GUrus of Sport   1:34 pm ET If you use a computer in this day and age, no doubt you have a "go to" guy that can help you quickly decipher and solve the myriad software and hardware questions that inevitably arise. So too with Hoya sports, I have a few "go to" guys that I regularly look to for minutiae and, more importantly, context about one sport or another. One such consult is . . . more   Rite of Autumn   11:53 am ET I was in NYC just over a week ago with Coach Dave Urick and a dozen juniors and seniors on the men's lacrosse team. The purpose of the visit was to introduce them to various alums who . . . more   Spanning the Globe   10:45 am ET Georgetown athletics enjoys sponsorship relationships with a number of significant partners. In addition to ticket sales, logo royalties, television rights, tournament participation, and philanthropy, these corporate sponsorships are vital to keeping Georgetown athletics competitive. The University is proud to . . . more   This Bud's For You   12:14 pm ET If you were enrolled on the mostly male main campus of Georgetown in any year prior to 1973, this blog entry is for you. You will likely remember a large man who was omnipresent in and around the student cafeteria or dining hall and who greeted just about every student who walked by with the familiar refrain of . . . more   Meet the Hall of Famers   11:21 am ET Three weeks ago, 35 years after he retired from the Hilltop, a small group of family, friends, and fans gathered at the Faculty Club in the Leavey Center to remember and honor Marty Gallagher for his contributions to the Blue and Gray. The occasion was the posthumous induction of Marty into Georgetown's athletic hall of fame. . . . more   Bring It On!   5:04 pm ET Thankfully, midnight madness no longer begins at the midnight hour. It did run for three hours inside McDonough and for another two hours in advance just outdoors. I skipped the preliminaries but arrived court side for the 8:30 pm start. . . . more   Imagining the Possible   4:48 pm ET Midnight Madness takes place tonight in McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. Enthusiastic students and supporters will fill the arena and will ooh and aah at the basketball skills of the new players and upperclassmen alike. They will dream . . . more   A Major Success   5:28 pm ET Over one year ago, discussions began internally at the Athletic Department and among a small group of volunteer leaders about a new athletic event at Georgetown. Dubbed "The Major," I wrote about . . . more   Ocior Euro   6:34 pm ET Last weekend, Georgetown celebrated 50 years of rowing on the Hilltop. We titled it Never Row Weekend. It was the culmination of one year of preparation and research on the modern history of the crew . . . more   A Great Second Act   11:59 am ET In the spring of 1958, some 82 years after its first incarnation, intercollegiate rowing at Georgetown was re-born for the fourth time and thankfully, for good. Well-populated by members of the class of 1961, the future of the program . . . more   Tim Russert and Me   7:16 am ET Tomorrow is Fathers' Day and I can't let the occasion pass without a shout out to the man who wrote the book on his own father and on the fathers from the greatest generation. Yesterday, NBC network news DC bureau chief Tim Russert died a premature death. We all will miss . . . more   Shirley I'm Proud   4:37 pm ET Inspiration and drama in sports sometimes come nicely wrapped in attention getting venues like tournament finals with national television coverage. Shirley Povich, the famed sportswriter and baseball scribe of the Washington Post, used to have a wonderful talent for describing such high moments. But he also had a wonderful ability to embue with meaning the more mundane play that is found in sports competitions everyday. There is some irony that the following prosaic baseball story took place last week at the . . . more   One Big Gentle Man   4:37 pm ET At the NCAA women's lacrosse game (Hoyas vs. Duke) last Sunday on campus, several of the men's basketball soon-to-be-graduates stood next to the field watching the Hoya women perform: Jon Wallace and Tyler Crawford. Jeff Green, back from his first season in the NBA and about to begin taking courses toward his degree, was also on hand. Hard-to-miss Roy Hibbert . . . more   A Good Start   7:42 pm ET This entry has been a while in the making. It is the first of several related posts between now and September. It is intended specifically for the Georgetown rowing community but I hope it will be of interest to all Hoyas . . . more   It's In The Air   4:22 pm ET When we were young and still in high school, we would run on the sides of the snowplowed roads during the frigid winter months in the Berkshire mountains of western . . . more		WELCOME A journal of observations and images on Georgetown athletics Editor: Patrick J. McArdle Please get in touch if you have comments or suggestions regarding the site. VFTH Games of the Week M Basketball vs Drexel W Basketball vs Central Michigan M & W Swimming & Diving @ Patriot Invitational M & W Cross Country @ ECAC/IC4A Championships Links of Interest hoyasaxa.com ncaa.org bigeast.org ecac.org The Hoya-Sports Georgetown Voice-Sports You're visitor #: to this page. Copyright 2005 Georgetown University