2008 Woodie Awards
All Good Things Must End Part 1
Bryan Fogle Sports Columnist
Issue date: 4/28/05 Section: Sports
Well folks, it is now the end of April and that means one thing for a Sacred Heart University senior... the time has come. Four years of work, sweat, and endless hours in the Media Studies editing lab all have boiled down to these final two plus weeks. Since I am the world's largest slacker and I have done no work all semester, this column will be my last horrah. As for fun work that needs to be done before I get that little piece of paper on May 15. As I write this, I can feel my laptop beginning to cringe in pain while knowing how much work it is going to get in the next five to seven days.
I think a fitting way to conclude my reign as columnist would be to simply just review and put a cap on all the events that have happened in the world of sports since September 2004.
First off, it hurts me to talk about it but yes, I did predict that the Yankees would win last year's World Series, and no, we all know that didn't happen. The Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year drought and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series. In doing so, they put the "Curse of the Bambino" finally to death and have further solidified themselves as a powerhouse in Major League Baseball. Congrats to the Red Sox and all of their loyal fans here at Sacred Heart, you guys deserve to celebrate.
As if the Sox winning the World Series wasn't enough for New England, the Patriots continued to just own the National Football League. There is no denying that the Patriots are by far the best team in the league and have the arguably the best coach in NFL history in Bill Belichick. Even though they lost both coordinators in Romeo Crennell and Charlie Weiss, I am sure they will still own at least the AFC and come the playoffs, I have no doubt that Belichick will work his magic and Tom Brady will win another Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP.
Well there was no NHL, so that opened up hockey fans to two different types of hockey... minor leagues and college hockey. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers this season broke attendance records with well over 200,000 fans. Unfortunately they did not make the American Hockey League playoffs, but they did set a team record for wins on home ice. The only problem is they basically won nothing away from the friendly confine of the Arena at Harbor Yard. As for college hockey, despite an absolutely horrible referee and a goal judge who deserves to have his head shot off by a canon, the SHU hockey team still had a fairly decent season and as always will come out next year ready to play and make their way to the top of Atlantic Hockey.
I think a fitting way to conclude my reign as columnist would be to simply just review and put a cap on all the events that have happened in the world of sports since September 2004.
First off, it hurts me to talk about it but yes, I did predict that the Yankees would win last year's World Series, and no, we all know that didn't happen. The Boston Red Sox ended their 86-year drought and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series. In doing so, they put the "Curse of the Bambino" finally to death and have further solidified themselves as a powerhouse in Major League Baseball. Congrats to the Red Sox and all of their loyal fans here at Sacred Heart, you guys deserve to celebrate.
As if the Sox winning the World Series wasn't enough for New England, the Patriots continued to just own the National Football League. There is no denying that the Patriots are by far the best team in the league and have the arguably the best coach in NFL history in Bill Belichick. Even though they lost both coordinators in Romeo Crennell and Charlie Weiss, I am sure they will still own at least the AFC and come the playoffs, I have no doubt that Belichick will work his magic and Tom Brady will win another Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP.
Well there was no NHL, so that opened up hockey fans to two different types of hockey... minor leagues and college hockey. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers this season broke attendance records with well over 200,000 fans. Unfortunately they did not make the American Hockey League playoffs, but they did set a team record for wins on home ice. The only problem is they basically won nothing away from the friendly confine of the Arena at Harbor Yard. As for college hockey, despite an absolutely horrible referee and a goal judge who deserves to have his head shot off by a canon, the SHU hockey team still had a fairly decent season and as always will come out next year ready to play and make their way to the top of Atlantic Hockey.