Caris Levert, G, Michigan – He would likely be higher if he hadn’t missed the last two month of the season with an injury to his foot. He is a good shooter for a 6’7″ player as he was accurate 40% of the time on the 3-pt attempts. Look for him to play himself…
Bill Self knows how to coach and he knows how to recruit. Diallo might be the best player he has had in Kansas before it is all over. Cheick Diallo, F, Kansas This college freshman is very active and came away with the MVP of the McDonalds’s All Star game with ten rebounds and…
Zach Auguste, C, Notre Dame –Last season he averaged 12.9 points per game with 6.5 rebounds and that was only in 24 minutes per game. Why 24? He can’t seem to stay out of foul trouble. He scored 20 points against Kentucky but had low numbers when facing Okafor at Duke. But who wouldn’t?…
Here is my attempt to identify the Top 25 players in College Basketball this season. #25) Nigel Hayes, F, Wisconsin – He is a good perimeter shooter with 39% from 3-point land. He can go inside if needed. In the past, he yielded to Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky but now they are gone….
Just a note about the last time the Cubs won a World Series. Seems a bit backhanded The 1908 pennant races in both the AL and NL were among the most exciting ever witnessed. The conclusion of the National League season, in particular, involved a bizarre chain of events, often referred to as the…
Jimmy Wolf 1862-1901 William Van Winkle Wolf was born on May 12, 1862 in Louisville, Kentucky. To his family he was “Willie.” As a teenager a friend dubbed him “Chicken,” and later he was known as “Jimmy” to baseball fans in Louisville. “Willie” was a common diminutive of William in the German-American home of…
PAUL HINES (1852–1935) Paul Hines played in 1,659 games in three leagues, from 1872 through 1891, had 2,135 hits, hit over .300 eleven times and posted a career batting average of .302. Despite his successful career, Paul Hines would be all but forgotten today if not for the fact that he was involved in…
Ross Barnes (1850-1915) Roscoe Conkling Barnes (May 8, 1850 in Mount Morris, New York – February 5, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois) was one of the stars of baseball’s National Association (1871-1875) and the early National League (1876-1881, playing second base and shortstop. He played for the dominant Boston Red Stockings teams of the early…
In my never ending quest to find baseball research, I have encountered many characters of the game which I am sharing with you. Pete Browning 1861-1905 A genuine pre-modern national star, one of the major league game’s pioneers, and one of the sport’s most enduring and intriguing figures, Louis Rogers “Pete” Browning was born in…
JIM CREIGHTON (1841–1862) Born on April 15, 1841, Jim Creighton was baseball’s first real star and made his pitching debut with the Brooklyn Niagaras at age eighteen in 1859. He would join the Brooklyn Star Club that year and then join the Excelsior Club, in 1860, for “under the table inducements.” Although it…