Archive for February, 2010
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Many ladies who have graced the Beeghly Center Court were on hand Saturday afternoon for a recognition ceremony held at halftime. The alumni also participated in a game before the YSU-Cleveland State contest. Honorary coaches for the game were Matt Lipcsak and Ed DiGregorio. "Coach D " had the advantage ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Kelly Pavlik will get back in the ring on April 17th when he faces Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City. The fight will be part of an HBO Boxing telecast and will serve as the main event. Pavlik vowed after his last fight in December, a 5th round TKO over Miguel Espino, ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Friday, The Curtis Carr Era was officially kicked into 'go' mode. Unfortunately for the Youngstown Phantoms, the opponent was the Western Conference leading Omaha Lancers. The Lancers beat the Phantoms earlier in the week, 6-1, in Omaha. Much had changed since that game. Bob Mainhardt was out, Carr was in, and ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Alex Zoldan announced on Tuesday that Coach Bob Mainhardt and the Youngstown Phantoms have parted ways. The seperation seems to be mutual. If the situation were an outright firing, the Phantoms surely would have selected someone other than Mainhardt's right-hand guy for the past four years, Curt Carr, to replace ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Shovel snow, watch Olympics... Shovel more snow, watch more Olympics... Salt driveway, watch Olympics... Eat dinner while watching Olympics... Watch Olympics.
The best part about the upcoming Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver is that they are constantly going to be on television. I am not a curling fan, but I watch it ...
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Youngstown State University had a choice to make going into their contest with Valparaiso. They could either sulk after a loss to Butler or they could respond positively for hanging with the #15 team in the country. The Penguins chose to respond positively and played hard but lost 77-75 to Valpo. ...
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Sirlester Martin was the glue of the Youngstown State Basketball Team last season. This year he has help, a team full of guys still trying to win games. With the upcoming BracketBusters game on Fenruary 20th, nobody has to remind Martin that if this team can catch fire and play a ...
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Youngstown State University had to play with nothing left to lose. After all, the Penguins dropped the first meeting 91-61 on January 16 and wanted to pick up some steam heading into Bracketbusters on Feb. 20. Surely a win, or at least a good showing against #15 Butler shoud help ...
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