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By Paul M. Banks -We recently conducted a poll asking Who’s the Hottest Big Ten Network reporter? and the final results are as follows: Melanie Collins (pictured above) 52% Charissa Thompson (pictured later in this post) 25% Elizabeth Moreau and Lisa Cornwell 8% a piece, NCAA record holder (most rushing touchdowns in a single game) Howard Griffith finished with 7%. Thank you to all who voted. I’m pretty sure, we’re the only publication ever to hold this contest. And since Collins w

WMU beats Buffalo in overtime for second straight season

By Mark Rudi Sports Editor (Chyn Wey Lee/Western Herald) Kicker John Potter kicks the game-winning field goal in WMU's 34-31 win over Buffalo in overtime Saturday. Sophomore kicker John Potter has always said he’d rather take a fumble back for a touchdown then kick the game- winning field goal. Taking a fumble to the house will have to wait for Potter as he made the game-winning kick to give Western Michigan University the 34-31 win over the University at Buffalo in overtime S

New Survey Finds One in Three Sports Fans Smoke

WASHINGTON, – A new survey conducted by the American Legacy Foundation(R) (Legacy) finds that the majority (63 percent) of sports fans surveyed are current or former smokers and 76 percent of them have smoked while watching or attending sporting events. The study examines whether sports fans were exposed to secondhand smoke while watching sports; smoked while watching sports at certain venues; or whether those who quit smoking relapsed while watching a game. The survey also examined whether wat

GIVEAWAY/REVIEW ~ The Baseball Guys

by mommy23monkeys on October 20, 2009 Mr. A. started playing baseball this year. So when I was offered a review of the Baseball Guys, I took it. I thought that he would enjoy setting up his own game and recreating the plays he was spending so much time learning.Kaskey Kids is the company behind the Baseball Guys as well as many other popular sports action figures.About Kaskey Kids:Kaskey Kids was founded by Bruce and Christy Kaskey in 2001 with the purpose of creating simple sports action figu

Review: NewU: Fitness First Personal Trainer

The good Full motion video of exercises Slick menu interface Great meal planning to complement fitness program The bad No on-screen avatar for easy feedback Some ground-based exercises are impossible to visually track Can't easily export shopping lists If you're going to buy a fitness game for the Wii, it would seem to make a certain amount of sense to buy one backed by a fitness brand. That's obviously been the thinking behind NewU: Fitness First Personal Trainer, a fitnes

Around The World: Marshall ChoThe Latest, feature / Oct 6, 2009 / 1:25 am

Shortly after graduating from the University of Oregon, Marshall Cho journeyed to New York City on a Teach for America assignment. And it was here, in the Basketball Mecca, where Cho (a former varsity hoops captain in high school) had a roundball revelation. While coaching 8th grade kids at his appointed middle school in the Bronx that winter, he discovered that the game was more than mere Xs-and-Os — it was a vehicle for forging relationships and creating wholesome connections with ballplayers

TrackNotes: Fake Plastic Dirt

By Thomas Chambers Some things at the Chicago Park District never change. Saw the item where the Park District basically told everybody to shut up, we (lay new sod before the first Bears game) every year. And every year, the Bears' playing surface is one of the worst in the league. In reading about efforts to get a Walter Payton statue erected at the spaceship, we remember the surface Walter played on. I think they called in Magikist to make that green concrete so shiny the Vikin

What is Snowboarding

Beginner Snowboard Tips Snowboarding was actually developed back in the 1960s and even though it seemed to be a crude sport at that time, it has definitely developed and grown in appreciation all across the world to where there are roughly seven million snowboarders in the U. S. alone. International Snowboarding Federation ( ISF ) rules snowboarding and became most recognized when the game was introduced in the Olympic Winter Games in Japan back in 1998. Snowboarding is a cross between sk

College Football Report

By Mike Luce The college football season finally got underway last Thursday and, truthfully, caught us a bit before we were ready for it here at the Beachwood Sports Desk. So let's get you caught up and then take a look at this weekend. As always, the following is for entertainment purposes only. The Week(s) in Review Game: Utah St. 17 @ #19 Utah 35 (-21) What was supposed to happen? People love the Utes. And for good reason, I suppose. I've always enjoyed Utah's outsider ro

10 Ways To Make The NFL Nerd Friendly

The NFL is about to take over ninety-nine percent of America’s living rooms, but there is still that one percent who will be playing “Halo,” “Dungeons Dragons,” or some other game where the feats of strength are pretend. Well listen NFL, that’s a market just within your reach. You want to keep courting retired players and ex-cons with bazillions of dollars? You’re going to need to tap into some of that “World of Warcraft” cash. Here is our easy 10 step guide to getting the shut-ins to t

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