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College Hoop Seniors Serve Kentucky with Reality

March 12, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) The calendar says four months ago Kentucky ranked as the preseason No. 1 team based solely on a recruiting class that was preposterously labeled the best in […]

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NCAAM

Clinton Jones Long Overdue for College Hall of Fame

March 8, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) Michigan State football fans rejoiced for two reasons last May when Percy Snow was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame: — 1) The 1989 […]

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NCAAF

Stanford’s Two-Sport Man Pursues NFL Draft

March 5, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) Beano Cook, the late football historian, publicist extraordinaire and TV/radio personality, would have loved Tyler Gaffney. The former Stanford running back would have captured his football-shaped […]

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NCAAF

The Son Also Rises: Army-Navy Looms for Swann

February 24, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann’s football career at USC and with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers has taken him to his sport’s grandest stages. Swann has one Rose Bowl […]

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NCAAF

February Upsets in Words of Sparty Legend Heathcote

February 20, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) The ten Top 25 teams that suffered upsets last week came as no surprise to College Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jud Heathcote. It’s February, after […]

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B1G, NCAAM

Walton Captures America’s Basketball Voice

February 14, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) Significant milestones mark the growth of college basketball with prominent announcers riding shotgun. What began as a regional sport broadcast on radio from smoky arenas has […]

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NBA, NCAAM

America’s New Era Recruits at Army, Navy and Air Force

February 7, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) College football coaches typically express equal amounts frustration and respect as they prepare their teams to face Army, Navy or Air Force. The frustration is directed […]

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NCAAF

Why Peyton Manning is from the Wrong Era

February 4, 2014by 6Rings Guest 2 Comments

(Written By Tom Shanahan) If I hear one more talking head question the legacy of Denver quarterback Peyton Manning based on the outcome of Super Bowl XLVIII (granted, Manning’s Broncos […]

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NFL, Super Bowl

Stern Was Along for the Ride with Magic and Bird

February 2, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) I saw where Donald Stern said he has “a lot of thank you notes to send out” now that he’s officially retired on Saturday as the […]

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NBA

Defending Marshawn Lynch

January 30, 2014by 6Rings Guest Leave a comment

(Written By Tom Shanahan) Here’s my defense of Marshawn Lynch: The Seattle Seahawks running back has been called everything from Greta Garbo for his three-word answers during the season and […]

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NFL, Super Bowl

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