Gonzaga University

How The Basketball Program Helped Gonzaga University Flourish

... wide to catch his coach. It was, considering time, place and event, a perfect metaphor for coach and university. Standing quite literally at the highest point of his coaching career, Few finally needed someone from Gonzaga to rescue him. For 19 years, he’d been doing the saving, his Bulldogs not only growing a basketball team from nothing but also helping to save a university in the process. “The school was in real trouble" was the assessment of longtime benefactor Jack Mc Cann in 1998. Gonzaga coach Mark Few was an assistant under former coach Dan Monson before being hired as head coach. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson. Asked to join the board of trustees that year, the Gonzaga graduate discovered his alma mater was falling apart, operating at a deficit for several years, the school’s credit rating plummeting, the endowment slipping and administrators forced to slash budgets simply to pay the bills. The small, Catholic, private and enrollment-reliant ...

Enrollment, Endowment Soar With Gonzaga Hoops Success

... In addition, “the success of the basketball program has played a significant role in our ability to raise funds,” Mc Culloh said. Some of the fundraising is evident in the university’s athletic buildings, such as the 6,000-seat Mc Carthey Athletic Center, which opened in 2004 with a major donation from brothers Phil and Tom Mc Carthey. “We saw a bit of a sleeping giant,” Phil Mc Carthey, a GU alum, said in a 2013 interview. “We saw a bit of an opportunity. We had the vision, not that the basketball team could be No. 1, but that it could be better.”. Other major gifts followed. Since 2004, benefactor gifts have allowed the university to launch 12 major building projects. In 2016, Gonzaga broke ground on the $24 million Volkar Center for Athletic Achievement, which is expected to open this fall. It was named after a Coeur d’Alene couple, Pat and Sandy Volkar, who moved to North ...

Gonzaga President Thayne Mcculloh Sees Bulldogs’ History, Success Tied To Community

... before them now for so long that it just feels really good to finally see them break through to the place where they are,” Mc Culloh said. Mc Culloh is in his seventh year as the president of the university, but he has watched the school and basketball program grow in Spokane for the nearly 30 years that he has been part of the GU staff. Since taking over his the role as president in 2010 , he’s traveled with the Zags and has had the opportunity to watch them in several postseason showings. But nothing has quite measured up to the scene on Saturday inside the University of Phoenix Stadium , when the Zags jumped and cheered after their win over South Carolina that sent them to the national championship game. “It’s a spectacle,” Mc Culloh said. “It’s absolutely nothing like anything else that happens prior to the Final Four.”. There’s one more item left to write in Gonzaga’s history books on Monday – the school’s first basketball national title. Gonzaga, the Zags, Few and the rest of the basketball coaching staff are well-deserving of ...

Gonzaga Fans Take In Boisterous National Championship At Jack And Dan’s

... at Gonzaga. “I feel like I owe it to Spokane to come back here,” said White, before taking a final swig from his tallboy of Hamm’s. The crowd, a mix of students and regulars all clad in Gonzaga blue, red and white, cheered the Zags to halftime, when the team held a 3-point lead. Scott Wilson, an Australia native on a roadtrip from Calgary to Portland, said he ducked in to the bar at 5 p.m. on the recommendation of a Google search. “I have Gonzaga in my bracket,” he said. “Zags by 6.”. But it was the Tarheels who pulled out the six-point victory, amid groans and more than one call for the heads of the referees. During a three-minute scoring drought early in the second half, fans chanted and pounded on the tables, trying to will the Zags back into the contest. It worked, as Karnowski finally scored and brought the crowd out of a stupor caused by North Carolina’s quick start to the second half. As ...

Adam Morrison's Attitude Is Exactly Why You Should Be Rooting For Gonzaga

... fan, you're about to become one. Morrison - the former Gonzaga University basketball star and, in 2012, almost a Portland Trail Blazers player - has penned a funny, sweet essay on The Players' Tribune. You probably remember Morrison as the exuberant, 'stache-wearing 2006 NCAA scoring champion who never quite made it in the NBA. But he's much more than that, he points out. That is, he's a Zags fan. When he was 10 years old, Morrison was a ball boy for the team that's playing for the NCAA title tonight. His favorite Zags player was John Rillie. John Who? Here's Morrison. He's an assistant at Boise State now, but back then he was the greatest basketball player I'd ever seen in person. I'll never forget walking into the gym and watching him warm up by shooting from all over the floor - and I really mean the entire floor. John would be casually sinking half-court shots like they were nothing, the same way Steph Curry does today. It blew my mind. It was the first time I got to see firsthand how much work you need to put in to be that good. Watching him, I would daydream about how one day, if I was lucky, maybe I could wear that Gonzaga uniform and play in the Kennel. That was ...

5 Fast Facts You Need To Know

... faith. Gonzaga offers numerous academic programs with a strong liberal arts focus. Students take classes in the humanities and sciences to help provide them with a dynamic education. Gonzaga is considered one of the best values for your money because it offers an exceptional education at an affordable price. It has high freshman retention and graduation rates and provides good earnings boost for its graduates. Click here to read more. 5. The School Has a 66.5 Percent Acceptance Rate. According to Gonzaga, the university has a 66.5 percent acceptance rate over the last five years. The average GPA of incoming students is 3.73. Students interested in applying to Gonzaga can read all the details about the school’s requirements and deadlines on the Gonzaga admissions site. You can apply online using the Common Application by listing Gonzaga as one of your schools. While Gonzaga is a Catholic university, students of all faiths are welcome. The school ...

Gonzaga Center Przemek Karnowski, ‘a 7-foot Mountain,’ A Big Reason For Bulldogs' Success

... put on the beard, he saw two young men in suits looking at him with more than a hint of skepticism in their expressions. Scott returned the looks. “Who am I?” he called out to them. “You don’t know, do you?”. Then he went back to contemplating the way Karnowski sometimes fills the television screen. “He’s huge. The pros have to give him a chance. I mean, that body.”. And let’s not forget his athletic skills. Jamie and Freddy Foster from Tucson were wearing University of Arizona shirts and made faces when Karnowski’s name was mentioned. “He hurt us,” said Freddy. “Us” being the Arizona basketball team. Karnowski helped defeat the Wildcats early in the season. Jamie, who said he is 6-foot-7, called the bearded one “a 7-foot mountain.”. Present day: Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski raises his arms after the Xavier bench received a technical foul during the first half of an NCAA Elite ...

5 Things To Know As Gonzaga Plays For National Championship Title

... "Getting back, and they're so fast and so good at it.". 5. Gonzaga and North Carolina both have quality players. Both teams have quality players coming off the bench and they are capable of being that championship game star. Gonzaga has 7-foot freshman Zach Collins, who had 14 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks in the Final Four win over South Carolina. Silas Melson is the first backcourt reserve and he had six points, four rebounds and three assists against the Gamecocks. He was 2 for 3 from 3-point range, where he shot 38.9 percent this season. Everything you need to know about tonight's title matchup: __link__/CPy Np BJOs G #National Championship #United We Zag __link__/XVb SLa Obs I. — Gonzaga Basketball (@Zag MBB) April 3, 2017. North Carolina has three reserves averaging at least 5.0 points per game in the tournament. That starts with Luke Maye, whose 10.4 average includes the winning jumper against Kentucky in the regional final. Tony Bradley, a ...

Fans Cheer All Across Spokane As Gonzaga University Advances To The Final Four

... electrifying,” he said. “It’s contagious.”. Longtime fan Ken Degenstein was also optimistic before the game began. “I think they’ll win,” he said. “They’ve got a good chance.”. The atmosphere inside the theater was indeed contagious, where people watched the game with hundreds of their closest friends. They groaned with every lost ball and missed shot and cheered with every stolen ball. A three-point shot was enough to make everyone cheer wildly. Across town at the 24 Taps sports bar, there wasn’t an empty seat inside or outside on the patio. Josh Brunner was feeling confident at half time. “We’re tired of hearing about people doubting them all the time,” he said. “They‘re playing really good. They need to keep it going and not let off the gas.”. People clapped and cheered throughout the second half. With five minutes left in the game and Gonzaga up by 20 points, some felt confident that the game was in the bag, while others cautioned against taking everything for granted. As the final seconds ticked away, the cheers were so loud they could be heard down the block. “This is huge for Spokane,” ...

Gonzaga's Storied History Goes Beyond Basketball

... football program itself – soon became a losing proposition. Gonzaga closed its football program for good in 1942 and the stadium was torn down in 1949. The most famous Gonzaga alumnus, Bing Crosby, did not graduate from the university. He graduated from Gonzaga High School in 1920. He also attended Gonzaga University and the School of Law, but left in 1924 without graduating from either. A statue of Bing – complete with pipe – stands near the Crosby Library, which was dedicated in 1957 and later became the Crosby Student Center. Other famous alumni: Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, civil rights attorney Carl Maxey, Speaker of the House Tom Foley, basketball star John Stockton, mountain climber Jim Wickwire and author Sherman Alexie (not all of them were graduates, either). The “Frosh-Soph Fight” got out of hand in the 1920 s. The underclassmen kept coming up with creative ways of “shanghai-ing” the opposition during this modified tug-of-war event. Once, a sophomore was found chained to a tree. In 1928, it all went wrong when both classes chartered boxcars in an ill-considered attempt to kidnap ...

Cash Windfall Coming To Gonzaga University, Wsu And Ewu Athletic Departments

... in a one-time payment in April. Gonzaga University, the only local school without a football team, will get the lowest regional disbursement of $287,156. Eastern Washington University, which gave out 145.51 athletic scholarships that year compared to Gonzaga’s 87.25, will get $478,901 from the NCAA. Washington State University will receive $756,381. That’s less than the $846,856 slotted for the University of Washington. Washington State University associate athletic director of athletic communications Bill Stevens said WSU hopes to use the money to help fund the school’s student athlete academic center. “I think we’re renovating some space to enlarge it,” Stevens said. Gonzaga University did not identify any specific plans for the incoming cash when contacted Friday. “Similar to other NCAA ...

Zags Ride Swarming Defense Into Title Game

... it look like you have a clear lane to the basket, but he’s right there,” Mathews said. “The different looks we can give you and our attention to detail, too, is one of our biggest strengths.”. Having bigs this big gives Gonzaga’s already-active perimeter defenders the freedom to play more aggressively. They never want to get beat, but knowing there’s a 7-footer or two waiting under the basket allows them to overplay their man and passing lanes. Gonzaga used its attacking perimeter defense to create numerous early turnovers by South Carolina while building a 14-point lead in the national semifinals. “We have rim protection and I feel like I can gamble a little, though I don’t want to gamble too much,” said Williams, who often guards the opposing team’s best scorer. “You know if you get beat, those guys in the back are there to pick you up.”. Gonzaga’s rotation also is ...

Patrick Ewing

Georgetown Is Taking A Big Gamble In Hiring Patrick Ewing

... name came up on the phone on Monday afternoon. “I can’t speak for anyone else,” he said. “For me, I don’t really care. The media people are saying it more than anyone else. I’m not sure where it’s all coming from.”. Patrick Ewing. 1 33. Ewing’s first on-court challenge will be changing the style of play, as former coach John Thompson III’s Princeton offense ultimately led to his doom. It failed to fit the style of players in recent years and Stevens said it turned off recruits “a lot.” He added: “We have a lot of talented kids and they have a certain ways in which they want to play and certain systems help them make big impacts when they get to college.”. With no regrets after Indiana firing, Tom Crean looks ahead to next opportunity. Former Georgetown coach Craig Esherick pointed out on Monday night that summer basketball culture has filtered up to the NBA, with coaches and front office personnel having to deal with AAU coaches. (Stevens said he’s never met Ewing). Esherick, an associate professor of sports management at George Mason, thinks Ewing will do well at Georgetown. He points out both Ewing’s ...

Chris Mullin And Patrick Ewing Jr. Get Into Heated Exchange Video

... Peak, who was saddled with two fouls early in the game. “I come out aggressive. It’s something I do and I have to impact the game somehow.”. St. John’s led 74-68 with 3 minutes to go and it held on despite not scoring again. Georgetown’s final possession started with 6.6 seconds left and the Hoyas missed their final two chances. With 8:35 to go in the game was when the clock turned back to the old Big East days of physical Georgetown-St. John’s games. Amar Alibegovic of St. John’s fouled Peak as he was taking a layup and a few of the players wound up in a scrum under the basket with some pushing and shoving. Alibegovic was given a Flagrant 1 foul. Peak made one free throw to bring the Hoyas within 59-56. Georgetown got within a point three times but could never get the lead. BIG PICTURE. ...

Pusha T On Patrick Ewing, Spike Lee, 90s Knicks

... favorite sports uniforms. Appearently the days of Starks, Mason, Oakley and Ewing resonate with him. “Definetly the Knicks, of course,” Pusha T told me on Friday’s episode of Scoop B Radio Overtime. Check Out Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson and Pusha T. What stood out to King Push the most was both the synergy of movie director, Spike Lee and Patrick Ewing. Lee, a lifer and courtside seat holder at MSG had the constant dialogue with player’s from opposing teams. *Insert Reggie Miller*. And Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, (15 as a Knick) where he finished his career averaging 21 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. “For example, like, the Knicks, if I was messing with the Knicks, it was like there was a Ewing component to it or a Spike Lee component to it.” Pusha T said. “They were so culturally relevant at the time. They were champions of the team and they were like to me, cool guys! So I was like oh man, this is fresh. Anything they put on was fresh. They were definetly representing the Knicks organization at that time.”. Pusha T admires the Knicks’ hustle and muscle from yesteryears, so do so many New Yorkers. ...

Georgetown Hires Patrick Ewing As New Head Coach

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Patrick Ewing Gets Major Endorsement For Coaching Gig

... for Georgetown. “I cannot imagine that you’re at Georgetown and you do not hire Patrick Ewing,” Van Gundy said before his Pistons met the Knicks at the Garden on Monday. “College basketball, a large part of it is recruiting, and Patrick’s got two things there: One, he absolutely loves Georgetown University. Always has, always will. So he can sell the school. The second thing is all these top-level players, the main thing they’re thinking about is getting to the NBA. Well, you’ve got a Hall of Fame coach. All of the best big kids have to consider Georgetown right at the top of the list.”. Ewing has long sought an NBA head coaching job, but has been rebuffed. He was a serious candidate for the Sacramento job last summer, but again came up short when the Kings reversed course and hired Dave Joerger. So when Georgetown recently fired John Thompson III, Ewing emerged as a logical fit. The biggest question is whether Ewing wants to forsake the NBA for college. His coaching skills appear unquestioned. Since 2002, ...

Lebron James Apologizes For Tiff With Tristan Thompson

... Moments after Cavs forward Kevin Love hit a key 3-pointer for a four-point lead with 26 seconds left, euphoria on the Cavs' bench was zapped when James and Thompson went back and forth. James yelled at Thompson as they were walking to the bench and waved off coach Tyronn Lue when he attempted to calm James' down. Thompson snapped back at James, exchanging words in the huddle throughout a timeout. Immediately after the game, James expressed remorse. "I have to do a better job of not showing up my teammates out on the floor. I had the right intentions in my mind, but I had the wrong intentions come out of my mouth," James told Fox Sports Ohio on the court after the game ended. "I take full responsibility for that as the leader of the team. So I got to be a lot better at that and be able to keep that in-house in the locker room and when we're watching film.". In the locker room, James expanded on his thoughts. "I was a little bit too demonstrative at that point in the game," James ...

Why Ex-knick Patrick Ewing Makes Perfect Sense To Be Next Georgetown Coach

... head coach Patrick Ewing in the first quarter against Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. (Nicole Sweet/USA Today Sports). When Georgetown moved on from John Thompson III on Thursday, the conversation immediately turned to the program's next coach, and who could arrive to return the Hoyas to glory. What about the big man that helped make Georgetown a national power. As former  Knicks and Georgetown star  Patrick Ewing continues to make a career as an NBA assistant head coach, a top job has eluded him. Here's why Ewing should throw his hat in the ring for the Georgetown gig. Head coaching experience can't hurt. Ewing continues to get passed up for top jobs in the NBA. Taking a step back could help him move forward. If Ewing heads to Georgetown and makes the program a big winner, franchises around the NBA will inevitably notice. The ...

Georgetown Hoyas Head Coaching Search

... bombs with Georgetown information, the hiring of a search firm was met with skepticism by the fanbase, that collectively wondered why the school needs to use an independent party to find a coach when sites like this one have already figured out who the best candidates are for the job. However, the below comment yesterday sums up exactly why. It's been my impression. that they allow for communication between schools and coaches, while allowing deniability. Example #1: "I have had no discussion with Georgetown or any other school about their open coaching position.". Example #2: "We have not contacted any currently employed coach about the position.". Example #3: "The only AD and President I have spoken to are my own.". Posted by CO_Hoya on Mar 29, 2017 | 9:57 AM up reply unrec (24). To see this in action, ...

Assistant Coach Candidates For Patrick Ewing

... in Detroit and played under Ewing in Orlando. Any chance he’d like a return to the Big East. Dalonte Hill - Carries real baggage after departure from Maryland but not long ago he was the man in DMV recruiting circles. Perhaps he’s ready to step back in to the college game. Rick Brunson, Minnesota Timberwolves - Former teammate of Ewing’s in NY and coached alongside him in Charlotte. Now in Minnesota with Thibbs as the Van Gundy tree expands it’s footprint. Son plays at Villanova. Could be a great asset as a former point guard. Russ Springman, San Diego - Native of Silver Spring, MD, his claim to fame was once recruiting Kevin Durant to Texas. Once one of the hottest names in college basketball, why is he now at San Diego as an assistant. Ed Pinckney, Minnesota Timberwolves - Once Ewing’s Big East rival at Villanova, now another part of the Van Gundy tree going from Mike Malone in Denver to Thibbs in Minnesota. Did coach at Villanova from 2003-2007 under Jay Wright. Wes Unseld JR, Denver Nuggets - Longtime Wizards assistant before joining Stan Van Gundy in Orlando and now Mike Malone in Denver. Maryland native. Christian Webster, Virginia Tech - ...

Remembering The Gladiators Of The Hardwood

... it was the best or it was the longest. I’m saying it was one of the roughest. Players would get thrown to the floor and elbows would bang against bodies and there would be no foul called. It was a no blood no foul league. Go to You Tube and check out some of the clips from these games. It was brutal, but it served a purpose: to weed out the weak. Not just the physically weak, but the weak of heart because you had to be a man’s man to play in those games. Players spilling blood on the proverbial battleground was common place. Crowds cheered and the warriors smiled. You watched the game even if you weren’t a fan of either team, but because you knew both factions were going to leave it all out on the court. To put these legendary clash of titans in perspective, during the 1987 eastern conference game, Robert “The Chef” Parish once punched Bill Laimbeer in the face and didn’t get kicked out the game. The attack was egregious and obvious and to add insult to injury,  Darren Daye got the foul on the play. Parish hit Laimbeer in the face twice. It was a two piece and the commenter even remarks there should have been a “punching foul” called. What ...

Phillies

Will This Bell Ringing Over And Over Get You Hype For Phillies Baseball

... and has cemented himself as a building block for the Sixers' future, so don't expect this to be anything but a pipe dream. A few other notable names featured on the list include Paul Millsap, Chandler Parsons, Luol Deng and Andre Iguodala, among others. The Magic are a young, rebuilding team with very little star power. It seems like it's only a matter of time until Sam Hinkie is brought in to start The Process 2.0 and blow up the entire organization. NFL draft fan registrations up more than 200 percent. By Tom Ignudo | __link__ Contributor April 03, 2017 7:35 PM. Philadelphia expects a boatload of fans to attend the 2017 NFL draft, but the city's numbers might have been a bit off. According to the NFL, via ESPN , 168,000 fans have signed up for the fan mobile pass for the draft, as of March 31. Mayor Jim Kenney estimated that 200,000 people would gather at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the draft lasting from April 27-29. In comparison, 54,000 fans signed up for the 2016 draft in Chicago in that same ...

Meet The Philadelphia Phillies Top Prospects

... 2 B. In his first full season in the organization, the 2015 second-round pick out of Arizona made it to Double-A, though he batted only.250 in 37 games. With Single-A Clearwater, Kingery displayed some pop with 29 doubles and a.293 average. He’s also ranked as the No. 7 prospect at second base in the minors. 10. Cornelius Randolph, OF. The No. 10 overall pick in 2015 batted.274 with two home runs and 27 RBI in 63 games in the South Atlantic League last season. Randolph, 19, has plenty of pure talent, but there’s work and development to be done. __link__ estimates his arrival in the big leagues to be at least 2019. 9. Dylan Cozens, OF. Cozens mashed his way through Double-A Reading last season with 40 home runs and 125 RBI in a hitter-friendly ballpark. He hit for average (.276) and used his considerable athleticism on the base paths (21 stolen bases), but he struggled with strikeouts (186). Cozens will ...

Phillies Hope Clay Buchholz Pitches Well

... general manager Matt Klentak said when he traded for Buchholz. "We have a number of guys entering the last year of their contract that could potentially be trade chips.". All winter, the Phillies pursued marginal upgrades through trades or free agency with the shortest possible commitment. That led them to players such as Buchholz, Howie Kendrick, Michael Saunders, Joaquin Benoit, and Pat Neshek. Baseball is a copycat industry, and from the moment the Chicago Cubs transformed a one-year, $6 million deal for Scott Feldman into Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta, every rebuilding team has tried to duplicate it. Good luck. The blueprint of adding a veteran player, with the goal of later flipping him for younger prospects, is rooted in logic. In practice, it is much more difficult. The player must remain healthy. He must perform. And there must be a demand in the trade market. The veteran players added during the winter represent $63.7 million in payroll. The Phillies see that as an investment in the 2017 on-field product and as a necessary price to pay for the ...

Now-healthy Aaron Nola Out To Prove To Phillies Last Year Was A Fluke

... Phillies Opening Day couldn't come soon enough. He gave up six runs in a start. And seven in another that ended in the third inning. He allowed four runs or more in six of seven starts. Nola had made pitching look so easy ever since the Phillies drafted him in 2014 with their first pick. But last summer, it was not. His struggles ended in August, when Nola was shut down for the season with a sprained elbow. The injury did not require surgery and Nola says he is fully healthy. But concern remains. Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said he fears the day when Nola knocks on his office door to tell him his elbow flared up. This season - Nola's second full one in the big leagues - will be his chance to silence any doubts and prove that he is the pitcher the Phillies drafted and not the one who struggled last summer. "I didn't watch any footage," Nola said about last season. "Some things I remember from it. I have a pretty good memory from past games that I've thrown. But I just try ...

Phillies Win Opener As 'two Littlest Guys' Homer

... News, and __link__. A graduate of Central Bucks High School West and Syracuse University, he covered the Phillies from 2010 to 2014 with a one-year tour on the Metro desk between baseball assignments. More by Matt Gelb. Arrow icon. CINCINNATI - Three minutes into the season, when Cesar Hernandez cracked a solo homer to the red seats in right field Monday, these young Phillies exuded confidence. The December workouts in Miami to add strength produced immediate results for Hernandez. The laborious seven weeks of spring training melted to the scene of Tommy Joseph, the guy who is supposed to be crushing home runs, high-fiving the diminutive Hernandez and removing his helmet. "I mean, everybody was happy," shortstop Freddy Galvis said after a 4-3 Phillies victory over the Reds. Some Flo Rida blasted in the winning clubhouse. Galvis glanced toward Hernandez, who sat nearby at his locker, fiddling with his phone. "I have to tell you," Galvis said. ...

Phillies Face Coven Of Non-believers To Start 2017

... these New Phillies, so young and cool and experimental with their hair. But tragically, this has affected my widely respected objectivity that I have maintained so stoically and professionally through the years. In response to this, I was up all night, staring out a window at the stray cat fight club outside of my home, considering how to regain my lost integrity. The only solution I could muster was to gather all of the worst things people have said about the Phillies leading up to the 2017 season and put it all in one place in an attempt to counteract the joy that led to me overreaching in regards to their win total. J. P. Crawford needs to stop reading about how good he is and start working to show everyone how good he is. — "A rival scout," Sports Illustrated. We'll open with a doozy that by now we've all seen. Sports Illustrated's MLB preview featured sections on all of the teams written by rival scouts, who broke down their enemies player by player. Obviously, the shortstop considered the Phillies' best prospect warranted a mention, and this scout felt like J. P. Crawford was spending ...

Phillies Come Out Hitting In Middle Of Order

... is the Phillies beat writer for the Inquirer, the Daily News, and __link__. A graduate of Central Bucks High School West and Syracuse University, he covered the Phillies from 2010 to 2014 with a one-year tour on the Metro desk between baseball assignments. More by Matt Gelb. Arrow icon. CINCINNATI - The Phillies collected seven extra-base hits, scored four runs, and won a game Monday in which Tommy Joseph and Cameron Rupp went a combined 0 for 8 with four strikeouts. Last season, when the Phillies were desperate for offense, Joseph and Rupp were keys. Mail icon. The Phillies believe their lineup has improved. The middle of the order, two through five, reached base 10 times in the 4-3 win over the Reds. Howie Kendrick lashed three hits. Odubel Herrera doubled and walked twice. Michael Saunders stroked a run-scoring double in the first inning. Maikel Franco singled and walked. There is depth, and that could breed more runs. "Yeah," shortstop Freddy Galvis, "I believe it will. Especially because we have two ...

Phillies Need Sluggers. Dylan Cozens And Rhys Hoskins May Fit The Bill

... him in the second round and lured him away from playing college football by giving him a $660,000 signing bonus. First, Cozens said, he had to learn to become a better hitter. The power then followed as a result. "I got a taste of it last spring, when I brought him to Port Charlotte as a minor-leaguer, an extra guy," Mackanin said. "He hit about three or four balls over the batter's eye in center field and on the roof of the building in right field. I'm well aware of his power, and I think he's going to be a real good hitter for power. He's a good defensive player, too.". Ryan Howard is the only Phillie to hit 30 or more homers in a season since 2011. The Phillies are desperate for power hitters who can take advantage of Citizens Bank Park's tight dimensions. It is likely something they will address in free agency, but ...

Phillies Farm System Very Talented At All Levels

... healthy, and Cozens, 22, has enormous power but must prove he can handle breaking balls. Not a single Lehigh Valley pitcher was listed among the top 10 prospects, but the Phillies are excited about an Iron Pigs cast that includes Jake Thompson, Zach Eflin, Ben Lively, Mark Appel, and Nick Pivetta. Those five combined to make 64 starts at Lehigh Valley last season, going 31-17 with a 2.95 ERA, and two of them already have some big-league experience. Eflin will open the season on the disabled list because of surgeries on both knees. Lehigh Valley figures to be the most closely watched Phillies affiliate this season, but Lakewood, the lowest-level affiliate that will open play this week, should also generate plenty of excitement. That is where you will find outfielder Mickey Moniak, the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft, and Sixto Sánchez, the highest-rated pitching prospect in the farm system. "[Moniak] didn't show us anything last year that says [Lakewood] would be too big of a challenge for him," said Joe Jordan, the Phillies' director of player development. In his first professional exposure with the Gulf Coast League Phillies, Moniak, 18, ...

Phillies' Odubel Herrera's Chance To Become An Elite Hitter

... tremendous, and that's where he generates a lot of power from.". Freed from the TV booth, Stairs is back to speaking with the speed of a cattle auctioneer, and Herrera's development is a topic that really gets him going. Throughout Stairs' playing career, his strength was his knowledge of the strike zone, his ability to get a fastball that he could drive. He hit 265 home runs and struck out 1,122 times, and he wants Herrera to extract the best of that all-or-nothing approach - the plate discipline - and cast aside the temptation to overswing, even when he gets the pitch he wants. Herrera jumped from eight home runs in 2015 to 15 in 2016, but Stairs would prefer that Herrera pay no attention to his home run total. "He did a great job last year of saying, 'Listen, what is your strength with a fastball? You sit on that pitch. If you get to two strikes, then you battle,' " Stairs said. "There's no reason to be in a hurry hitting. If I'm a good inside-fastball hitter, why am I going to expand and hit a first pitch away? Make the pitcher work. Again, you become a stubborn hitter and ...

Adrian Peterson

Peterson Leaves Pats With No Deal

... of how the dynamics have changed regarding the veteran. 1 Related. The visit is Peterson's second since the Vikings released him March 9. He previously visited the Seahawks. The Patriots have a need because bruising 250-pound running back Le Garrette Blount, who scored 18 rushing touchdowns in 2016, is a free agent. The team currently has Dion Lewis , James White , Rex Burkhead and D. J. Foster on the roster at running back, and is expected to look closely at the position in the draft. Peterson, who ranks 16 th all time with 11,747 rushing yards, became an unrestricted free agent on March 9 after the Vikings decided not to pick up their option, which would have paid him $18 million, including a $6 million roster bonus. He tweeted last month that he is in no rush to sign with a new team and said his decision isn't just about money; signing with a championship-contending team will factor in his decision. — Adrian Peterson (@Adrian Peterson) March 25, 2017. Peterson, 32, played just three games last season because of a torn meniscus suffered on Sept. 18. He carried 37 times for 72 yards last season, returning in less than three ...

Adrian Peterson, Jameis Winston Working Out With Qb Coach George Whitfield

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Adrian Peterson To Visit Patriots On Monday

... Published 4:57 p.m. CT April 2, 2017 | Updated 5:16 p.m. CT April 2, 2017. USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero recaps the NFL owners meeting and the proposed league rule changes. USA TODAY Sports. Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) rushes with the football during the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field. (Photo: Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY Sports). 19851 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 5 COMMENTEMAILMORE. Adrian Peterson is getting a closer look from the defending Super Bowl champions. The four-time all-pro running back is scheduled to visit the New England Patriots on Monday, a person familiar with Peterson's plans told USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the visit had not been disclosed. Peterson's father, Nelson Peterson, said prior to free agency that the Patriots ...

Cris Carter Says Vikings Let Adrian Peterson Go Because Of His 'expiration Date

... expiration date, including Adrian. I think the Vikings have gone about it the right way. …. “I’m sure Adrian wanted to play for something significant [in salary].”. The money factor can’t be underrated here. Peterson was set to make $18 million in 2017 but the Vikings declined a team option to pick up that salary , because it’s wholly out of whack with the current running back market. Peterson is a future Hall of Fame back, a dominant runner who is one of the best backs the NFL has ever seen. But he’s on the wrong side of 30 and he hasn’t been healthy or productive the last few years. “I think he has some football left in him,’ Carter added. “I think football is a game that’s very, very hard if you don’t practice. Adrian hasn’t practiced a lot the last two years, so I think it’s affected his overall ability to be effective in the game.’. AP has made it no secret he wants to keep playing, but he’s going to have to take a serious paycut if he wants to play. Even a team like the Raiders , who Peterson has identified as a club he would want to play for , ...

Great Respect’ For Adrian Peterson

... "I think the world of Adrian. I think he’s obviously a great player, a Hall of Fame player. I got a chance to be around him not only competing against him twice a year, but at the Pro Bowls. He’s a class act, and we’ll just see how it shakes out.". The Packers are left with a thin running back depth chart after releasing 31-year-old James Starks and watching 2013 second-round pick Eddie Lacy sign with the Seattle Seahawks. Lacy’s time in Green Bay started with much promise. He was a Pro Bowler as a rookie, rushed for more than 1,100 yards in each of his first two years. Then weight and conditioning issues derailed his 2015 season, and a renewed commitment off the field ended with ankle surgery that placed him on injured reserve five games into last season. Mc Carthy suggested part of Lacy’s reason for going to Seattle was the chance at a fresh start. “I think Eddie played excellent football for us,” Mc Carthy ...

Latest On Adrian Peterson, Mike Williams, Patrick Mahomes And Browns Hosting Dalvin Cook

... star will be one of the first two wide outs taken and should be the first one selected. So it's not a surprise he's drawing plenty of interest from teams in the first round. Williams recently said he has visits scheduled with the Browns, Ravens and Titans, among others. All three teams hold picks in the teens, but there's a real chance he's gone before they are on the clock. RELATED: 2017 NFL Mock Draft. Bills, Steelers And Jets Looking At Patrick Mahomes. The Texas Tech quarterback is drawing a ton of interest, with the number of visits or workouts approaching 20. Up next on his list are the Bills, Jets and Steelers. Jets this week, #Bills workout next week __link__/8 v 9 c Lf W 0 dy. — Ian Rapoport (@Rap Sheet) April 3, 2017. Among the pre-draft visitors to the #Steelers today: #Tennessee QB Josh Dobbs and #Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes. — Ian Rapoport (@Rap Sheet) April 3, 2017. At this rate, it appears that ...

Packers Keeping Running Back Options Open

... “Adrian Peterson is obviously someone we have great respect for, obviously playing him the number of times that we have, but we’re trying to improve our offense all the time,” Mc Carthy said. “So as far as what’s going on, we don’t really discuss those things publicly, but you know, I think it’s obvious if you look at our depth chart. We have two running backs on our depth chart - two healthy running backs - so we’re going to have more running backs. I don’t know when they’re going to get there, but we will have more running backs come the middle of May - I can promise you that.”. One thing that could work against a possible Peterson fit with the Packers is his inability to play on third down. Because Mc Carthy uses the no-huddle system extensively, he wants running backs who can pass protect on third downs so that he doesn’t have to slow down the pace of the offense to make substitutions. “I think when you have situational players, it puts a hiccup in your flow,” Mc Carthy said. “This game’s about flow, attacking the opponents, so the more a guy can play first, second and third down, obviously he has more value.”. The Packers, who ...

Adrian Peterson Is In Exile

... my team’s history. NO ONE DENIES THIS. In fact, he is probably the best (excuse the cliché) pure runner I’ve ever seen. Maybe your tastes lean toward Barry Sanders, or Walter Payton, or Jim Brown, or Bo Jackson, and I’m not here to start a bar argument. If you have a different GOAT, that’s fine. Peterson couldn’t block, or catch, or work out of the shotgun, or hold onto the ball, or restrain himself from whipping a child in the gonads. But goddamn, could he run. And, despite his age and injury history, perhaps he still can. Peterson is not like ordinary running backs who flame out after a few seasons and then get consigned to the curb. He has rushed for over 970 yards and 10 TDs in eight of his 10 seasons. He rushed for over 2,000 yards and won the MVP after tearing his knee up. He’s a fucking freak. It is entirely possible he will regain his old form, if only for another season or two. While the Vikings have no championship to show for his accomplishments, I am lucky in the sense that I have spent the past two decades rooting for a team that, save for a two-year interruption, employed the biggest home run threat in football. Randy Moss came to Minnesota in 1998, and provided ...

Adrian Peterson Needs To Realize That He's An Old Running Back

... $6.5 million, $7.15 million and $6.4 million per year. Free agency is a fluid process where players must adapt to changing market conditions. Peterson might be having a difficult time accepting the financial climate with running backs. Eddie Lacy and Latavius Murray , both entering free agency after completing rookie contracts, helped define the market for ball carriers. Murray is essentially replacing Peterson in Minnesota. His three-year deal has a base value of $15 million where $3.6 million is fully guaranteed at signing and $4.25 million is in the first year. Lacy took a one-year deal from the Seattle Seahawks for $4.25 million that can be worth as much as $5.55 million through incentives. Adrian Peterson, 32, is an older, high-mileage running back coming off an injury-plagued season. Getty Images. Peterson’s free agency always had the potential to be challenging. It’s a deep running back draft class where fresh legs can be found cheaper. Any running back selected outside of the top seven picks in the draft will sign a ...

Karnowski

Kennedy Meeks-przemek Karnowski Battle Down Low Will Decide National Championship Game

... Meeks, who first arrived in Chapel Hill four years ago weighing 320 pounds, has slimmed considerably since then, shedding 60 pounds off his hulking 6-foot-10 frame. Karnowski’s just as big, if not bigger — he’s listed at 300 pounds in his own right, but three inches taller than Meeks. “A very big low post matchup,” head coach Roy Williams said during his Sunday afternoon press conference at University of Phoenix Stadium. And as he let the word “big” slip, Williams couldn’t help but widen his grin and his smile. Related Content. Top GRE study tips from UNC students. PAID CONTENT 02/08/17 10:16 am. But for such a complex point of emphasis, such a strategic focus, there really isn’t a better word to describe them. They’re massive, both physically but also in terms of what they can provide on the court. For UNC, who will play in its second consecutive national championship game on ...

Gonzaga’s Przemek Karnowski Takes A Beating, Keeps On Battling To The End

... in for Karnowski, who was led off the court and helped on the sidelines. “I got blocked, but he just put the finger in my eye. I had blurry vision, a little bit shadow. I couldn’t really open it,” Karnowski said. A few minutes later Karnowski was taken to the locker room, clutching a towel to his eye. He remained backstage for the remainder of the half. “I saw eye doctor and one of our trainers tried to take care of it,” Karnowski said. Just before the start of the second half, Karnowski ran back on the court and started shooting warm-up baskets with his teammates. He said his eye was still hurting him, but it was much better than 30 minutes before. “It started feeling a little bit better,” Karnowski said. “And throughout the whole second half it was getting better and better.”. From the outside, Karnowski’s eye didn’t seem to bother him at all in the second half. The big man returned ...

Wizards' Marcin Gortat Gives An Honest Nba Assessment Of 'brother' Przemek Karnowski

... through rehab after  a life-threatening back surgery  last year. He’s hoping to see Karnowski, 23, in the NBA, though he talks with the same tough-but-caring tone you’d expect from an older brother. For The Win spoke with Gortat on Monday about Karnowski, Poland and pierogi. FTW: How long have you known Przemek. Gortat: Well, I’ve known him for about five or six years. The first time I met him was the time when he won second place for the World Championship Under-20 national team. In the final, they lost to the USA team that back then played Bradley Beal, my teammate; Andre Drummond; (Michael) Kidd-Gilchrist from Charlotte; and a few other guys. That was the time that I met him, when he became the second-best team in the world under 20. He was obviously a huge story back in Poland. He was the great new generation of basketball players that was supposed to lead our national team to success. So that was the first time that I met him, but since that day we’ve become very good friends. He’s like a brother to me right now. FTW: Have you been talking to him regularly during this Final Four ...

Gonzaga Center Przemek Karnowski, ‘a 7-foot Mountain,’ A Big Reason For Bulldogs' Success

... malevolent Polish giant, here in Arizona to step over Camelback Mountain as he swallows up sun-baked real estate in ground-swallowing strides, laying waste to whatever he encounters. Pretty much everyone who knows him says he’s truly a nice guy. But big. Really big. ALSO TODAY: Former NBA star Kobe Bryant surprises Karnowski and teammates at Final Four. And that beard – let’s talk about it. Better yet, let’s hear from some people in downtown Phoenix on Thursday. Everybody in Spokane knows who he is. But what about the rest of the world. Have you ever heard of Przemek (often pronounced Shemek) Karnowski. “No,” said Sue Prior, a Final Four volunteer who lives in Glendale, site of this weekend’s semifinal games. But further probing revealed that her brother-in-law in Michigan picked GU to win it all when filling out his brackets. So there’s that. Don Stephens, a retired federal employee who lives in Tempe, was drinking a light beer on the patio of a downtown bar when ...

How Big Is The Final Four? We’re Talking Karnowski-size

... questions about GU and Spokane at his brief press conference Sunday at the stadium were from news outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, Sports Illustrated and the Guardian, among others. 6. Money. The multiyear agreement CBS has with the NCAA is valued in billions of dollars. Billions. With a “B.”. 7. The Final Four weekend can produce stories like this: An innocent country-mouse columnist from up in the north woods needs to get to downtown Phoenix from Glendale in a hurry. So he asks at the stadium about getting a cab. He is directed to the Renaissance Hotel not too far away. He goes to the hotel and asks one of the bellhops out front to get him a cab. In due course, an affable guy in a black SUV pulls up. And off to downtown they go. On the way over, the driver mentions that even though traffic snarls are delaying them, the price is preset and fixed. So not to worry. Oh, and how much is that? “Eighty dollars. Eight-oh.” The country mouse columnist is so stunned by this he forgets to ask for a receipt ...

Marcin Gortat Congratulates Polish Machine Przemek Karnowski

... to Mc Gee's in the past few months (he cites them, too, after clearly having done his research). He even calls Scott Brooks' team "hypocritical" for complaining about what Mc Gee did. "The Washington Wizards, who felt disrespected by Ja Vale Mc Gee’s late-game 3-point attempt in the final seconds of the Warriors’ blowout win Sunday, apparently forgot they’ve shot three similar final-second shots recently in lopsided victories," he writes in a brief post that is pretty warm, if not hot. What's different about the Wizards' examples, though, is that the players who attempted them (one belonged to Trey Burke with the other two coming from Tomas Satoransky) are guys who are more accustomed to spotting up from deep. Mc Gee, on the other hand, is a 7-foot center who has tried just 10 field goals from beyond the arc in his career. ...

Gonzaga’s Przemek Karnowski, Nigel Williams-goss Give Updates On Injuries Before Title Game

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Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski Saves Broken Play With Layup Vs. Unc

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Gonzaga’s Przemek Karnowski Overcame Staph Infection In A Bulging Disk That Threatened His Life

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North Carolina Against Gonzaga In Final

... in its bid for the school's first national title. The guard from Happy Valley, Oregon, played his first two seasons for Lorenzo Romar at Washington but left after the 2014-15 season. He heated up in the second half, pushing Gonzaga's lead to 14 points with a 3-point play with about 10 minutes to play. He reached 23 points with the 3-point play. That despite turning his ankle a few minutes earlier. Williams-Goss is averaging about 17 points a game this year. 4:30 p.m. South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell missed a day of practice this week after coming down with a fever and headache. And the SEC player of the year's coach acknowledged he wasn't at full strength in the first half against Gonzaga. Frank Martin said the Gamecocks need to find a way to help out Thornwell. "He obviously doesn't have a lot of energy and bounce in his game right now," Martin said. Complicating matters for the senior guard is the fact that the Zags guarded him with the 6-foot-9 Johnathan Williams. Long arms and a 4-inch height advantage have helped make things tough for Thornwell. ...

After Painful Detour, Przemek Karnowski Still Has Storybook Ending In Sight

... over here," Bakamus said. Still, the Zags loved their new teammate. And Karnowski loved them. Never a huge college basketball fan as a teenager, Karnowski had heard of tradition-rich schools such as Kentucky and Duke and Kansas. But he was unfamiliar with the Gonzaga until the staff started sending him recruiting letters before his final season of high school. At the time, Karnowski was considering skipping college altogether and signing with a European pro basketball league. But the more he began researching the Zags, the more he realized how much potential he had to develop under Few. Karnowski was particularly impressed with Gonzaga's history of success with bigs from other countries. Domantas Sabonis, J. P. Batista, Ronny Turiaf, Robert Sacre and Kelly Olynyk are among the foreign-born post players who have flourished in Spokane. Przemek Karnowski was convinced to leave Poland for Gonzaga after seeing how coach Mark Few had helped ...