Thursday, December 07, 2006

Adam Nelson Means Business

Former Dartmouth defensive lineman (and oh, by the way, Olympic silver medalist in the shot put) Adam Nelson '97 is in his first year at the University of Virginia business school. To find out what's up with Nelson -- the first freshman to play in a varsity football game for Dartmouth after freshman eligibility was restored -- check out this Times-Dispatch story. You can find Adam's home page here.

Casey Cramer as Billy "White Shoes" Johnson? Check out the lede to this Nashville City Paper story about a possible turnaround by the Tennessee Titans.

Dartmouth Coach Buddy Teevens is quoted in this USA Today story about former All-Ivy teammate Robert Cummins '76, who resigned recently as chief executive of Houston-based Cyberonics, which has been under investigation for its compensation practices. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the story, but there was one glaring error. From the story: "An athletic scholarship to Dartmouth College was Cummins' ticket out of town." Don't think so.

From a Daily Pennsylvanian story about discussions to start an Ivy League basketball tournament headlined, Postseason tourney just not worth it: "The phrase 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it,' is what comes to mind every time this issue arises." Here's my response: It's broke. When Penn and Princeton have claimed 34 of the last 36 NCAA Tournament appearances, all may be wonderful for those two schools, but it's bad for the league. Here's a New York Times story on the issue.

This has nothing to do with sports, but I saw the headline several times, didn't click through and eventually found myself curious enough to go back to read the story. It's just too weird to ignore. I'll give you the headline to the Brown Daily Herald story and you decide to click or not. Here it is: PW show to unleash 30,000 fruit flies on stage.

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