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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Men's Basketball Wraps Up Regular Season

Seton Hall (17-11, 8-9) at Providence (12-17, 4-13)
Dunkin' Donuts Center - Providence, RI 7:00 pm ESPN360

SETON HALL STATUS
Seton Hall completed their second straight season sweep of their arch in-state rival Rutgers with an 85-74 victory in Piscataway on Thursday. Two Pirates had double-doubles. Herb Pope had 22 points and 18 rebounds, while Jeff Robinson had 16 points and 14 rebounds. As a team, Seton Hall had a season-high 56 boards. The victory was the Pirates' eighth in conference play, the highest total under head coach Bobby Gonzalez. For the season, Jeremy Hazell leads the Pirates and ranks third in the conference with 21.3 points per game. Pope leads the BIG EAST with 11.1 rebounds per game.

PROVIDENCE'S STATUS
Providence lost their ninth consecutive game in heart-breaking fashion Thursday night. Pittsburgh's Ashton Gibbs hit a three-pointer at the buzzer that turned what would have been a one-point victory into a two-point loss for the Friars. Jamine Peterson leads Providence with 19.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. The Friars are 8-9 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center this season.

SETON HALL - PROVIDENCE SERIES
Seton Hall will resume one if its longest running rivalries when it travels to Providence on Saturday for the BIG EAST regular season finale. This will be the 96th meeting all-time between the teams, second-most among all Seton Hall opponents (Villanova, 99). The Friars have a slim 45-40 edge in the series. Seton Hall has won three of their last four games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. Last season, Providence beat the Pirates, 98-93, in overtime.

Sunday, March 7, 2010
82nd Academy Awards 8:00pm abc

Fear not, if you're a Cablevision customer in South Orange, The Oscars will be aired at Bunny's over Directv.
The red carpet awaits your entrance. :wink:

http://oscar.go.com/

Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air
Actor Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner
Actress Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep
Directing: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Precious

CABLEVISION SUCKS! Which is not say that WABC-7 doesn't also suck.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Big East Tournament 7:00pm
ESPNU (Directv)

Seton Hall Vs. Providence & Cincinnati vs. Rutgers
Madison Square Garden

Come Join the action at Bunny's! HERE WE GO PIRATES, HERE WE GO!

SETON HALL STATUS
Seton Hall ended the regular season with a pair of road victories. Most recently, they defeated the Friars in Providence, 92-80, to finish at .500 for the BIG EAST season (9-9). Jordan Theodore scored 21 points in the win. Overall, 18 wins is a high for Seton Hall under Bobby Gonzalez. The Pirates earned the #10 seed in the 2010 BIG EAST Championship. For the season, Jeremy Hazell leads Seton Hall and ranks third in the conference with 21.2 points per game. Herb Pope became the first Pirate to finish a season leading the BIG EAST in rebounds per game (11.1).

PROVIDENCE'S STATUS
Providence's loss to Seton Hall in the regular season finale was their 10th consecutive. The Friars earned the #15 seed in the 2010 BIG EAST Championship. Jamine Peterson who leads Providence with 19.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, had just six points and four rebounds against the Pirates in Saturday's game. Freshman Vincent Council led scored a game-high 25 points.

The winner will face #7 Notre Dame in the second round.
(Bobby, we need the next two games real bad!)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Big East Tournament 7:00pm
ESPNU (Directv)

Survive and Advance - Men's Basketball Moves On!
Tonight - Seton Hall vs. Notre Dame

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sophomore Herb Pope (Aliquippa, Pa.) had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Seton Hall built a huge second-half lead before barely holding off a furious Providence rally for a 109-106 victory in the first round of the Big East tournament Tuesday night.

Five players scored in double-figures for the Pirates. In addition to Pope's 27 points, sophomore Jordan Theodore (Englewood, N.J.) scored 21 points and dished out a team-high six assists.

In a breakneck game between two of the league's best offensive teams, the Pirates (19-11) opened a 76-47 advantage with about 13:30 to play. But the Friars (12-19), led by Jamine Peterson's 38 points and 16 rebounds, charged nearly all the way back and turned the final minutes into a frantic finish. Vincent Council's pull-up jumper cut it to 109-106 with about 8.5 seconds left. And after Jeff Robinson missed two free throws on the other end, Providence-incredibly-had a chance to tie. Duke Mondy missed a 3-pointer, however, leaving the Friars with 11 straight losses to end the season.

No.10 seed Seton Hall will play seventh-seeded Notre Dame tonight. Come watch the Big East Tornament action all day long - the best college men's league nationwide!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

CHELSEA V WIGAN ATHLETIC
11:00am ET CTV (Bunny's Airtime)

Chelsea are unchanged!
That means a pacy three-man attack of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou will be launched upon the Wigan defense.

Florent Malouda remains in midfield with Michael Ballack continuing in place of injured John Mikel Obi in the anchor role. Malouda and Lampard play their 50th Chelsea game of the season.

There is only one change to the defense from the Liverpool game. Nemanja Matic replaces Deco.

For Wigan, heavily-criticised Serb international keeper Vladimir Stojkovic is dropped with Mikel Pollitt coming in. Wide midfielder Charles N'Zogbia returns from injury.

Chelsea is expected to line up in a 4-3-3 formation.

Come down and enjoy a cold brew while watching a good match-up.. On the road to the World Cup!

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/MatchPreviewIndex/0,,10268,00.html

Wow....Chelsea FC thrashed Wigan 8-0 to win the English Premier League title!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8671032.stm

England's provisional squad to the 2010 World Cup:

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green.

Defenders: Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock.

Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips.

Forwards: Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1208724/

Pizzazz - you all able and/or planning to show the USMNT 'friendly' matches?:

5/25 (Tue, 8pm ET) ... Czech Republic - Friendly [ESPN and Galavision]

5/29 (Sat, 2pm ET) ... Turkey - Friendly [ESPN2 and Galavision]

6/5 (Sat, 7:30am CT) ... Australia - Friendly [ESPN2] (okay, may not this one! )

Thanks, 6/5 may have been tough to do! If you don't mind the prejudicial TV ads that may run, sure!

I love the way Danish beer company Carlsberg is exhorting the English team by tugging at their "Englishness." Good thing Denmark and England aren't in the same group. Hilarious.

Come to think of it, you guys should sponsor a World Cup of beers. I would like to see Heineken beat the crap out of Peroni (which has a flavor that dives like an Olympian and always leaves a bitter aftertaste).

The U.S. Men's National Team has been drawn into Group C with England, Slovenia and Algeria for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The U.S. will open its sixth consecutive World Cup finals tournament against England on June 12 in Rustenburg, and will follow that game with matches against Slovenia on June 18 in Johannesburg and Algeria on June 23 in Tshwane/Pretoria.

"football is our history; football is our destiny"

Tuesday, May 25
U.S. Men v. Czech Republic Send-Off Series
8pm ET - Bunny's CTV :wink:

The U.S. Men's National Team is set to take on the Czech Republic at 8 p.m. tonight

• The match vs. the Czech Republic begins the USA’s final push of three matches before the 2010 FIFA World Cup and is the first of two Send-Off Series games in the United States. The U.S. will also face Turkey on May 29 in Philadelphia and Australia on June 5 at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort during the pre-tournament training camp in South Africa.
• The U.S. will dress 23 players for the match. The max # of substitutions will be six.
• All 30 players are available for selection for the game day roster.
• The United States and Czech Republic have met twice in history, the visitors earning victories that both came during Word Cups. The Czechs defeated the U.S. in their opening group match on June 12, 2006, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Prior to becoming an independent country in 1993, Czechoslovakia handed the U.S. a 5-1 loss in 1990 FIFA World Cup in Florence.

American ROSTER BREAKDOWN
Average Age: 26.5 Average Caps: 31
Most Caps: 121 (Landon Donovan) Fewest Caps: 1 (Edson Buddle)
Oldest: 37 (Marcus Hahnemann) Youngest: 20 (Jozy Altidore)

Play professionally in: USA (9), England (7), Germany (3), Mexico (2), Scotland (2), Denmark (1), France (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Norway (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1),

PRINCETON PREP: The U.S. team spent the first week of camp training at Princeton University in New Jersey where U.S. head coach Bob Bradley ran the team through an excellent week that focused mostly on fitness. There was one day of inclement weather, but otherwise the U.S. camp was extremely smooth and productive as several players worked through their final stages of rehabilitation to overcome injuries. The U.S. team left Princeton, Bradley’s alma mater, on May 23 to take its next steps towards South Africa with a match against the Czech Republic at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.

I WANT TO GO!! But I can't, AI finale is same time and here we can record both and switch back and forth.


Dang.

It's time to rumble. No matter where you sit to watch the games let us give thanks to a sport that truly has world wide acceptance, athleticism and appreciation.

The Road to South Africa

Dubbed English football's ‘golden generation', only to fall flat at UEFA EURO 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, South Africa 2010 may well be the last chance of international silverware for some of the most well-known faces in the world game.

However, the appointment of Fabio Capello appears to have brought fresh vigour to the Three Lions' squad, many of whom have a point to prove after lacklustre displays when it mattered most under Sven-Goran Eriksson and Steve McClaren. With the tournament due to take place in the South African winter, conditions which should suit the English players and style, so excuses will be at a premium should Wayne Rooney and Co fall short once more.

GO ENGLAND! IT IS YOUR DESTINY!

Friday, June 18
World Cup Matches - Division C
Broadcast Schedule: Bunny's Exclusive CTV

The doors will open at 9:30am on Friday to ensure ample time for ordering your favorite beverage! Did someone say vacation day? :wink:

10:00am ET Johannesburg, Slovenia vs. USA
2:30pm ET Cape Town, England vs. Algeria

USA
Players dismissed a prediction of victory by Slovenian midfielder Andrej Komac ahead of their 2010 FIFA World Cup™ match on Friday, a game the Americans cannot afford to lose.

Slovenia took the Group C lead with a 1-0 triumph over Algeria while England and the US, the favourites to advance, played to a 1-1 draw. A Slovenian victory over the Americans in Johannesburg will send them into the last 16.

"We are going to win this match," Komac said on Tuesday after a practice session. US goalkeeper Tim Howard responded on Wednesday by basically asking Komac to put his football skills where his mouth is.

England
The team faces a must-win encounter with Algeria on Friday as they seek to restore confidence in their ability to make an impact at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Fabio Capello's team go into the Group C game in Cape Town under considerably more pressure than they would want after drawing 1-1 with the USA in Rustenburg on Saturday.

Capello will definitely be without Ledley King, who has a groin strain, but they should be boosted by the return of midfielder Gareth Barry from an ankle injury. The team has also been lifted by star striker Wayne Rooney and Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole's return to training on Tuesday, with the duo having been restricted to gym and pool work after picking up knocks in the opening game.

Captain Steven Gerrard acknowledged that England must win both of their remaining games. "It would have been nice to start with three points but we conceded a goal at a bad time after going ahead," said the Liverpool star, who scored four minutes into their game with the USA. "It was a shock and a setback to concede but I think we played okay. The target now has got to be seven points."

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane expects his players to give their all. "England are a superb team. I put them among my favourites. There will be very little change against them in terms of personnel, maybe one or two," he said.

:cheer::cheer::cheer:

Fifa World Cup 2010 Song - Anthem South Africa by K'naan



"The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does."
Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager.

Come join the fun!

Don't neglect the Vuvuzela song linked here by fatherbear:

http://www.southorangevillage.com/vc/comments.php?DiscussionID=55190&page=2#Item_30

edited to add quote:

Posted By: father_bearEnjoyed the first week--the USA/England tie and the Swiss upset of Spain especially--and looking forward to week two. My favorite video so far--though the ones of the lego toys scoring goals are pretty great too.

England team talk video ...

Liverpool FC theme song for a World Cup match!

Let's go Yanks! :wink:

shout for England ... Dizzee Rascal & James Corden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07K_kHV7BXk

Happy Hour @ 3:00pm till ??? (Free Pizza Buffet)

Go England!

Bunny's World Cup CTV schedule:

Saturday, June 19
Netherlands vs. Japan - Jun 19 7:30am (ET)
Ghana vs. Australia - Jun 19 10:00am (ET)
Cameroon vs. Denmark - Jun 19 2:30pm (ET)

Sunday, June 20
Slovakia vs. Paraguay - Jun 20 7:30am (ET)
Italy vs. New Zealand - Jun 20 10:00am (ET)
Brazil vs. C

Holy guacamole, you're opening at 7:30?!

"where's my chips?" :bigsmile:

great commercial

South African World Cup hospitality and pride ...