Jeff Jones: A last look at American's fiery leader
This profile on AU men’s basketball Head Coach Jeff Jones was originally published in full on Schad's blog in October.
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This profile on AU men’s basketball Head Coach Jeff Jones was originally published in full on Schad's blog in October.
The year was 1999 and Steve Jennings was beginning his first season as head coach of the AU field hockey team. He arrived at practice and gave the squad a rudimentary drill — he would pass a player the ball and they’d shoot. The simple task proved to be anything but easy and every shot flew wide of the near post.
The AU track team returned to Philadelphia and ran in the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track competition in the United States. And once again the team returned to campus with pride after a successful outing.
The Denver Broncos went into Thursday’s NFL Draft with many needs after going 8-8 last season. They were looking for a talented wide receiver to replace disgruntled superstar Brandon Marshall. Another possibility was a middle linebacker or safety to be the next defensive leader after Brian Dawkins retires. Or maybe, just maybe, they would draft a center because they didn’t have one on the roster.
Two things happened in the trade that send Donovan McNabb from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Washington Redskins: the Eagles traded the face of their franchise to their division rival for two draft picks, and the Redskins gave up their second-round draft pick for the rights to a 33-year-old shell of a quarterback and his expiring $115 million contract.
Quietly sipping from a Big Gulp and reading the Monday newspaper, Head Coach Jeff Jones looked anything but the fiery leader of the AU men’s basketball program.
The AU women’s lacrosse team earned their first Patriot League win of the season Saturday, as they defeated the Bucknell University Bison 15-13.
Thanks to a legendary performance by AU’s Stephen Lumpkins, the Eagles sunk the Navy Midshipmen and advanced to the Patriot League semifinals with a score of 62-60.
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The AU men's basketball team fell to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 77-65 Saturday afternoon, snapping a three-game winning streak and a 20-game home winning streak in Patriot League play.
Each year, the controversies surrounding All-Star games in professional sports are more interesting than the actual games themselves, leading to a rarely asked question: are all-star games worth playing at all?
The AU men’s basketball team captured their second straight home win against the Navy Midshipmen Wednesday night 69-59.
The AU men’s basketball team got back on track with a huge victory over their nemesis Holy Cross 71-64 at the annual “Phil Bender” event Saturday.
After a season-long six game road trip, the AU men’s basketball team came home and dominated Colgate University 73-63 before a packed Bender Arena on Sunday.
Despite confidence-building wins at DePaul and Brown over the break, the AU men’s basketball team was unable to steal its first Patriot League game away from Lehigh as they fell to the Mountain Hawks 78-67 on Saturday evening.
In his first game wearing AU blue transfer Vlad “the Impaler” Moldoveanu notched 26 points and drove the AU Eagles Men's Basketball team to a 62-57 upset over DePaul Wednesday night, their first win over a Big East Conference team in more than a decade.
Despite an outstanding effort by junior Nick Hendra and company, the AU men’s basketball team fell 73-46 against neighboring Georgetown on Saturday, Dec. 5.
Freshman Mike Bersch drained a late three-pointer capping a 15-6 AU run, Bender Arena erupted and the improbable 22-point comeback suddenly became probable. Unfortunately, a late string of free-throws from Florida Atlantic University held-off the strong AU surge as the men’s basketball team lost 81-69.
Thierry Henry did not own up to the honor system during France’s FIFA qualifier like he most likely did on the pickup field as a child.
The AU women’s basketball team kicked off the 2009-2010 season in convincing fashion over the weekend, dismantling Virginia Wesleyan College 98-34 in an exhibition game at Bender Arena.