Month: February 2024

Northwestern Wildcats Men’s Basketball: Dynamic Boo Buie Named to Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Top 10 List

By Sasha Colcheck 1/29/2024   FULL BOB COUSY RELEASE https://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-top-10-candidates-for-the-2024-bob-cousy-award/   EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern guard Boo Buie has been named one of the top 10 candidates for the 2024 Bob Cousy Award, The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Monday. Named after Class of 1971 Hall […]

Central Michigan Women’s Basketball News: Saturday’s CMU-Kent State Women’s Basketball Canceled

By Brenda June Temple   2 2 2023   Per league rules, Chippewas receive loss in conference standings   CLEVELAND – The Mid-American Conference has announced that Saturday’s women’s basketball contest between Central Michigan University and Kent State University has been canceled as Central Michigan does […]

Xavier Musketeers News: Men’s Basketball Visits beleagued DePaul On Saturday Night, 9:30 PM

By Stretch Jenkinson 2 3 2024   Musketeers are looking for their second-straight win.   GAME NOTES https://goxavier.com/documents/2024/2/1/2023-24_NOTES_GAME_22_VS._DEPAUL.pdf   CINCINNATI — The Xavier University Musketeers, 11-10 overall and 5-5 in the BIG EAST Conference, will be looking for their second-straight win when they travel to […]

Actor Carl Weathers, known for Roles in Rocky Movies, In the Heat of the Night & The Mandalorian, dead at 76

By StephanieLee Elliott FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 1, 2024) was an American actor, director and football linebacker. His roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street […]

Cincinnati Bearcats News: Men’s Basketball Set for Showdown in Lubbock against #15 Texas Tech

By Skip Coopersmith 2 3 2024   GAME NOTES https://gobearcats.com/documents/2024/2/1/2023-24_Game_Notes-TTU.pdf   CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati men’s basketball team, after a quick visit home, will continue its road swing Saturday evening at No. 15 Texas Tech. Tip-off is at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+. THE RUNDOWN Cincinnati […]

Black History Month Feature: Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on the Bus

By Danielle Daniels FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother […]

Ohio Bobcats Basketball News: Men’s Basketball Hosts Miami this Afternoon at 2 PM For Sibs Weekend

By Marisol Nicholson 2 3 2024   OHIO GAME NOTES https://ohiobobcats.com/documents/2024/2/2/20324_Ohio_Miami_Notes.pdf   MIAMI GAME NOTES https://ohiobobcats.com/documents/2024/2/2/2023-24_mbk_Ohio.pdf   FOLLOW OHIO MEN’S BASKETBALL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ATHENS, Ohio — The Ohio men’s basketball team (11-10, 5-4 MAC) is back in Athens for a Sibs Weekend ‘Battle of the Bricks’ on Saturday, […]

Miami, Ohio Basketball News: RedHawks Face Bobcats in Battle of the Bricks Today at 2 PM

By Marisol Nicholson 2 3 2023   MIAMI GAME NOTES https://miamiredhawks.com/documents/2024/2/2/2023-24_mbk_Ohio.pdf OHIO GAME NOTES https://miamiredhawks.com/documents/2024/2/2/20324_Ohio_Miami_Notes.pdf   THIS SATURDAY: The RedHawks travel to Ohio for the Battle of the Bricks on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. The game will take place at the Convocation Center and […]

St. Bonaventure Men’s Basketball News: Bonnies Take Hot Streak to Nationally-Ranked Dayton in Friday Night Showcase

By Stretch Jenkinson 2 2 2024   GAME NOTES https://gobonnies.com/documents/2024/2/1/Game_21_Notes_-_Dayton.pdf   ST. BONAVENTURE (13-7, 4-4 A-10) at #21/19 DAYTON (17-3, 7-1 A-10) Friday, Feb. 2 – 7:00 p.m. Dayton, Ohio TV: ESPN2 Radio: Bonnies Online Network OPENING TIP St. Bonaventure scored a pair of big wins […]

Black History Month Feature: Benjamin Banneker, a Jack-of-all Trades Man

By Lady Houston Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African-American mother and a father who had formerly been enslaved, Banneker had little or no formal education and was largely self-taught. […]

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark passes Kelsey Mitchell’s Big Ten scoring record to move into 2nd place on NCAA Women’s List; Hawkeyes roll past Wildcats

By Vickie Sellers EVANSTON, Ill. – The third-ranked University of Iowa women’s basketball team rolled to a 1110-74 road victory at Northwestern on Wednesday night inside a sold-out Welsh Ryan Arena. The Hawkeyes improve to 20-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play this season. All-American Caitlin Clark had […]