by LadySwish | Dec 3, 2014 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
It was live at Kids Day for the 8,472 who watched Old Dominion beat Howard 75-54. Take a listen. (Thanks, Doug Ripley).
by LadySwish | Nov 21, 2014 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
Karen Barefoot likened it to a boxing match. Going with the Old Dominion coach’s analogy, our takeaway from Thursday night’s Duke-Old Dominion showdown is that the Lady Monarchs can take a pretty mean punch – and can throw a few stiff ones, too. The No. 7 Blue Devils...
by LadySwish | Oct 30, 2014 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
Section 112, Row E behind the scorer’s table at the Constant Center. Two seats. As long as he could, Old Dominion supporter Gilbert Booker sat in one of them. Booker died on Sunday, at 96 years of age. He would have turned 97 on Nov. 9. At one point,...
by LadySwish | Oct 22, 2014 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
Marianne and me She was just 12, swinging from a flagpole that overlooked a four-lane highway outside of Philadelphia. When told by a passerby, “You can’t do that,” Marianne Stanley’s response was this. “Watch me.” So typical of...
by LadySwish | Nov 12, 2013 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
Virginia Tech’s Taijah Campbell It’s become part of the basketball vernacular, but we’ve never been crazy about the phrase, “She makes other players better” because, well, it’s simply not true. Think about it. Say Player A...
by LadySwish | Jan 15, 2013 | LadySwish, Old Dominion |
Sara with ODU’s Jackie Cook The doctor didn’t believe that the cancer had come back. “For that to be so,” he explained to Sara Jones, “it would have to have eaten through the bone.” Somehow, it did. For the third time, Sara Jones...
