Spring Break
Despite settling for an National Invitational Tournament bid, the Drexel men's basketball team (18-10, 13-5 in Colonial Athletic Association games) has accepted a bid to join the NBA's Atlantic Conference starting for the 2004-05 season.
The Drexel chess team is getting ready for yet another excitement-filled season in the Colonial Athletic Association. The team is looking to build on last season's momentum when they made it to the CAA Tournament finals, and coach James "Bruiser" Flint is excited.
Drexel mascot Mario the Magnificent shocked the NCAA when he officially came out of the closet and admitted his lifelong homosexuality March 30. In an effort to embrace his new image, the Drexel mascot is hoping to officially change his name from "Mario the Magnificent" to "Mario the Absolutely Fabulous.
Drexel University unexpectedly fired wrestling coach Jack Childs Thursday, replacing him with former World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling Champion Hulk Hogan. The school hopes that Hogan will be able to correct Drexel's shaky performance from the past season and bring them not only to prominence in the Colonial Athletic Association, but in the national rankings as well.
Some give up meat. Some give up sweets. Some have tried to give up sex. All of this for 40 mornings, 40 days, 40 afternoons and 40 nights. In a recent fireside chat with men's basketball coach James "Bruiser" Flint, we talked about floral arrangements, wallpaper designs, and his daughter's prom.
The Wachovia Spectrum hosted the worldwide Buzkashi semi-finals March 29. Buzkazhi, a sport native to Afghanistan, is played by hundreds of men on horseback fighting for the boz, a game ball made from the corpse of a beheaded goat, which they must hurl into a hole in the ground called a hallal.
Taking advantage of the disintegration of Big East football, Drexel intramural football all-stars have seceded from the University and joined Louisville, South Florida and Cincinnati as a new addition to the conference's football roster. The Dragons will begin play in the 2004 season, a year before the other schools are slated to join.
A routine fight turned into a round of Mortal Kombat at the latest Drexel ice hockey game. Onlookers were horrified as Drexel forward John Cage got into it with Rhode Island defenseman Dan "Sub-Zero" Tobias with blood flowing like a gushing geyser. "It was stupefying," said onlooker Ed Boon.
Upset and disillusioned about their team's sudden elimination May 23, 2003, the Drexel women's volleyball team commenced a hunger strike March 29. The team has chained themselves to the trees in front of the Daskalakis Athletic Center, and refuses to move until their demands and concerns are heard.
Ahem, hello, ahem, um, ahem... injury report. First, ahem, umm, uh-huh, umm, excuse me, um, Terrell Owens' ego is a little bruised, um, ahem, umm, umm, ahem, excuse me, umm, after I told him he wouldn't get 80 catches this year in my system, ahem, excuse me.
Former Major Leaguer Brady Anderson has been appointed Drexel's new personal trainer for all sports teams effective April 1. Anderson will be in charge of setting workout regimens and nutrition plans for all Drexel athletes, male or female. "I'm glad Drexel University was willing to give a rookie in this sort of thing a chance," Anderson said.
