Who’s to blame for the brawl? Kyle Casey: When Dodgers’ pitcher Zack Greinke hit Padres’ outfielder Carlos Quentin in the arm last week, nothing should have happened other than Quentin walking to first and taking his free base. Quentin showed his immaturity when, in an unjustified bout of anger, he charged the mound, dropping his shoulder into Greinke, and starting a bench-clearing brawl for both teams. What Quentin failed to realize in the heat of [...]

Matt Hamilton, Staff Writer: My mother keeps telling me, “Matthew! Quit sitting around and do something with your life. Why do you need both TVs on at the same time?” Some people just do not understand the significance of March Madness, a month-long celebration of basketball. If only I could pay this much attention to school. Now we’re reaching the home stretch and my bracket is all but shattered. Blame it on the Cinderellas (I’m [...]

Jesse Jones, Associate Sports Editor: Quite frankly, I can’t even pick a favorite. It seems that almost every week the top-seeded team in the nation gets upset. Just the other night, Indiana was knocked off on the road at Minnesota. The Hoosiers also lost to Illinois, Wisconsin and Butler. Let me note that Butler is also a dangerous team. Indiana has one of the top players in the nation in Cody Zeller, as well as [...]

Ravens in review Jeff McDonough, Contributing Writer: The final chapter of the Baltimore Ravens’ 2012 championship season was written Tuesday during a celebratory parade where an estimated 200,000 people lined the streets and packed the stadium to cheer on their team. The joy and enthusiasm of this town has been emphatic and resounding. Now we can begin to reflect on how exactly this journey ended with a Lombardi Trophy. Going into the 2012 campaign, the [...]

Should the Knicks trade Amar’e Stoudemine? Jesse: I’ve been back-and-forth with this one. Amar’e has had times where he has been great in New York, and then he’s had times where he’s been completely out of it (a la punching a fire extinguisher). There have been instances where he can be on the court at the same time as Carmelo, and the Knicks flourish. There have also been times where both look inept and completely [...]

Best Player on the Bruins Andrew: This is tough for me, because I don’t think any of the Bruins have been particularly great so far. The top two offensive lines have pretty much been absent from the score sheet, with guys like Milan Lucic and Tyler Seguin floating through games without much impact. The defense has been pedestrian at best, with guys like Joe Corvo and Greg Zanon making the top pair of Zdeno Chara [...]

Is Jorge Posada a Hall of Famer? Jesse: I was completely stumped at first when I was asked this question. Posada has been around since I started watching baseball and has always been an intricate piece to the success of the Yankees. However, there have been other stars such as Derek Jeter, A-Rod, Hideki Matsui and Mariano Rivera that have taken more of the limelight. He played most of his career at the catcher position, [...]

Will there be another NHL lockout after this season? Andrew: Oh, man. I can’t believe that we’re even talking about this. The last time that the NHL had a lockout, it was crippling to the game. Commissioner Gary Bettman still gets booed in every arena league-wide because of it. Some of the fans never came back. It was terrible. But since then, hockey has been a much better game. The rules changed after the lockout [...]

Does Rob Ambrose have the right to ban his players from Twitter? Jesse: This has clearly been one of the hottest debates around campus lately. It even made the front page of The Baltimore Sun. After controversy following the football playoff game against Lehigh, it became known that a Lehigh wide receiver used inappropriate language referring to Towson players. The player was suspended and Lehigh players were forced to delete their Twitter accounts. Towson Head [...]

Should the Orioles trade Adam Jones? Jesse: There’s been a lot of speculation lately as to whether or not the Baltimore Orioles should trade center fielder Adam Jones. In my mind, the thought of this is ridiculous.  Jones has done a very good job so far as an Oriole. In 2009, he was named an All-Star and won a Gold Glove. Last season he had some injury problems, but did knock 25 balls out of [...]