Join me Saturday morning at 9:30 am ET for Round 23, featuring Chelsea v. Blackburn, City v. Wolves, and the London Derby clash of West Ham v. Arsenal. Look below for previews of each featured game. Round 23 Saturday Live Blog Chelsea v. Blackburn (3pm UK/10 am ET, ESPN2, ESPN3.com/ESPN Deportes): Will Blackburn kill off [...]
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Big Blue Links for Sunday:
Jerry Tipton: Hot free-throw shooting carries Georgia to 77-70 win over Kentucky.
Chip Cosby: Special-teams mistakes costly as UK loses BBVA Compass Bowl.
John Clay: Lost weekend found Kentucky with no answers.
Mark Bradley: In beating regal Big Blue, Georgia proves it’s big-time, too.
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Reason No. 4,629 we love winter in Minneapolis? The Lake Harriet Kite Festival. It gets going tomorrow at noon and runs until 4 p.m., free, at the band shell on West Lake Harriet Parkway….
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Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and even Connecticut separated themselves on what I coined (rather successfully mind you) Step Up Saturday! Week 12 in the Big East was as big a weekend the conference has had all year. All eight league teams were in action against each other and, every game but one (the lone exception happened [...]
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Fantasy College Blitz
Butler guard Ronald Nored is helped off the court after being injured during the opening minutes against Siena on Nov. 23. (AP/Tim Roske)
• Statistically, the Big Ten should be winning its Challenge with the ACC. {KenPom}
• “Harrison Barnes is the next Carmelo Anthony.” Uh, no. {Dime}
• Butler may not have Ronald Nored against Duke. Without him, Bulldogs don’t stand the little chance that exists as it is. {Goodman}
• The Big East definitely needs a new logo. How about this one? {Storming the Floor}
• Glad Derrick N ix is back with the Spartans. I think he’s a key player. {Lansing State Journal}
• What is the best college to attend if you’re a college basketball fan? {Facebook}
• Here’s Scotty Hopson and Jordan McRae surprising a professor. I love her response after Hopson tells the class the vid’s going to be on Facebook. {Facebook}
• Kemba Walker got an ovation. From teammates. As he boarded the team’s bus after the UConn championship win over Kentucky last Wednesday in Maui. {Hoop Thoughts}
• Not always for hoops links, here’s Roger Ebert on the late, great Leslie Nielsen. {Chicago Sun-Times}
• Sean May is now playing … in Turkey. {Lost Letterman}
All times Eastern
»Georgia Tech @ Northwestern; 7 (ESPN2).
»Iowa @ Wake Forest; 7 (ESPNU).
»No. 2 Ohio State @ Florida State; 7:30 (ESPN).
»Michigan @ Clemson; 9 (ESPN2).
»No. 16 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Missouri (in Kansas City); 9 (ESPNU).
»North Carolina @ No. 20 Illinois; 9:30 (ESPN).
With the big match of the weekend between Tottenham and Liverpool not being played until tomorrow, it gives us the great opportunity to watch some intriguing Premier League games today.
The early kick-off between Aston Villa and Arsenal will see the return of Robert Pires on the same pitch as the Gunners. Villa Park is often a difficult place to win points and Arsenal need them desperately to make up for last weekend’s shock loss to Tottenham. So this match should be riveting to watch without a doubt.
For the 10am ET/3pm GMT fixtures, there are several delightful ones to choose from. The “Save Our Season” clash between West Ham United and Wigan will be a must-see. If West Ham loses, Avram Grant may be sacked in the morning. Meanwhile, at the beginning of the season if you told me that Bolton against Blackpool would have been a must-see match, I would have thought you were insane. But the game is a must-see especially with both clubs being so attacking in nature.
Stoke against Man City will be fascinating to watch to see if another giant killing can take place. Wolves against Sunderland will be interesting especially since it’s Mick McCarthy managing against the club he used to manage. It’s imperative that Wolves gets all three points to start mounting an escape from the relegation zone. But Sunderland is playing some good football at the moment, so the game should feature a lot of back-and-forth.
Everton against West Brom and Fulham against Birmingham will be decent matches to watch. And last, but not least, there’s Man United at home against Blackburn Rovers. Sam Allardyce’s side has been scoring a lot of goals recently so Rovers may not be the automatic three points that many United fans will believe they are.
Before, during and after the games today, post your comments, rants and observations in the comments section below. And let’s hope it’s a brilliant Premier League Saturday.
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It’s another Super Saturday in the Premier League with Arsenal against Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby as well as several other intriguing matches including high-flying Bolton versus Newcastle, Birmingham against Chelsea, West Ham against Liverpool, Blackpool versus Wolves, West Brom against Stoke and the return of Wayne Rooney in Manchester United against Wigan.
Feel free to use the comments section below to post your questions, rants or observations throughout the day.
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