al reporting and opinion about all things Dartmouth sports. The Sports Weekly was the successful brainchild of Brad Parks '96, who went on to a brief career as a professional sportswriter before moving to the Dark Side to write news and features at the Washington Post and the Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J.Today the former publisher of Dartmouth's Sports Weekly is a successful mystery writer whose third book, The Girl Next Door, has just hit the shelves. If you've got a long plane ride ahead or a weekend retreat planned, Brad's series featuring wiseacre reporter Carter Ross will keep you entertained without unnecessarily taxing your brain.
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The headline on a Trenton Times story at first had me shaking my head: Princeton football not passing up the chance to get better. Oh, really?Turns out it was a play on words. From the story:
A combination of factors will put the focus on the passing game — on both sides of the ball — when Princeton University runs its first of 12 sessions before the annual spring game April 28.The piece finishes with this quote from coach Bob Surace about standout running back Chuck Dibilio, who suffered a stroke this winter:
“We’re preparing as if he won’t be back, but I wouldn’t count him out. He’s doing therapy. He’s remarkable.”
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From a Brown release about the Bears hitting the field for the first time yesterday:After back-to-back second place finishes in the Ivy League standings, head coach Phil Estes and the Brown football team will look to make a run at the Ivy League Championship, beginning with the launch of Spring Practice.
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Dartmouth kicks off its own spring drills Tuesday and BGA will be there.•
And finally, a regular BGA reader contributed his own spin on the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth:Look at me! Look at me! Look at me, do!
I have a diploma and a stethoscope, too!
I’ll see patients and make them all better and stuff!
And cure all diseases and THAT’s not enough!
I’ll figure out ways to make everyone happy –
And meanwhile, I’ll wear this white coat that is snappy.
I wish Dartmouth’s mascot was a big, happy Moose,
‘Cuz I am a doctor from the Med School of Suess.
