Archive for February, 2010
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Growing up a New Orleans Saints fan sucked. Since I was ten years old, in 1977, I have rooted for New Orleans. Living halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland and geographically nowhere near Louisiana always made my explanation of rooting for this team even harder. As new Super Bowl and NFL Champions, ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
The Youngstown Phantoms went into their crucial matchup with Waterloo in an unfamiliar place, last. For the first time all season, the Phantoms were in the basement, trailing Team USA by two points. The Phantoms are 1-10-0 in 2010 and if they lost one or even both games to Waterloo, ...
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
When an outsider meets a guy like Curtis Carr, they usually scratch their head and wonder what exactly he does for the Youngstown Phantoms. His official title in the media guide is Associate Coach / Director of Player Development. To actually talk with him about his role with the team ...
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
It would be unfair to use every old adage in the book to describe how close the YSU Women were to their first victory. Unfortunately for the Lady Penguins, the last couple of possessions were catastrophic and Loyola (11-10, 5-5) escaped Youngstown with a 63-59 triumph in a competitive game that went ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
The Youngstown Phantoms got embarrassed on their home ice Friday in dropping an 8-1 decision to Sioux Falls. The Stampede beat the Phantoms in every phase of that game. As Classic Rock legends Foreigner once sang, That Was Yesterday, and Sunday offered fresh zeroes on the scoreboard.
Unfortunately for the home ...
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