Joe Pa’s Shame

The storm in State College, PA is barely a week old and you don’t need to be a brilliant seer into the future to predict tumultuous times at Penn State for many days ahead.  University trustees announced late Wednesday night that school president Graham Spanier and Joe Paterno, the man whose name graces, or perhaps more aptly now disgraces their library, the esteemed Paternoville camping area... [Read more]

Remembering 9/11 Ten Years Later: by Drew Quinlia

There’s an old adage that the lacrosse community epitomizes that occasional “small world” scenario. How many times have you been in conversation with so-and-so, and that person knows so-and-so due to some degree of proximal separation, and all caused by lacrosse’s doing? Well, I can’t tell you how many times this phenomenon has unfolded before me, and so, as the ten-year... [Read more]

Make Up Your Own Mind

March 24, 2011 – Despite having a built-in media source to defend himself, I’m not so sure that Fred Wilpon didn’t know he had a golden goose in Bernie Madoff. I have got to believe Fred enjoyed working on his monthly bills with a pool of replenishing cash. Now he’s claiming to be a victim, and that even though the earnings on his money didn’t make sense, running a baseball... [Read more]

Calling It For New York

March 9, 2010 – The thing about basketball at “the world’s most famous arena” or basketball in New York in general, is the insistence that everything is the best, when it comes to “The City Game.” The trickle down goes from players to coaches, announcers and even to officials. How many times do we have to hear how legendary and great referees Tim Higgins and Jim... [Read more]

What Greg Schiano Is Thinking As He Sits Behind His Desk

December 14, 2010 – Since his final loss against West Virginia on December 4th, Greg Schiano has been rendered to his office. He lost out on three extra weeks of practice and the hoopla and rewards of a bowl game. He’s allegedly analyzing his 2010 season, making an attempt at keeping his highest-ever recruited quarterback from transferring, reviewing his recruits and taking a closer look... [Read more]