Checking out the Native American Art at Dartmouth exhibition at the college's Hood Museum of Art this week were (from left) tailback Marc Sasso, offensive lineman Will Guinee, defensive back Andrew Donahue, offensive lineman Sean Ronan, Coach Buddy Teevens, offensive lineman AJ Dillione, receiver Ryan McManus, defensive lineman Keith Hamren, running back Ben Ticknor, running back Pedro Robinson and tight end Garrett Schmidt. Teevens, a history major at Dartmouth, has decorated his office in the past with pieces of Western art.•
A documentary film called Black and Blue tells the story of the friendship between Michigan center/future President Gerald Ford and black teammate Willis Ward. When the Michigan coach in 1934 decided to sit Ward out of a game against Georgia Tech as was customary when northern teams played southern teams, Ford walked into his head coach's office and tried to quit the team. Ford would later say, "Willis was probably my closest friend on the football team."According to this story, Willis' final two choices for school were Michigan and . . . Dartmouth. He went on to become a highly regarded lawyer and judge.
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At halftime of Dartmouth's 57-54 loss to Penn last night on the hardwood, quarterback Alex Park was the lucky contestant called from the stands for a halftime promotion with the chance to win an Apple iPad. What he had to do was hit a shot in one basket and then turn around and nail a shot in the other basket - from the same spot on the floor. Park wisely took his first shot from half court and brought a roar from the crowd by sinking it. Then he turned around and lofted a shot at the other rim. "I thought it was going in," he said later, but while it was on line the ball fell short and Park had to settle for a pass to the Dartmouth Skiway.Park confirmed after the game that his younger brother, Ian, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound lineman, signed a letter of intent earlier this month to play at Northwestern. Another brother is a 240-pound lineman at Upper St. Clair High School in Western PA. A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Q&A with Ian turned up this bit:
How is it that two brothers are linemen with size and another brother is a quarterback?Sure wish I'd seen that before talking with Alex to get the true story. Or at the very least to tease him ;-)
I don't know. It started out when we were younger that Austin was a skill player, too -- a running-back type. But he just got too big. I used to always be the odd man out with size, but now I have another brother on the line so Alex is the odd man out now. He's about 6-2, 205 now.
In your house, which brother is in charge?
From a physical standpoint, it's me. It used to be Alex. But we can beat him up now, me and Austin.
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Finally, a few inches of snow fell last night . . .
