Tim Weisberg
Big Red Banter Overtime goal extends Cornell winning streak to six
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Champions–Cornell presented the ECAC championship trophy after a 2-1 overtime victory against Clarkson Friday night at Lynah Rink. It is the Big Red's third consecutive ECAC Championship. (Photo by Patrick Shanahan) Clarkson’s desperate attempt to have officials take a second look at a Cornell goal in overtime was to no avail. The goal stood, and the No. 3-ranked Bi... Read More
Sports Feds cracking down on illegally streamed sporting events
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http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2010/11/iprc_seized_2010_11.jpeg Maybe it took a Brady to convince the United States to seize 16 websites before Super Bowl XLVI, but it often takes a celebrity to open up Pandora’s box of the digital age. Streaming sites. The nice euphemism for what the government calls piracy sites. They allow sports fans to watch out-of-mark... Read More
Big Red Banter Cornell wins first Ivy League title since ’05 with win over Yale
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Photo by Patrick Shanahan The Cornell men’s ice hockey team flipped the switch in a 4-2 victory over Yale Saturday night at Lynah Rink, winning their first Ivy League Championship since 2005 in the process. The Big Red (13-6-6, 10-5-3 ECAC) re-staked their claim on the Bulldogs (10-3-2, 7-10-1), a team that won the 2011 Ivy League Championship and embarrassed the Big... Read More
Here's How I See It... Eli Manning an “ELI-te” NFL quarterback
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http://msn.foxsports.com/ We can probably stop making the "Why Eli Manning isn't an elite quarterback argument?" now after he secured his second defeat of the New England Patriots in as many Super Bowls. That's one more Super Bowl ring than his brother Peyton has, two more than his father Archie, and two rings to throw up a peace sign to Tom Brady and yell, "That's twice... Read More
Here's How I See It... Dodgers Matt Kemp snubbed NL MVP
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The Los Angeles Dodgers may have to call up the bankruptcy court and plead their case to halt their inevitable sale because they had just been robbed by the baseball writers of America. Not robbed by any monetary value, but robbed of an NL MVP award that was rightfully center fielder Matt Kemp's for the taking. Instead, Los Angeles native Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewe... Read More
Here's How I See It... Boise State BCS hopes dashed for second straight year
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Kicking woes-Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore reacts to a missed field goal at end of regulation of 36-35 loss to TCU Nov. 12. Last year it was Kyle Brotzman. In 2011, freshman kicker Dan Goodale was left to the test of keeping the BCS national championship dream alive for the Boise State Broncos. But for the second straight year, the Broncos put the game in ... Read More
Here's How I See It... UCLA football: Consistently Inconsistent
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Borrowed Time–UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel on the sidelines in the Nov. 12 game against Utah. The Bruins losr 31-6 to fall to 5-5 on the season. Neuheisel has been on the proverbial "hot seat" since the beginning of the season with a career 19-26 record through the first four seasons at UCLA. (Jim Urquhart/Associated Press) Being consistently inconsistent is turning into... Read More
Big Red Banter Cornell has record-setting Senior Day in win over Columbia
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Big Red Shootout–Cornell receiver Grant Gellatly dives into the endzone for a touchdown in the first quarter in a game against Columbia Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red's 62-41 victory over Columbia was its highest point total since 1936. (Photo by Patrick Shanahan) It might have been Senior Day for the Cornell football team Saturday, but it was th... Read More
Here's How I See It... Joe Paterno ousted amidst child abuse allegations
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Lost Legacy–Joe Paterno pictured leaving Penn State on Monday. Paterno was fired by the Board of Trustees Wednesday night as a result of the child abuse allegations that took place under his watch. (AP Photo) Joe Paterno, known to the Happy Valley faithful as "Jo Pa", will not even be granted the liberty to retire at season's end. The Penn State Board of Trustees ... Read More
Tims Take On Sports Tim’s Take on Sports-Week 7 with special guest Olivia Boyd
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The seventh segment of Tim's Take on Sports aired on Oct. 25. We had the chance to sit down with senior field hockey player Olivia Boyd and talk about the Big Red's season. Boyd was elected to be co-captain of the Big Red, who at the time of the interview were 7-7 and recently wrapped up their first Ivy League win over Brown on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Big Red close out thei... Read More