Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Run

North Carolina freshman big man Tyler Zeller will miss the rest of the season according to Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman. Zeller, who had 18 points in the opener win over Penn, allegedly broke his wrist in multiple places after being bumped on a breakaway dunk attempt against Kentucky last night in Chapel Hill, NC.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8817864/Source:-UNC-freshman-Zeller-likely-out-for-season

We now know where the NCAA men’s hoops Final Fours will be held through 2016. A couple to note from the NCAA announcement—2014 at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium and 2016 at Reliant Field in Houston.

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8817618/NCAA-announces-Final-Four-venues-through-2016

SI and CNN get together again for another interesting list. This one discusses the Top 10 undersized stars in the NFL…

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1146295/1/index.htm?bcnn=yes

ESPN outbids Fox Sports to take hold of BCS football game coverage starting in January 2011.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/sports/ncaafootball/19bcs.html?_r=1&ref=sports

The team formerly known as the NY/NJ Metrostars—now Red Bull New York—has a shot at the MLS Cup after 13 down years of soccer in Giants Stadium.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/sports/soccer/20vecsey.html?ref=sports

Connecticut and Rutgers are 1-2 in the ESPN/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. The Scarlet Knights have looked unfazed by youth in their first two games, averaging 84.5 points per contest.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/news/story?id=3711027

President Bush may be on his way out of the White House in a couple months, but that won’t stop him from taking in a tradition-rich football game between two armed forces.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3711414

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