Walmart to Offer Game Trade-In Kiosks
May 18, 2009 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
Walmart’s plans for world domintation have expanded and they are apparently hell bent on taking over the used gaming market.
Good? Bad? There’s no telling.
Some will argue that this is just another way for Walmart to beat out the little man and monopolize yet another market. I have witnessed two small “mom and pop” video game stores go under due to Game Stop rolling in to town.
What happens now that Walmart is introducing 77 game trade-in kiosks across the Northeast?
It’s easy to damn Walmart for being a “big box” store and making so much freakin’ money but if there’s a need …read more
Don Meyers Passes Bobby Knight on the All-Time Wins List
January 13, 2009 by Kevin Hunter
Filed under Basketball
A belated congratulations to Northern State coach Don Meyers.
Meyers passed Bobby Knight for the most wins coach in college basketball history over the weekend. He got win number 903 when his team defeated the University of Mary 82-62 on Saturday.
Northern State (12-2) is currently ranked 11th in the most recent Division II polls.
The win gave Meyers a record of 903-301, which dates back to 1972 and at three universities.
I didn’t know this until I saw the USA Today article, but Meyers, was nearly killed in an auto accident and was hospitalized for nearly two months. He had his lower left …read more
Latest Division I Polls For January 12
January 12, 2009 by Kevin Hunter
Filed under Basketball
Yesterday I come home from a great 80 degree day at the beach with my wife and son (it’s 85 today, so I’m going to make this quick so I can get the boy back to the beach), and I turn on the television to see that the team formally known as North Carolina lost again.
Wake Forest (15-0) handed the Tar Heels (14-2) their second lost of the season 92-89 at Wake Forest.
The loss dropped North Carolina to fifth in the AP poll and sixth in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
The win was good enough for Wake Forest to move up …read more




