The first is a new review of Dartmouth's Leede Arena posted on a site called Stadium Journey. I will leave it to those of you who have seen a basketball game in the Berry Center to decide whether or not you agree with the reviewer (who happens to be a Dartmouth athlete in another sport).
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Have you seen the trick-kicking video of the Norwegian soccer player that helped earn him a tryout with the New York Jets? The video is here. Also, read The New York Times' take on the kicker using YouTube and the Internet to get a shot.
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Back to Leede Arena . . . perhaps the most heralded athlete to play in Hanover this winter will on the court today when 6-foot-5 Delaware basketball star Elena Delle Donne and the Blue Hens take part in the 36th annual Blue Sky Classic. Read about Delle Donne as a 17-year-old high school student in this NYT story and about her basketball comeback in last January's Sports Illustrated. From the SI story:By the start of eighth grade she was nearly 6 feet and had a scholarship offer to play at North Carolina. As a sophomore Delle Donne set a national record by hitting 80 consecutive free throws and then dropped 50 points in her team's final game to lead Ursuline Academy to a state title. As a junior The New York Times wrote that she could become the LeBron James of the women's game. As a senior, she was the Naismith Award winner.
