Archive for February, 2009

Hoops getting over the Duke euphoria

I was somewhat stunned the other day to glance at the ACC standings and see who resides behind UNC, Duke and Clemson.
Boston College? Or maybe that question mark should be an exclamation point.
The Eagles (6-3) are just percentage points behind the Tigers (5-2), who trail the first-place Tar Heels and Blue Devils (both 6-2) by [...]

Recruiting, hoops and baseball: Volume I

Football signing day is here, there’s a basketball game of slight import and the baseball team had its first media availability since starting practice Sunday – where to start?
I’ll touch on all, but let’s go with football, because as is rather clear, folks in this state seem to rank their sports seasons as such: 1. [...]

Leon Mackey giving signing day some drama

It appears as if the complex recruiting saga of Hargrave Military Academy defensive tackle Leon Mackey is far from over.
Spoke with one of Mackey’s prep school teammates today, safety Jonathan Meeks, for a feature on Meeks (a Clemson commitment) that I think will run in Thursday’s paper.
Anyhow, we got to talking about Mackey, and Meeks [...]