2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!Seven months ago, the Slippery Rock women's basketball team lost to the Clarion Golden Eagles to end the season at 9-17 overall with a 3-9 record in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference's West Division. The team ended the season on a four-game losing streak, but had kept most of their games competitive until the end.
Head Coach Jamal Palmer wanted his team to be 3-0 going into PSAC crossover games this weekend. But poor shooting from the foul line led the men's basketball team to a 1-2 record, with its only success coming in an 84-79 win over Roberts Wesleyan last Saturday.
First off, let me start by saying that my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. It is a terrible loss for the NFL and football in general. Taylor was always one of my favorite players, and I can't imagine what his teammates and family are going through, especially his 1-year-old daughter.
It seems lately that with the ascendance of the New England Patriots to the top of the NFL, there are those in the NFL fan base that would claim that parity is dead. They may quote New England's unstoppable combination of Tom Brady to Randy Moss or point to the fact that those same Patriots have tallied a league-leading 58 touchdowns, while the next closest team (the Dallas Cowboys, in case you were wondering), has tallied 44.
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