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Your turn.(Know It All)(Letter to the Editor)
* On behalf of the Pistons, I want to thank Shaquille O'Neal and the Lakers for being so accommodating in their surrender to this year's Bad Boys. The L.A. Sparks were not as nice; the Detroit Shock actually had to fight them for the WNBA championship.
Albert Hunt, Detroit
* I agree that catchers do not receive enough respect. Next to pitcher, catcher is the toughest position in baseball. However, do not make us feel sorry for them (TSN, June 21). If I were making millions of dollars to play the game I loved, I would suck it up and endure the pain. After all, most catchers cannot even hit, so all they have to worry about is catching.
Shaun Bisman, Long Island, N.Y.
* Matt Hayes' column about non-BCS bowls (TSN, June 28) was genuinely exciting. Any of the bowl matchups Hayes mentioned would be much more interesting than some of the BCS bowls in recent memory. I mean, really--last season, would you rather have seen Ohio State and Kansas State, or a let-it-fly ...
- BCS Bowls Partner With TicketRESERVE to Make Post-Season Seats Available for...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 2, 2006 700+ words
...new initiative announced today, the BCS Bowls and TicketRESERVE(R) are offering...guarantee they'll have a seat to all of the BCS Bowls, including the first-ever Tostitos...The same applies for nine elite non-BCS bowls: Alamo Bowl, AT&T Cotton Bowl...
- BCS bowls can't avoid controversy in pairings.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Campbell, Bill December 8, 2002 700+ words
...the BCS national championship game, confrontation between BCS bowls of lesser significance stole the spotlight. Reaching into...conclusion to a week of chess moves. The Big Ten pressured the BCS bowls to select two of its teams by releasing its other eligible...
- BCS bowls taking a ratings dip.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) January 6, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Barry Horn Ratings for BCS bowls are way down this new year. You can be sure that Monday's Ohio State-Florida BCS Championship game won't compare to last...
- Here's a first-glance at the BCS bowls.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 3, 2006 700+ words
...nation's best teams, it's a skirmish between the nation's best conferences. Ohio State's Jim Tressel is 3-0 in BCS bowls, while Florida's Urban Meyer seemingly has the Midas touch. ___ (c) 2006, Chicago Tribune. Visit the Chicago Tribune...
- Nine-game grind keeping Pac-10 teams out of BCS bowls.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) November 11, 2009 700+ words
...Pac-10? Once again, the league is eating its own, pushed to the periphery of the discussion about getting two teams into BCS bowls. Of course, that hasn't happened since 2002. And all for ... what, exactly? So the Pac-10 can say it's the only...
- Anxiety extends well beyond BCS bowls.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 18, 2005 700+ words
Byline: AROUND THE NATION By Bob Clark The Register-Guard The bowl representatives will be out in force this weekend, many of them attired in brightly colored sport coats, the others wearing concerned looks. It's that time of the football season when bowl games start adding things up, and discover
- Big East makes a mess of the BCS bowls.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) November 28, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Teddy Greenstein Auburn fans now have even more reason to complain. The Tigers' imminent exclusion from the national championship Orange Bowl is not even the main source of BCS-related angst this week. The latest issue is the mess created by the Big East, which gets an automatic bid to one
- OU seniors bowl savvy: The group of eight collectively has played in all four...
- Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) December 19, 2006 700+ words
Byline: John E. Hoover Dec. 19--NORMAN -- Collectively, Oklahoma's minuscule senior class has hit the BCS Grand Slam. That's the unofficial title for a team that has played in all four Bowl Championship Series games. Since the BCS began in 1998, only one team -- the Miami Hurricanes -- has played
