Fisher: Playoff Problems
But two months of NHL and NBA playoff games pretty much every night is ridiculous. And it’s unfair to the best teams in each league, for very different reasons.
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Fisher: Enjoy your retirement, Josh Nunes
We’ll never be sure exactly what would’ve happened if you made a few more completions against Washington or Notre Dame, or if Nottingham beat you out in camp. But what we do know is that it all worked out.
Fisher: Drinking up the Draft
Last night reminded me of how the most seemingly boring sporting events can sometimes be the most fun.
Those of you in the know must have already figured it out. I’m talking about the NFL Draft.
Fisher: Is this the end of the road for Dawkins?
With Stanford men’s basketball’s loss to Arizona State Wednesday, there’s only one question left to ask before fully turning attention to baseball—or football for that matter. Is this the last straw for Johnny Dawkins?
Peace and a pigskin: chicken soup for the sporting soul
This week I’m going to try something different. This column isn’t coming to you from a one-room double in Lantana or the Terman Engineering Library in Huang, but from the Main Quad, empty on a Tuesday morning save for the chirps of birds and the laughs of tourists. (One just gave me a thumbs up!)
Stanford athletes are students first
The idea that Stanford competes with universities like Texas A&M on the playing field is nothing short of absurd. It’s getting to a point that I’m not even sure Stanford’s teams are playing the same sport as the rest of the NCAA’s Division I universities.
Does football need to change?
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Fisher: Turning a new page
I have a confession to make. I’m not ready to accept that Stanford’s football season is over. I didn’t realize I had a problem until I sat down to write this column. Every idea that popped into my head was about football. Two weeks ago I wrote about the 2013 schedule. Last week I wrote about Manti Te’o. This week I hit a dead end.