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Get your red on. Nebraska Volleyball has a big game against Iowa State.
This weekend it gets real for the Nebraska volleyball team. So much so that the athletic department is encouraging fans to wear red. What's with all these redouts and blackouts all the sudden? I find this a little weird. Don't we always we red to the games? Maybe they want me to break out my red...
Bits & Some speculation on the future of John Tavares
The defeat of the arena referendum is going to sting for a while...there is no doubt about that. Throughout this week, we've seen some political/economic posturing from municipalities including Brooklyn, Queens and Suffolk (all of which are technically still a part of Long Island by the way) that...
Bits: Renderings and Electioneering
[Updated with more of the same on the arena at 07/31/11 3:02 PM EDT ] The rendering; she's a lovely beast isn't she Nassau? It looks like it's us against the world folks. If we come, they may build it. Strangely enough, there continues to be opposition in the form of semi-local sports writers who...
Nassau Coliseum Referendum: Nothing changes, if nothing changes
One of my all-time favorite quotes is from an everyday regular guy I grew up with. It's simplistic in its Yogism and complex in its philosophical underpinnings: "Nothing changes if nothing changes." I'm not going to tell you how to vote Aug. 1. I don't know what's best for you...most of the time...
Prospect Scrimmage Recap and Links
Ryan Strome may have gotten the notoriety for his highlight reel shootout goal (#4 Sportscenter highlight...da na na, da na na), but there were several other prospects in last nights game that looked equally as deadly or more. Strome's Blue team lost the actual game 6-5 after a late rally came up...
Gameday Bits, League Signings and More
The Islander's Blue and White scrimmage and skill competition is set for tonight at 7 pm (doors at 6). Tickets are still available (for $12.25 including US fees???) and the game is slated to be streamed on line for free here. If anyone is interested, maybe we will put up a game thread for people...
Bits: Wheeling, Dealing and Drafting
It's here! IT'S HERE!!!11 Draft day has finally arrived and Islander country is excited! Another piece to the puzzle, tool for the toolbox and hopefully another bit of magic worked by Garth Snow and staff for us to ponder and explore for the next couple of seasons. Many feel the Isles are on...
Bits: Onward and Upward
After the closing of the 2011-2012 season, things should start happening all over the place for the Islanders. Things we have to look forward to include; potential buyouts, our own free agent signings, the draft, (trades prior to or during the draft), the acquisition of other free agent help, the...
Bits: Triumph and Tragedy, RIP Derek Boogaard
Condolences go out to the family of Derek Boogaard, the NY Rangers and the Minnesota Wild for the loss of 28 year old forward Derek Boogaard who was found dead yesterday at his apartment in Minnesota at the age of 28. Boogaard did not play the second half of this season as he recovered from a...
Finalists for 2011 National Championships Named
The News-Record in Greensboro, North Carolina reports that Greensboro and Kansas City, Missouri have been named as finalists to host the 2011 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships. According to Marc Bush, of the Greensboro Sports Commission: "My understanding is that USA Figure Skating has...
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