You’ve probably seen this sometime today, but Vanderbilt football tailback recruit Rajaan Bennett was shot and killed early this morning in an apparent murder-suicide. He was 18. The murderer was his mother’s ex-boyfriend. Unlike other SEC schools, Vanderbilt recruits for character. Being a Vanderbilt athlete means something. Rajaan Bennett, by all accounts, was a tremendous [...]
Mike and I are now in the WRVU lineup, batting right after Liberadio Monday mornings at 9am CT on 91.1 FM WRVU. You know this already if you have spoken to one of us in the past month or follow us on Twitter because we’re incapable of not mentioning it. Anyway, here’s the audio from [...]
The Redskins overcame what feels like the 100 Years War worth of despair to defeat a mostly Kyle Orton-free Denver Broncos team at FedEx. So, bully for us. ESPN decided to spit on our parade, though, with one of those “Which of the following SHOCKS AND APPALLS YOU MORE?” polls about the biggest upset of [...]
So, most people saw the Ole Miss ESPN story about the fight song but for those who have not: They decided to remove “The South will rise again” and “From Dixie with love” from their fight song, despite some people still chanting the latter. The student government voted to exchange one of the chants for, [...]
What gives? From a high school graduation story at the St. Augustine Record: …Salutatorian Laura Albert emphasized graduates cherishing the day. Albert is headed to Vanderbilt University, where she is preparing for a football let down after her years at Nease [High School]. “I’m so used to the score being 49-0,” Albert said. “But going [...]
First, the good news. Vandy beat Bama tonight here at home in what was actually a pretty good game toward the end, except for all the missed free throws. Go Dores! Now, the even better (at least, juicier) SEC news. New UT (that’s Tennessee for all you non-SEC folks) football coach Lane Kiffin called out [...]
I take it all back and admit how wrong I was. What an excellent game (by the fourth quarter, anyway). Props to the Cardinals for sticking with the Steelers, and congrats to Pittsburgh for a well-deserved win. On the general survey of Super Bowl TV ads all over the Internets today, I’ve noticed the Doritos [...]
Ace wonders if he’s the only one, with an excellent point about professional sports (that I don’t necessarily agree with since I’m still young enough to believe in it all): This year I just don’t care. My interest in football has been declining a bit as I’ve gotten older — exactly why I am rooting [...]
Who says New Yorkers are cold and unfeeling? This guy certainly feels emotional about last year’s Super Bowl champs losing to Philadelphia two weeks ago. It’s just a little much. Okay, way too much. Still, this almost negates the feeling I had this post-season when both my times (Atlanta and Tennessee) lost early. I believe [...]
It’s certainly looking that way, isn’t it? The 9-7 Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl? Good lord. It can be no worse an outcome than the Predators game the fine Vandy Right contributors went to last night — the Thrashers demolished them, 7-1, with four goals in their first five shots. No matter, the Caps [...]
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