Tag: Lang’s World
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Lang’s World: College football mascots and nicknames provide unique window into a program’s competitive soul
MEMPHIS – This past weekend, the University of Kentucky followed up their big upset of Florida with a game against Murray State. That would be the Murray State Racers, a small school in western Kentucky. Murray State lost the game 48-10, but that was really beside the point. Because moreover, Murray State lost a perception…
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Lang’s World: What to expect when your expectations are a bit too high for your favorite college football team
All college football fans want is to know that they have a chance. And until they lose, they do. But the college season is here, and losses have come along as well. Prepare to be disappointed.
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Lang’s World: 10 Takeaways from a weird and wild Week 1 in college football
College football coaches are always looking for a good idea, and any original thought that seems to resonate with a coach’s players will immediately go viral.
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Lang’s World: Late August can only mean one thing – time to buckle up for the start of college football’s thrill ride
For me, college football is about the experience. It’s tribal. College football fans are my people, and we are about to reconvene and make some racket.
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Lang’s World: Parting shots, memories and lessons learned from Grizz Gaming’s NBA 2K inaugural season
This past Saturday night in New York City, Grizz Gaming closed out our inaugural season with a 72-67 win over Heat Check Gaming. With that win, we finished in tenth place in the NBA 2K League. And our season is now dunzo.
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 3.15.18
I was preparing dinner Sunday night, when I realized the clock — newly set-forward! — had ticked past 5:00 p.m., which meant the NCAA Tournament Selection Show was airing on TBS. Which also meant that within minutes, my phone started blowing up with requests to join about a dozen different bracket pools.
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Lang’s World: Ten pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 3.8.18
The sun may still mostly be playing hide and seek with us, especially for our friends in the Northeast, but the good news is winter is losing its fight with spring. And there was no surer sign of this than a few weeks ago, when pitchers and catchers reported for work at Major League Baseball…
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Lang’s World: Ten pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 1.4.18
Watching Georgia’s overtime win against Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl was a thrill ride for Lang Whitaker, who now gets to see his beloved Dawgs play fellow SEC member Alabama for a national title on Monday.