Iona 101, Fairfield 77: It’s An A.J. English World

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Things got pretty awkward for A.J. English in the final five minutes of Tuesday’s eventual destruction of Fairfield at the Hynes Center in the MAAC opener for both teams. Reporters and SIDs had finished scrambling furiously through media notes and websites, and knew – as anyone in the stands could likely surmise by the sheer volume of shots English was hitting – they were watching an historic performance. Continue reading “Iona 101, Fairfield 77: It’s An A.J. English World”

Should Iona And St. Francis Brooklyn Have Gotten Automatic NCAA Bids?

The meaning and definition of justice has been debated all the way back to the time of noted fan of the Eurostep, Socrates, and has had various definitions across the millennia.

Sports are a good testing ground for justice and ethics. They are games, after all, not matters of life and death (not that Socrates would have made a huge distinction) which by all rights should not be important enough to cheat, steal, or do any of those underhanded things that people have used to oppress, impress, and depress others through the ages.

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