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THE 2012 NAIA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GETS UNDERWAY TODAY!

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »

 Oh, to be in Lewiston, ID in the springtime! Once again Lewiston is playing home to the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) World Series. 10 teams have gathered together for this double- elimination tournament to crown a new champion, following last year’s champs, Concordia (CA), being ousted in the regional playoffs. The University of [...]

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COLLEGE BASEBALL: NAIA AND NJCAA PLAYOFFS RESUME, NCCAA AND USCAA WORLD SERIES’ CONTINUE

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »

College baseball fans are in for a smorgasborg of postseason action today! The Yavapai College Roughriders (logo above) are one of the dozens of teams seeing action today in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog. The Roughriders (how can you NOT love that name) will play last year’s NJCAA runners- up, the Central Arizona College Vaqueros for [...]

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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Posted in Cool names and cool logos, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on May 7, 2012 | 6 Comments »

ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM Location: Phoenix, AZ  Division: NAIA Site: http://www.acufirestorm.com/  Comment: With a butt-kickingly cool name and logo like this combined with the school’s Phoenix, AZ location look

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CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY: MORE COLLEGE BASEBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPS TO BE CROWNED TODAY

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 5, 2012 | 4 Comments »

 Balladeer’s Blog will be looking at the winners of college baseball’s conference tournaments today in the NAIA, D2 and D3. Meanwhile the Brookdale College Jersey Blues (logo at left) and the Hutchinson Blue Dragons are among the teams hitting the diamond as the NJCAA’s district and regional tournaments get underway. All this plus scores from Round 2 of the

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40 NAIA, D2 AND D3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO THE NFL FOR 2012

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 4, 2012 | 5 Comments »

 The NAIA’s William Penn University Statesmen (logo at right) were among the teams covered by Balladeer’s Blog who had players move on to the NFL this year in the draft and through free agent signings. Here’s a look at the players who advanced to the next level following their successful college careers at institutions that [...]

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NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM APRIL 7TH

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 8, 2012 | 12 Comments »

 USAO TRIUMPHANT – The NAIA’s UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS (logo at left) handily defeated the MIDAMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS  in both games of yesterday’s doubleheader. The Drovers (love that name) crushed the Evangels in their own house by scores of 10-4 and 14-3.  TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS – The LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS (as [...]

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NAIA BASKETBALL PLAYER WINS ESPN’S DUNK CONTEST

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 7, 2012 | 20 Comments »

 The NAIA’s James Justice, a senior basketball player for the Martin Methodist College RedHawks (logo at left) won ESPN’s live dunk contest, beating out NCAA Division 1 players like Auburn’s Kenny Gabriel, Miami’s Dequan Jones and Clemson’s Bryan Narcisse in the semifinals. In its usual style, ESPN virtually never even mentions NAIA college sports. That’s [...]

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COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 25: WEEK OF MARCH 26TH – APRIL 1ST

Posted in College Baseball, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »

 Basketball season is over in the divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog, so it’s on to baseball! Seamheads have been emailing me about how anxious they are to start my coverage since the season’s over a month old for collegiate play. As always I’ll cover baseball for colleges in the NAIA, D3, D2, USCAA, NCCAA, ACCA [...]

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NAIA AND NJCAA3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCORES MARCH 16TH

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »

 If you missed it in the NAIA’s late game last night the unseeded SUNO Knights upset the 3rd- seeded Robert Morris (IL) Eagles 94-92! Trailing by 11 points with just 9 minutes left the Knights, playing in their first tournament since 2004, stayed focused and Kevin Dukes drove home a fadeaway jumper with just 3.9 seconds left [...]

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM MARCH 1ST

Posted in College Basketball, tagged , , , , , , , on March 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

 The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers (logo at left) were among the teams tipping off last night’s Sooner Athletic Conference tournament. Balladeer’s Blog will examine the results of their game plus the many others in the NAIA and other divisions of college sports covered here. To recap last night’s action: 

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