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Worst NCAA Regional blowouts

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:51:23 +0000

If you advance to the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament, it stands to reason that you’ve probably got a pretty good team. But bad things happen, even to the best of teams, on a given night.

What are some of the biggest blowouts in Regional round history?

Here’s the list, with final margin:

49 — UCLA (109) vs. Wyoming, (60), Regional semifinal, 3-17-1967
47 — Duke (101) vs. Connecticut (54), Regional final, 3-14-1964
43 — *Villanova (90) vs. Penn (47), Regional Semifinal, 3-20-1971
40 — Cincinnati (99) vs. DePaul (59), Regional Semifinal, 3-11-1960
40 — Princeton (109) vs. Providence (69), Regional Final, 3-13-1965

* Result later vacated

Source: ncaa.org

Consecutive Final Four appearances

Bill Sullivan — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:09 +0000

With so much money being spent on college basketball programs these days, just about anyone can put together a few good players, catch a couple of lucky breaks, and find themselves in the Final Four.

Putting together a sustained run of excellence is quite another matter. As hard as it is to get there once or twice, consider the magnitude of UCLA’s unmatched streak of 10 consecutive trips to the game’s final weekend.

Who else has the most consecutive Final Four appearances?

Here’s the list:

10 – UCLA (1967-76)
5 – Cincinnati (1959-63)
5 – Duke (1988-92)
3 – Houston (1982-84)
3 – Kentucky (1996-98)
3 – Michigan State (1999-01)
3 – North Carolina (1967-69)
3 – Ohio State (1944-46)
3 – Ohio State (1960-62)
3 - San Francisco (1955-57)
3 – UCLA (2006-2008)

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Most polluted cities

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:44:48 +0000

In case you are feeling better about your efforts to recycle, cut down on your automobile use and/or drive more environmentally-friendly vehicles, we’re not here to rain on your parade. Keep up the good work.

Unfortunately, the company you keep might be a problem. If you live in any of the metropolitan areas below, it might be time to put a little heat on your friends and neighbors to clean up their act.

Here are two different looks at the Top 10 most polluted U.S. cities:

(By year-round particle pollution)
1. Los Angeles, California
2. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3. Bakersfield, California
4. Birmingham, Alabama
5. Visalia/Porterville, California
6. Atlanta, Georgia
7. Cincinnati, Ohio
8. Fresno/Madera, California
9. Hanford/Corcoran, California
10. Detroit, Michigan

(By ozone)
1. Los Angeles, California
2. Bakersfield, California
3. Visalia/Porterville, California
4. Houston, Texas
5. Fresno/Madera, California
6. Sacramento, California
7. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
8. New York City/Newark, New Jersey
9. Baltimore, Maryland/Washington, DC
10. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Source: American Lung Association

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Worst Cities To Be a Sports Fan

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:22:37 +0000

If you’re a regular at a Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA or NHL game these days, you’ve probably noticed that the price for your entertainment keeps going up.

That’s rough enough when your hard-earned dollars go to support a championship team, or at least a respectable contender. At least you are getting the hoped-for bang for your buck.

But what if you are shelling out all that dough…and the team you’re rooting for stinks?

That, unfortunately, is the case in too many towns, and the folks at Forbes have noticed. That’s why they came up with their list of “America’s Worst Cities To Be a Sports Fan.” Forbes weighed median income against the cost of a trip to the stadium or arena to determine which town’s fans were getting the rawest deal.

Of the terrible 10, here are the bottom seven, in reverse order:

10. Pittsburgh

8. Tampa

To check out the Top 3, and to see a slideshow about all 10, visit Forbes.com.

Best Cities for Commuters

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:41:13 +0000

There’s nothing quite like sitting in gridlock to help get the workday off to a rousing start. Getting stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic later in the day as you rush to your son’s baseball game or your daughter’s swim meet is big fun, too.

More and more Americans are cutting out the time and expense of commuting in favor of working from home. If your job doesn’t allow for that kind of luxury, finding a good town to get around might be a priority.

Forbes recently tried to identify the best cities for commuters, weighing items such as public transportation, carpooling efficiency, bottlenecking and insufficient capacity, and more.

From their list of 10, here are the bottom seven:

10. Richmond, Va.

9. Cincinnati

8. Kansas City, Mo.

7. Hartford, Conn.

6. Cleveland

5. Pittsburgh

4. Oklahoma City

Who are the Top 3? To find out, and to read about the entire list, check out Forbes.