is guilty and so does his defense team. Perhaps since Bryant didn't attend college, he never learned the meaning of the word NO.
Kobe, call Mike Tyson, he can give you pointers on picking out sheets for your cell.
The Yankees got some good pitching last night and evened their series with the Red Sox 1-1. This sets up an epic pitching showdown Saturday between Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez at Fenway Park. Will this be Rocket Roger's last appearance at Fenway? Or will he really retire after the post season? The Cubs and Marlins continue their series knotted at one.
Can the Carolina Panthers continue their winning ways against the red hot Indianapolis Colts this Sunday? It boils down to the stiff Panthers defense controlling the recently unstoppable Peyton Manning. The Panthers running game behind Stephen Davis will also have to produce. Should be a good game. Have a great weekend!

Barry allsportsguides.com

Posted 11:29 AM by logoshak
I find it amazing that the comments of the ESPN NFL show actually made me feel support for Rush Limbaugh. Supposedly the panelists Chris Berman, Tom Jackson, Steve Young and Michael Irvin kept quiet about the incident last week on purpose. They should have continued to stay quiet about it. Chris Berman is the most overrated "journalist" in the electronic media. It is disgusting that anytime race is brought in the mix of any issue, whether right or wrong, opportunists use it as a way to garner attention or self promotion. Sadly, equality is a long way from reality in this day and age. I keep thinking of that little thing called the first amendment, freedom of speech, should be used with a dash of responsibility.
The US women's soccer team was outplayed and beaten by Germany last night 3-0. This eliminates the team and probably any hope that the WUSA will be revived. I don't know, but there was that swell of fan support that carried the team last time out. The team now looks to take the gold in the 2004 Olympics in Greece.
Atlanta Thrashers Dan Snyder died from injuries incurred in a car crash 6 days ago. He was 25. Teammate Dany Heatley will face charges as he was driving the Ferrari that hit a wall at 80 mph. This is a sad situation, and our thoughts go out to Dan Snyder's family.

Barry allsportsguides.com

Posted 11:56 AM by logoshak
I don't have any sympathy whatsoever for Rush Limbaugh. The guy has become a rich man by spouting off his mouth about whatever is popular to his following of idiotic dittoheads. He tries to shock listeners of his radio programs like Howard Stern tries to shock his audience. Trouble is that the shock wears off after a while and you have nothing but a sad man in a booth collecting a huge salary and making no contribution to anything except his own ego. The comments that forced Limbaugh off ESPN, is a case in point. They made no sense what so ever and probably were totally without basis except in Rush's own mind. Now stories of alledged drug abuse surface. I don't know but I have to take a load of aspirin after more than 10 minutes of listening to the guy with "talent on load fron God". Yeah, sure.
The baseball playoffs have been great so far. The Twins have a shot of knocking off the Yanks as they head back to the MetroDome tied 1-1. The Red Sox are in a tough hole down to the A's 2-0. Atlanta travels to Wrigley tied 1-1 with the Cubs and the Giants are knotted up 1-1 as they travel to the Marlins fishtank. Oh and we got some great college games Saturday. Have a great weekend!

Barry allsportsguides.com