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  • Some love in Lindy's

    As the kid and I came back from our quickie Race Weekend trip to Indianapolis, I could tell I'd already hit summer mode -- I saw a college football preseason publication and didn't think, "Oh, please. Already?"

    I scooped up Lindy's Sports national preview and waded through to the back where [...]

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  • Four on the field (not the floor)

    Let's talk about "four."

    Four quarters, four tires, four corners offense, Bobby Orr (the greatest No. 4), four-legged zoo,

     

    four All-Sun Belt baseball players for FIU and a fourth All-Sun Belt honor for senior Mike Martinez.

    Third baseman Martinez and junior outfielder Jabari Henry made First Team All-Conference, senior outfielder Pablo Bermudez and junior [...]

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  • A Seed; An Offer; A Thank You and Goodbye for Goodbye

    FIU will be the No. 3 overall seed, the second highest seed in Pool B, for the Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament.

    FIU faces No. 6 seed Troy Thursday noon, No. 7 Middle Tennessee State Friday noon and No. 2 Arkansas State 4 p.m. on Saturday. The best record in the pool [...]

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  • Baseball fall; Old Dominion, New Conference; More Ashley

    Last week, FIU baseball coach Turtle Thomas likened his team to a football team that couldn't stop anybody when their offense is clicking, couldn't score when the defense is clicking or special teams failed badly enough to upend the whole mix. To use Thomas' metaphor, Thursday and Friday, FIU couldn't stop [...]

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  • Ballers and Bermudez

    FIU officially announced the signings of forward Jerome Frink, guard Malik Smith and center Ivan Jurkovic Wednesday.

    Frink and Smith were covered in a previous post on this blog. Jurkovic is a 7-0, 265-pound hoops nomad from Croatia. He did a season at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Missouri ("SAL-LOOT!"), then [...]

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  • Old Basketball Numbers, New Volleyball Players

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    A few things from the perusal of Isiah Thomas' file and Richard Pitino's contract for the above story:

    1. Under "Termination by University for Just Cause" there are nine ways this can happen that are spelled out in Thomas' contract. There are 19 in Pitino's. The phrase "win-loss record is not [...]

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  • Old Basketball Numbers, New Volleyball Players, Maybe Football Players

    [www.miamiherald.com]

    A few things from the perusal of Isiah Thomas' file and Richard Pitino's contract for the above story:

    1. Under "Termination by University for Just Cause" there are nine ways this can happen that are spelled out in Thomas' contract. There are 19 in Pitino's. The phrase "win-loss record is not [...]

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  • More Big Ups for Bermudez

    The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named FIU senior Pablo Bermudez its National Hitter of the Week.

    Bermudez hit .588 with two homers and 7 RBI as FIU beat Bethune-Cookman, then took two of three at Arkansas State.

     

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  • Here Comes (honors from) The Sun

    A .588 hitting week -- which included two home runs and seven RBI -- got senior outfielder Pablo Bermudez the Sun Belt Player of the Week award.

    SOFTBALL
    Freshman Shelby Graves got lauded with a spot on the All-Tournament team though the Panthers got dismissed from the Suun Belt tournament [...]

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  • New Ball Panthers

    I've momentarily escaped the official play-for-pay land of Dolphins and Heat that keeps Death Star Tractor Beaming me away to discuss the major acquisition of the last two days.

    My daughter's bunk beds got delivered!

    While I was throwing Barbie's cocktail glasses in her dream house -- thank goodness it has an elevator, no way [...]

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