Soft Pretzel Logic

The greatest of all time?

Jonathan Tannenwald — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:38:14 GMT

Usain Bolt is the first sprinter in 24 years to win the 100-meter and 200-meter gold medals in the same Olympics.

The Palestra gets a facelift

Jonathan Tannenwald — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:47:05 GMT

As you might have seen in yesterday's Daily News, the Palestra had a new floor installed this summer. It was officially unveiled this afternoon.

The greatest shot in Spectrum history?

Jonathan Tannenwald — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:41:12 GMT

Summer league hoops

Jonathan Tannenwald — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:06:51 GMT

I've been asked a few times lately whether I've been able to get to any of the summer basketball leagues taking place across the region.

Attention, Penn State fans

Jonathan Tannenwald — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:54:12 GMT

Packer: Decision to leave was made before this season

Jonathan Tannenwald — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:34:21 GMT

I'm working on a feature post for either later this week or early next week, but we've got some big breaking news tonight:

St. Joe's, La Salle release schedules

Jonathan Tannenwald — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:29:51 GMT

Sorry to bump down the Billy Packer post, but I just got the press release from St. Joe's about the Hawks' 2008-09 schedule and it includes some interesting games.

You know it's a big deal when Geno Auriemma shows up

Jonathan Tannenwald — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:12:33 GMT

I'd been planning all along to attend the press conference this afternoon at which Temple introduced former Connecticut assistant Tonya Cardoza as its new head women's basketball coach.

I figured there would be a decent crowd from the media,

Draft things I think I think

Jonathan Tannenwald — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:57:38 GMT

(With apologies to Peter King...)

I will admit that I don't follow the NBA nearly as much as I do the college game. But between what I saw in this year's playoffs and what I saw and read while running the website during the draft last nigh

How to wear a hat

Jonathan Tannenwald — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:22:27 GMT

I guess when you're Robin Lopez and you've just been drafted by one of the NBA's best teams, it doesn't really matter how the cap sits on your head.

Rick Greenspan resigns from Indiana

Jonathan Tannenwald — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:35:35 GMT

And I think we might fairly say good riddance without having to sticking our necks out all that far.

As the Associated Press

And when it's done

Jonathan Tannenwald — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:56:16 GMT

So this wraps up another year of live Penn Relays coverage here on the blog. It was, just like last year, a real privilege to be able to do this.

New York sneers at us again

Jonathan Tannenwald — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:50:51 GMT

It's now been over two weeks since the New York Times' college sports blog, The Quad, began its series profiling every single football team in Division I-A.

You had to figure they would get to