Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

Big East Tournament Underway

I would have liked to post my predictions for the tournament prior to the first game, but I have too much other work going on. I have to write an enormous paper for my International Sport Management class. The topic is of our own choosing, and I chose the effects of doping on the Tour de France. I decided on that because of the amount of research already done on that topic. And after doing some research of my own, I have come to the conclusion that the French are literally "fanatical" about Le Tour. France is largely a secular country and most French men and women are highly cynical. However, if you brought up the Le Tour they wouldn't stop blushing or sighing. And they do not seem to mind about the use of performance-enhancing substances in the sport. That is unless, you are talking about Lance Armstrong. For over a hundred and five years, the race as been riddled with cyclists who have taken just about every type of PED to gain a competitive advantage. However, ever since the period between 1999-2005, the are up in arms about how the Americans are ruining their precious race. I will admit it though, it is only a matter of time before something huge comes out regarding Lance Armstrong. There are too many instances where he has been indirectly connected with PEDs. But the French need to relax. Back in the early years of the tour, riders would chug bottles of wine while riding. Since then, nothing has changed but technology. These competitors will stop at nothing to shift a physical favor in their direction. Where was I...

DePaul defeats Cincinnati in Big East Tournament
I am going out on a limb here and guessing that no one saw this game on television. Because no one has the Big East Network. However, being the sports nerd that I am, I watched the game on www.bigeast.org. Currently, they are showing the Georgetown v. St. Johns game. But if you didn't follow the Big East this year, the DePaul win was a fairly large upset. For the entire season, DePaul did not win one conference game (o-18) and were the #16 seed in the tournament. By soundly defeating the Bearcats, they set themselves up nicely to get destroyed by Providence tomorrow.

Drug items link Clemens to McNamee
Hey! Remember this story? It's frightening to think that this was only a year ago. Only a year removed from Clemens accusing Andy Pettitte of "misremembering" the past, or that wierd audio tape of the Clemens/McNamee phone call. It is hard to believe that Roger Clemens will most certainly not be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I think the voters are not worried about the actual "cheating" aspect of his career, they are just sparing everyone from an awkward induction speech. Players like Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, and Sosa have been ripped to shreds in the media, if they were ever finally voted into the Hall, would they even make a speech? I sure hope they would.