Women of the NFL: WFT Assistant Coach Jennifer King'The main thing I want everyone to know is that I didn’t just pop up. This is something that has been years in the making.'
Read the story HERE.
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Dartmouth basketball forward Chris Knight will join former teammate Brendan Barry as a graduate transfer. Knight, who would have missed his senior season this winter with an Achilles tear, will resume his career at Loyola of Chicago. (LINK) Barry, of course, is playing this season at Temple, where he scored 17 points Wednesday night against unbeaten SMU, knocking down 5-of-10 three-pointers. (LINK)
(Dartmouth's Aaryn Rai and Ian Carter, both in the transfer portal, have not Tweeted information about their futures.)
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Speaking of Temple basketball, for the second time this season the Owls are postponing games because of COVID-19. Their contests against Memphis tomorrow and Tulane next week may or may not be rescheduled.
An opinion piece from the New York Times Editorial Board (LINK) notes one in five college football games this fall was canceled because of the pandemic and one in four men's and women's college basketball games has been canceled or postponed so far. From the Times' piece, headlined, Don’t Let the Games Begin; College athletics can teach the right lesson by insisting that public health is more important than sports:
There is no reason college basketball cannot be delayed until conditions improve or the vaccine is deployed in larger numbers. It’s the right thing to do, particularly as college towns bear the brunt of coronavirus transmission and deaths.
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By making sports the imperative, colleges and universities are creating two classes of students: athletes who must travel around the country, staying in hotels, playing and competing indoors, and those who may choose to study safely at home. Delaying the basketball season is the right choice. After a folly-filled football season, university and college administrators can show real leadership by putting the safety of their players and their communities first."
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EXTRA POINT
To be honest, New Year's Eve has never been close to one of my favorite holidays. We usually get together for a quiet dinner with friends but that wasn't going to happen this year. So what did the night hold?
First I charged a couple of headlamps, bundled up and hiked in the darkness on a mountain trail near us that has an overlook from which we can just barely see our house. It's the first time I've been on the mountain after dark and I was interested to find out if I could spot the seven-foot lighted star I erected in our field. (I could) and to see if Mrs. BGA could spot my headlamp from our house (She did).
On the way back down the mountain I was belting out Christmas songs until I spotted headlamps coming around a bend toward me on the trail. It turned out to be two college-aged women who very kindly asked if the moon was visible at the peak (it wasn't) instead of commenting on my rendition of Jingle Bells.
When I got back home Mrs. BGA and I spent part of the evening finishing off this:
