Sports Shorts

Ask the Fans

Do you think Michael Jordan should come back and play in the NBA again?

“I think M.J. should stay away. I am the almighty being of the NBA.”
-Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers ball-hog

“I think M.J. should team up with John Stockton and Karl Malone to join the Senior NBA.”
-Jamal Haynes
Review know-it-all

“He’s no Super Mario. Go Pens!”
-Bobalicious
College junior

“No, definitely not. I think he should stay retired. He has already accomplished everything there is to accomplish in the game.”
-Rachael Barbee
College senior

“No, he needs to stay retired.”
-Zach Rudisin
College senior

“If Jordan came back he would dominate. I think he should stay in retirement, though, because he already finished on top.”
-Anonymous
College sophomore

“If he comes back, I’m coming back too.”
-Charles Barkley
Former NBA Fatass

“Michael Jordan rocks.”
-Sarah “Buh”
College senior

You Can Say that Again

“When you have your opponent down, you put your foot to their throat and push until their trachea is flat, because every opponent deserves your best effort.”

-Don Hunsinger
Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach


Giving his suggestion for a fatality move on the tennis court.


Athlete of the Week 

Shannon Houlihan

Houlihan, a first-year jumper on the women’s track and field team from Gorham, Maine, makes her second appearance as the Review’s Athlete of the Week after setting the school record in the triple jump at Saturday’s All-Ohio meet at Ohio Wesleyan. Her first-place leap of 37’7.25” made her a provisional qualifier for the NCAA’s. The women’s 4x100 meter relay team of sophomore Courtney Stackhouse, senior Liz Chandler, first-year Alisha Thomas and junior Nzinga Broussard also qualified provisionally for the NCAA’s by finishing in second place with a time of 48.54 seconds. The women’s team finished in seventh place out of 16 teams and the men’s team finished in 14th place. 

This Week in Sports

At Age 42, Still Living and Walking

Ricky Henderson, who already holds the Major League record for stolen bases, broke Babe Ruth’s record for walks last Thursday, then proceeded to get caught stealing second base. Henderson is only 84 hits away from reaching 3,000 hits and 67 runs away from 
breaking Ty Cobb’s career record for runs scored.

Round Two for the Stanley Cup Playoffs

The second round of the NHL Playoffs began Thursday night, with the Pittsburgh Pengiuns, led by Mario Lemieux, facing the Buffalo Sabres, led by Miroslav Satan. That’s right, Satan. Other games in the second round are Los Angeles - Colorado, St. Louis - Dallas 
and Toronto - New Jersey.

From High School to the Big Time

Sagana Diap, a seven-foot, 310 pound Senegal native, became the fourth high school player this year to declare entry into the 2001 NBA Draft.