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EVALUATING ESPN’S ON-AIR PERSONALITIES

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ESPN may not stand for Exclusively Sports Publicist’s Network but the mammoth outfit certainly acts like it. Their soft, “People magazine for athletes” approach to sports coverage makes them fun to watch and listen to in the same way watching bad movies like Plan 9 From Outer Space is fun. If you want actual sports journalism go to Sports Illustrated (SI.com) or Yahoosports, never ESPN.

It’s no coincidence that those other outfits are the ones who have broken every major sports scandal in recent years. ESPN is too thoroughly in bed with the executives in college and professional sports to want to damage their “product” by doing REAL investigative reporting. Here’s Balladeer’s Blog’s evaluation of the sports publicists who do on-air work at “the worldwide leader in suckup”. 

Not pictured: Colin Cowherd

1. COLIN COWHERD – With the departure of Jim Rome to the cable outfit called CBS College Sports Cowherd gets the top spot by default. Colin towers over all the other on- air staff at ESPN by virtue of the fact that he has a life outside of sports and therefore doesn’t feel that winning games excuses criminal behavior like his colleagues do.

Cowherd also rejects the journalistic pretensions of the other ESPN sports publicists and repeatedly states that he considers his employer to be in the entertainment business, not the news business. Like all Continue reading

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DAY 5 OF NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL’S POSTSEASON

 Yesterday the Ohio Christian University Trailblazers (logo at left) won the Mid East Region Championship by defeating the Johnson University Preachers. OCU joins the LBC Chargers and the NCU Rams in clinching berths in the upcoming NCCAA2 World Series. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores from the other regional tournaments today as soon as they become available.

SOUTH REGION – The Continue reading

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DAY 4 OF NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL’S POSTSEASON

 The Toccoa Falls College Eagles (logo at left), the defending champions of NCCAA2 baseball, took the field today after a bye in the first round of the South Region Tournament. As dominant as ever, they finished off yesterday’s winners, the Florida Christian College Suns by a score of 7-3.

Meanwhile the Johnson University Preachers play the OCU Trailblazers for the Mid East Region championsip. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores from other Continue reading

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NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL POSTSEASON DAY 3

 Yesterday saw 2 tickets punched to the NCCAA2 World Series. The Lancaster College Chargers and the North Central University Rams won the East and Midwest Regional Championships, respectively. In the South Region the Florida Christian College Suns are taking on the Clearwater Cougars in game 1 of Continue reading

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NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL POSTSEASON CONTINUES

 After 2 days of rainouts the PHILADELPHIA BIBLICAL UNIVERSITY CRIMSON EAGLES (logo at left) finally got to play their East Regional game with the BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE DEFENDERS today at Noon ET. This matchup was worth the wait, as this Instant Classic saw the Crimson Eagles emerge with a very tight 5-4 victory. Send the tape of this game to Cooperstown as a prime example of the intensity of postseason baseball in the NCCAA. 

lancaster bible college chargersMeanwhile, in the 2nd East Region game of the day the top-seeded LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE CHARGERS defeated the Continue reading

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COLLEGE BASEBALL POST-SEASON IS UNDERWAY IN THE NCCAA

 Even as we speak, the Regional Tournaments in the NCCAA are underway! The Lincoln Christian University Red Lions (logo at left) and the Maranatha College Crusaders are squaring off in the opening game of the Midwest Regional. Balladeer’s Blog will have updated scores as soon as they become available.

The East Region game between the Philadelphia Biblical University Crimson Eagles and the Baptist Bible College Defenders, which was Continue reading

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FOUR OF THE COOLEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL HELMETS

 With the NFL Draft coming up later this week it seemed like a perfect time for a college football piece! In the past Balladeer’s Blog has treated readers to lists of cool-named college sports teams or cool logos for such teams. I even ran a list of the Top 6 D2 College Football Stadiums last year. This new list will examine football helmets for Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASEBALL RANKINGS: NCCAA2

 Balladeer’s Blog presents its final regular season rankings for NCCAA Division 2 college baseball. The postseason will be starting up this week with regional tournaments getting underway.

The Ozark Christian College Ambassadors (logo at left) snuck into this last poll while the BBC Defenders and the Johnson University Preachers moved up a notch. Toccoa Falls retained their stranglehold on the top spot.

1. TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES (defending champs) *** 2. FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS *** 3. MANHATTAN (KS) CRUSADERS *** 4. Continue reading

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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: WILLISTON STATE COLLEGE

15899college.jpg (200×184) WILLISTON STATE TETONS

Location: Williston, ND 

Site: http://www.wsctetons.com/ 

Comment: The Tetons were the largest and westernmost of the Sioux and were often called the Teton Dakota or Teton Sioux. There is also the Teton Range of mountains out west. Williston State’s hockey team made it to Continue reading

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BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASEBALL TOP 20: USCAA

 Balladeer’s Blog will henceforth be doing its own Top 20 for the divisions of college sports covered here. My inaugural list addresses the USCAA, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The Newport News Apprentice School Builders (logo at right) occupy the number one spot. The Williamson Mechanics and the SUNY- Canton Kangaroos sneak in lower in the rankings.  

For the full Top 20 read on: 1. NNAS Builders *** 2. Rochester College Warriors *** 3. Spalding Golden Eagles *** 4. Selma University Bulldogs *** 5. Greater Allegheny Lions *** 6. Belleville Lynx *** 7. Dallas Crusaders *** 8. Penn Tech Wildcats *** 9. Ave Maria University Gyrenes *** 10. Continue reading

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