Winston Geller

The 2010 Pro Bowl on Jan. 24 was successful as far as sales and TV Cable ratings are concerned. In fact, the crowd of 70,697 was the largest since the Pro Bowl of 1959 in Los Angeles, and the ratings were the highest they have been in a decade. And I suppose if the game is meant to be played merely for fun and not to be viewed as a serious football game, then it can be ruled a success in that sense as well. However, does that really make up for the fact that 40% of the players selected did not play, and among those absent were Payton Manning and Drew Brees (the Super Bowl quarterbacks)?

The Saxons have shown signs of improvement in the last two weeks, stringing together two clutch wins on their three game homestand. One of these victories was an Empire 8 conference game against Hartwick, an important win for the struggling Saxons' 1-8 record thus far. This victory secured the second Empire 8 conference win for the team. Although they were able to pull out the win, it did not come easily as the score was at a dead draw 62-62 with just a single minute in regulation time remaining.

While most Alfred students were enjoying a long anticipated holiday break, the Alfred men’s and women’s basketball teams were back on the grind, arriving in Alfred Dec. 26, with few days to spare before their vigorous conference schedules began. With few conference games under their belts, the two programs geared up to prove themselves in the coming weeks, working hard to burn off any rust they might have picked up over the short holiday stint.

The fourteenth annual Alfred University/Alfred State AIDS Charity basketball game was a much anticipated event. The BSU (Black Student Union) runs this event, which contains not just the basketball game but also a dunk contest, a three point contest and a post-game dance. There was a seven dollar admission fee to watch the event, and four dollar charge to attend the dance. It was a fiercely competitive game which has the dual purpose of entertaining the fans and raising money to fund AIDS research.