Patrick Erickson
Patrick Erickson
I am a sports journalist in every sense of the word. I do play-by-play for Southern Illinois University, do morning sports on a cluster of radio stations in southern Illinois, and host a podcast Studs Up Sounders. I love all sports, but spending seven years abroad growing up made me fall in love with soccer. I follow and cover it with a passion.
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Sugar Bowl Gets It Really, Really Wrong
Are you kidding me Sugar Bowl execs? Michigan. Really? Virginia Tech. Are you high? Say what you want about Oklahoma State got robbed, should have been in over Alabama, yada, yada. The real robbery of this years BCS BS is the Sugar Bowl.
TweetEuro 2012 Draw Results and Analysis
The groups are set for Euro 2012 and if you are a Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, or Denmark fan you are probably none too happy. Those four nations were placed into the ‘Group of Death’ that always seems to appear in every Euro or World Cup tournament. A quick look at how the draw played out [...]
TweetLaurie Fine May Have Slept With Syracuse Players
Step aside Paris Hilton, Gene Simmons, and Kim Kardashian. If the rumor on Deadspin is true, you no longer have the most scandalous sex tape.
TweetBig Ten Paying Fans to Attend Title Game?
Got plans Friday night? Like somewhat decent football? Want to make $75? If you have answered yes to these then do we have a deal for you. The Big Ten has an ad on Craigslist offering 75 bucks for people to attend Saturday Night’s championship game between Wisconsin and Michigan State. The title game was [...]
TweetJerome Simpson’s Epic Flop
Step aside Cristiano Ronaldo and the Italian National Team. The new best flopper in sports is unquestionably the Cincinnati Bengals’ Jerome Simpson. This has to be the worst flop I have ever seen. Simpson not only flies about 15 feet unaided through the air, he did so after dragging Browns linebacker Scott Fujita away from the pile [...]
TweetAmazing Goal Proves Winner
Step aside David Beckham….this goal from midfield could be the best ever. Not only was the shot a great one, this was the winning goal. And it was scored in the 90th minute in a high-profile match between two traditionally strong sides in La Liga. Inigo Martinez of Real Sociedad caught the Real Betis [...]
TweetBREAKING NEWS: Syracuse Fires Bernie Fine
Effective immediately Bernie Fine has been fired from Syracuse University’s basketball program.
TweetRemembering Greg Halman
As it’s been confirmed, Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death in his native Netherlands today. Halman broke into the majors in 2010 with a September call-up. He garnered further playing time this past season, getting called up in the beginning of June. He hit his first major-league homer less than two weeks later. [...]
TweetDonovan, Beckham, Galaxy Win MLS Cup
It turns out overloading on stars can pay off in the MLS. Landon Donovan scored with a brilliant finish off tremendous build-up from the LA Galaxy’s three stars for the only goal in the Galaxy’s 1-0 MLS Cup final win over the Houston Dynamo.
TweetTally Hall Emerges, Keys Dynamo to MLS Final
Each year it seems a team surprises everyone and makes the MLS Cup Final. Sometimes they have an easier path, thanks to a flawed MLS playoff system, sometimes they simply get hot, and sometimes they are carried by a couple of players who simply know how to win. For the Houston Dynamo it is probably [...]
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