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(04/17/13 12:23am)
After a tragedy such as the Boston Marathon bombing, Twitter proves its worth with quick news coverage and constant updates.
While following my timeline during the aftermath of the explosions, I came across tweets from multiple sports reporters, including Jayson Stark and Jason La Canfora, going about their daily business, tweeting as if there hadn’t been a situation at all.
Now, I’m not taking away from what great jobs both of them do for their respective sports publications, but shouldn’t there be a form of “Twitter etiquette” for when a disastrous event like this occurs?
It almost seems ignorant, tweeting out your opinion about “Who’s a deep sleeper in the draft…” in the midst of such a tragedy.
There’s a lack of respect for the victims and the situation as a whole.
It would seem reasonable to hold off on promoting your articles or thoughts on a completely different topic until the news has played its course and a majority of the facts are laid out.
Sports news and coverage takes precedence over many things in my life, but sometimes there are more important concerns. A tragedy like that is bigger than sports; your opinions can wait.Reach the columnist at ross.dunham@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @Dunhaaam
(04/11/13 12:00am)
The ASU swim and dive team wrapped up its 2012-13 season last weekend after the men returned from the NCAA championships in Indianapolis, Ind. with an 18th place finish under their belt.
Considering none of the men from the swim team even qualified for the NCAA championships last year, their 2013 performance was a necessary advancement to becoming a staple in the top 25 for years to come.
The diving team under head coach Mark Bradshaw, though small in number (three women, two men), was a bright spot for the Sun Devils all year long.
“Very good for several reasons,” Bradshaw said. “There were a couple of events where we could’ve done a little bit better at, but we weren’t off by much.”
Freshman Morgan Weller was able to put a cherry on the top of her rookie season after bringing home ASU’s only gold medal of the year, finishing first in the 1-meter dive at the Pac-12 championships.
Without losing a single dual-meet all season long, senior diver Harrison Jones had himself an All-American season. Jones finished fifth in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events at the NCAA championships.
“It’s probably the best overall group I’ve had,” Bradshaw said. “Having three female divers and two male divers, we didn’t have many athletes, but what we were able to do point wise throughout the season was pretty darn good.
“To sum it up, it’s the most points we’ve scored at the NCAA championships on the men’s side since I’ve been here, and with the girls, it’s the most combined points we’ve scored total. So when you look at it that way, we did pretty good.”
They just might be even better next year. All three women divers are returning, and a healthy senior Riley McCormick should be back for the men’s dive team. The only diver that is leaving is the senior, Jones.
“Obviously, I would expect us to have an opportunity to do even better next year,” Bradshaw said.
The No. 25 Sun Devil women’s swim team finished 23rd, a step back from its 12th place achievement just a year ago.
Although the season didn’t turn out the way most of the women had hoped it would, the year wasn’t without success.
Senior Shannon Landgrebe capped off her career as a Sun Devil with a record-setting performance in the 50-yard freestyle at the NCAAs, beating her previous best time by .03 seconds.
Junior Tristin Baxter will carry some momentum going into next season with her times in both the Pac-12 championships and the NCAAs. Baxter swam a 16:02.86 in the 1650-freestyle at the Pac-12 championships to bring home a silver medal, her second one in two straight seasons.
As for the male swimmers, a few stood head and shoulders above the others. Overall as a team, the men from ASU improved greatly as the season progressed.
Following their record-setting meets at the Pac-12 championship, junior Alex Coci and freshman Thibaut Capitaine were the only two male swimmers to qualify for the NCAA championships for the Sun Devils.
At the NCAA championships, Coci broke his own record in the 100-yard butterfly that he set a week earlier at the Pac-12 meet, and Capitaine came .30 seconds short of breaking his own record in the 100-yard breaststroke. Reach the reporter at ross.dunham@asu.edu or follow on twitter @Dunhaaam
(04/01/13 9:03pm)
The ASU swim and dive team capped off its 2012-13 season with the men’s NCAA championships ending on Saturday.
(03/28/13 12:05am)
While everybody is focusing on the NCAA Tournament, the 2013 Major League Baseball season is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing in recent memory.
The first official regular season game is Sunday, when the Texas Rangers travel to Houston to take on the Astros. The Astros just made the jump to the American league this year.
There are plenty of questions coming into this season. Who is going to emerge as the front-runner early from the beast that is the AL East? Can the Los Angeles Dodgers or "The New York Yankees of the West," as people are calling them now win with their star-studded roster?
No doubt the Dodgers have the talent to compete for the NL title and maybe even a World Series, but will they be able to mesh? The San Francisco Giants showed last year that team chemistry is important to make a high-paid roster work.
Yet at the same time, the compensation isn’t everything. Tell me that having a payroll like the Giants is necessary to make the playoffs, and then I’ll show you the 2012 Oakland Athletics. Oakland won 94 games with the second lowest payroll in baseball.
Part of the fun of baseball is the unpredictability, which is very similar to that basketball tournament that gets all the attention this time of year.Reach the columnist at ross.dunham@asu.edu
(03/24/13 9:53pm)
The ASU women’s swim and dive team finished up its season after competing in the NCAA championships over the weekend.
(03/20/13 11:00pm)
Although the ASU swim and dive team only had one champion crowned at the Pac-12 tournament, many school records were broken.
(03/07/13 11:48pm)
All of these NFL mock drafts are really just starting to get annoying and repetitive.
Having a mock draft before teams have even had the chance to sign free agents is like driving a car without a steering wheel — it’s useless.
Yes, by all means, scout a player and determine whether he will go high or low in the draft. But stop trying to put a name to a team. It’s futile before March 12, the date NFL teams can officially talk to free agents.
All 32 teams will be making acquisitions come free agency period.
The first 10 picks can change in the draft substantially depending on which team gets whom from the free agent pool.
In his latest mock draft, ESPN’s so-called “draft expert,” Todd McShay, has the Cardinals taking quarterback Geno Smith at the seventh pick.
Currently there are seven QB free agents: Matt Moore, David Garrard, Brady Quinn, Chase Daniel, Drew Stanton, Jason Campbell and Brian Hoyer.
Now, I’m not saying the Cardinals are definitely going to sign one of those guys, but they have shown that they aren’t very smart in the past.
My point? Hold off on your mock drafts until after teams have made their free agent signings. Reach the reporter at rdunham1@asu.edu
(03/05/13 10:00pm)
Former ASU assistant swim coach and current Utah coach Greg Winslow has been suspended because of allegations that he sexually harassed a female member of a club swim team six years ago while he was coaching at ASU.
(03/03/13 11:36pm)
With competition levels high at the Pac-12 championships in Federal Way, Wash., ASU placed sixth, crowned a champion and broke school records along the way.
(02/26/13 1:00am)
ASU swim coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker stressed that dual-meets and practices throughout the year are just tools to prepare for the Pac-12 and NCAA championships all season long.
(02/18/13 11:36pm)
With a slate full of NBA stars, the All-Star weekend left many viewers thoroughly disappointed.
From a sub-par skills challenge — where the players looked like they barely cared at all — to a live performance by Phillip Phillips singing his song "Home," the events leading up to the dunk contest had me yawning on the couch.
When the time finally came for the highly heralded Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, I was ready for some high-flying, jaw-dropping dunks.Yet again, I was left disappointed.
If you’re performing on that big of a stage, where greats like Michael Jordan, Vince Carter and Clyde Drexler have thrown down, I expect you to execute and be innovative.
I will admit that some of the dunkers were pretty unique in their styles, and there are only so many things you can do to dunk a ball. But a majority of these guys couldn’t get the ball in the hoop until their tenth time trying. Fans lose interest after a guy fails so many times
NBA All-Star weekend, meet the NFL Pro Bowl. You guys are exactly alike. Reach the columnist at ross.dunham@asu.edu
(02/10/13 9:16pm)
Losing the last dual-meet of the season hurts, but losing it to your rival hurts even more.
(02/08/13 1:00am)
The ASU swim and dive team travels to UA this weekend with hopes to beat the Wildcats in their own pool in what is the final dual-meet of the season for both squads.
(02/01/13 1:00am)
The No. 20 ASU women's swim team will be back in the water for its third competition in just two weekends when it welcomes NAU.
(01/31/13 1:00am)
From being out of diving to dominating competition in the Pac-12, senior Harrison Jones has showed how much can change in two years.
(01/30/13 1:00am)
For the majority of men's basketball coach Herb Sendek’s career at ASU, the level of excitement surrounding the Sun Devil hoop squad has been average at best.
(01/27/13 4:42pm)
A gloomy day couldn’t stop the ASU diving team from performing at a high level Saturday.
(01/25/13 11:21pm)
Going against an Olympic Bronze medalist in Stanford sophomore Kristian Ipsen is a difficult task, but ASU senior diver Harrison Jones stood up to the challenge Friday.
(01/25/13 1:00pm)
Elite competition warrants exceptional effort and focus.
(01/15/13 1:57am)
It has been no secret that ASU swimming has been dominated by the swimmers with longer hair under their caps.