Archive for July, 2008
Valdosta (Ga.) Named TitleTown USA; Losing Cities Furious
By Christopher Gabriel, CGabriel.com Rival cities believe ESPN.com rigged voting VALDOSTA, Ga. (Harbors) – This afternoon, ESPN.com named Valdosta (Ga.) as TitleTown USA. While residents of Valdosta were thrilled, the reaction in several other cities across the nation was swift and scathing. City leaders, local businessmen and even students in Los Angeles, Boston, Green Bay and Gainesville (Fla.) [...]
TitleTown USA: ESPN Serving Up Apples and Oranges
By Christopher Gabriel Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com One of the great things about sports is that it creates more dialogue, debate and disagreement than a presidential campaign. Is Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium louder than the Swamp at Florida? Which is the best ballpark: Wrigley Field or Fenway Park? The best home court advantage in college basketball [...]
Will The Real Philadelphia Please Stand Up
W.C. Fields once remarked, “I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday.” Based solely on the six years I lived there, it’s a comment that held far more truth than those born and raised in Philadelphia would ever admit. But now, having spent the better part of the past week in [...]
College Coaches: Are They Worth The Big Money?
By Christopher Gabriel Blog Harbor and CGabriel.com Last week I was talking with a Tennessee Volunteers fan about, of all people, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma. The topic was Auriemma’s new contract that will pay him more than legendary Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt. To suggest he was irate over this new development would be an understatement. But [...]
