Here's a story from ESPN on Kevin Laue, a one-handed basketball player here at Manhattan. Even though they're going through an awful season (3-17), it's still good to see a kid like Kevin get a chance at to play at the highest level of amateur basketball - Division I. Seeing him almost every day and speaking to him from time to time, I can tell he's a great kid with his head on straight who knows that attitude is everything.
UConn has a ballhog problem. And his name is not Kemba Walker. It's Shabazz Napier. #23 Louisville escaped the northeast with a 79-78 win over #5 UConn. Kemba Walker got the final shot - from 35' away. Napier was hoisting up three-pointers like they were going out of style - 5 for 13 on the game. Sure he had 23 points, Jeremy Lamb had 21 (1-9 on threes) and Kemba had 20 (on 7-28 shooting).
The game was lost because of their transition defense (or lack thereof) and the fact that the big shots was taken by Napier, a freshman, and not by Walker, the leader of this team. Regardless of who's hot and who's not, the (arguably) best player in the country should have the shot to win the game from closer that 35'. A tough loss in the Big East will only help the Huskies, but still, heartbreak is heartbreak. They need to regroup when they host #9 Syracuse at home next Wednesday.
Syracuse has a tough road test today with Marquette at 3:00 pm - they're trying to avoid a four game losing streak. They started the season 18-0 before losing to Pittsburgh, Villanova, and Seton Hall. A loss today could drop them to ninth or tenth in the Big East standings. Seeing how the Big East has seven teams in the Top-25, they still aren't out of it, but they could have made their road to March a little easier by simply beating a mediocre-at-best Seton Hall team at the Carrier Dome.
Exciting day of college hoops today. My nap has been cancelled due to the fact that I can't keep my eyes closed with all these good games on. Chocolate milk time. Oh yeaaaaahhhhhhhhh.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Too Much Wine...
I am utterly exhausted. Not sure if it was the getting up at 4 am to get ready for practice yesterday morning or staying out until 12:15 am last night or helping Paul and Jenny polish off three bottles of wine, but part of me thinks it was a combination of all three.
Bottle number one was a bottle of white Pinot Noir - it wasn't my favorite but it grew on me a little bit. Tasted like a white wine. For those of you who are thinking "This guy's a real doofus, Pinot Noir is a red wine!" - take a listen. The color of wine comes from the skin of the grapes. Red wine is made from red grapes and the skins are left on during fermentation. Therefore, in order to make a white wine out of red grapes, you must remove the skins prior to fermentation. There's your fun fact of the day, for free.
Bottle number two was an awesome red Pinot Noir from the Kosta Browne Winery. It was smooth and had hints of cherry and a dry finish. I have never been wine tasting and have never considered myself a connoisseur by any means, but there are some things I can taste, and it was pretty evident - or so it seemed.
I like to read and research the wine I drink in order to try to educate myself as to what a wine is supposed to look, taste, and smell like. I think it makes me feel as though I've learned something while throwing back glasses of wine.
On the agenda tonight is another trip to NYC to meet up with my mother at a Mediterranean restaurant - not sure what to expect but I hope they have baklava - that shit is bomb.
Practice went well today - the pitchers threw the ball pretty well. Velocity was up for the guys who threw live and they located pretty well. Not bad for their first time out this spring. Tomorrow is another 8am practice, so I get to sleep in until 6:30 am. Sweet.
Time to count some sheep for a few.
Bottle number one was a bottle of white Pinot Noir - it wasn't my favorite but it grew on me a little bit. Tasted like a white wine. For those of you who are thinking "This guy's a real doofus, Pinot Noir is a red wine!" - take a listen. The color of wine comes from the skin of the grapes. Red wine is made from red grapes and the skins are left on during fermentation. Therefore, in order to make a white wine out of red grapes, you must remove the skins prior to fermentation. There's your fun fact of the day, for free.
Bottle number two was an awesome red Pinot Noir from the Kosta Browne Winery. It was smooth and had hints of cherry and a dry finish. I have never been wine tasting and have never considered myself a connoisseur by any means, but there are some things I can taste, and it was pretty evident - or so it seemed.
I like to read and research the wine I drink in order to try to educate myself as to what a wine is supposed to look, taste, and smell like. I think it makes me feel as though I've learned something while throwing back glasses of wine.
On the agenda tonight is another trip to NYC to meet up with my mother at a Mediterranean restaurant - not sure what to expect but I hope they have baklava - that shit is bomb.
Practice went well today - the pitchers threw the ball pretty well. Velocity was up for the guys who threw live and they located pretty well. Not bad for their first time out this spring. Tomorrow is another 8am practice, so I get to sleep in until 6:30 am. Sweet.
Time to count some sheep for a few.
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