Womens’ hoops hits stride

What a weekend it was. There was free pizza and free scoops of ice cream, topped with a nice helping of kick-ass basketball from Brandeis.

Senioritis and college basketball

Im going to start this column by making a few assumptions. First, the majority of those people reading this column are either in college, or have at the very least graduated high school. My next assumption is that since many of them have graduated high school, a large percentage of my readers know about the disease known as senioritis. This being my second senior yearnot in college folks, one in high school, one in college, thats a total of twoI consider myself an expert on the topic.

Slavin’s game plan

This Sundays 40th Super Bowl, being held in Detroit, should be another great game, as the physical defense and running game of the Pittsburgh Steelers will take on the NFC champion Seattle Seahawks, with their impressive ground attack. The two teams havent faced each other since November of 2003, a time when both were radically different, and not nearly as respected across the league.

Coffee Land vs. Steel City

This Sunday is the Super Bowl, and I have to be honest, this is probably the least thrilling match-up Ive seen since Oakland-Tampa Bay, and even that had the whole “Jon Grudens old team versus his new team” storyline working in its favor.

NBA Midseason Review: heavy trade winds

Every team has reached 41 games played and the trading deadline is approaching. In the coming weeks, trades that will change the looks of many teams will occur. This past week, two major trades went down. Ron Artest was traded for Peja Stojakovic. Wally Szczerbiak was traded for Ricky Davis in a seven player deal.

One on One with Coach Meehan

On Defense:

We felt we needed to be more aggressive and physical defensively and really put a body on those guys. I think if you cause some turnovers down in the post and they seem to get a little frustrated, that turned into some easy scoring opportunities for us….

MBasketball Notebook

Something about Steve DeLuca and Sunday afternoons.

For the second consecutive Sunday afternoon the sophomore stud registered a career high 28 points, this time on nine for twelve shooting from the floor and a near flawless nine for ten from the charity stripe.

Brandeis Sports Log

News and Notes from the Track Teams meet in the Terrier Classic
Jane Farrell 06s mark of 11 feet 6.5 inches in the pole vault event was good for second place. Not only was her performance the sixth best in Division III this Winter, but it also qualified her for NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Farrell joins triple jumper Anat Benun as the only two lady judges who thus far will be competing at nationals….

This Week In Sports

Baseball
After weeks of negotiations, the Boston Red Sox finally acquired Coco Crisp from the Cleveland Indians. They also received David Riske and Josh Bard in return for Andy Marte, Guillermo Mota, and Kelly Stoppach. Coco Crisp will have the hard task of replacing Johnny Damon in center field.

Before this dance is through

Theres something indescribable about the movement of dance. Watching someone who finds dance natural, the sublime, easy coordination is visual magic to the beholder. God knows how it must feel to the dancer;

she couldnt imagine, as dancing never felt natural to her. Still, she longed to know that sensation of effortless movement, and the certainty that any random man would ask her to dance the moment she found herself unaccompanied. Imagine