Archive for November, 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Youngstown State University Coach Jerry Slocum thinks his Penguins will face their toughest test of the year at Xavier on Friday. "Xavier is the best team we will face all year. They are better than Pitt and Butler. They have a potential NBA Lottery Pick in Jordan Crawford who is ...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
When things seem to be going your way, they really are. The Youngstown Phantoms couldn't buy a break in their first three home games. On this night, seemingly everything went the Phantoms way in a 3-2 victory over a very respectable Green Bay Gamblers team. Matt Mahalak (pictured) stopped 33 shots ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
And the Penguin band played on. The above photo was taken at last week's Youngstown State Homecoming Game. The band really sounds good and they do a nice job playing and moving around. The amount of time that these folks spend practicing is very underappreciated by football fans sometimes. Go ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
This week is a special week for 12 individuals who will be playing in their final home game ever at YSU. Saturday's game pits Youngstown State University (4-5, 2-4) against Illinois State University (5-4, 4-2) in the home finale for the Penguins. It also marks Senior Day, a celebration of ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Kelly Pavlik wants to get a fight in by then end of 2009. Mike Pavlik, Kelly's father and co-manager, has confirmed the date and opponent to be Miguel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO's). Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO's) has been battling a staph infection for months which caused the cancellation of two ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
I have been at this blogging stuff for almost a year and I have tried to get credentialed to as many things as possible. I have had moderate success, but the rejection I have received is for what I think are the wrong reasons. Most of the time when I ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Friday night I attended the Youngstown Phantoms USHL hockey game at The Covelli Centre. Saturday, I made it to the Styx / REO Speedwagon / Night Ranger concert. As I waited for Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon to finish a 20 or so minute rant on Vietnam and what it ...
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Youngstowners, mark Sunday, November 29 in your datebooks. Extreme International Ice Racing is coming to The Covelli Centre. The average ticket price is about $18.00 and from what I heard (and I am in no way into this sort of thing) it is a must-see event. I plan on giving ...
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