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A rooting interest
We all know journalists are supposed to be non-biased.
That includes sports as well as news. No cheering in the press box, thank you very much.
I'll leave that to the guys in the sports department. Me? I'm going to break that rule right here.
We here at the Daily Times now have an official rooting interest in this 'March Madness' stuff.
Yes, it has something to do with Villanova. We would like nothing more than to have one of the local teams make a long run in the tournament. Our hopes now rest with the Wildcats, since both Temple and Saint Joe's fell in the opening round.
But we're conflicted. That's because we have a new dog in this fight.
On Sunday Villanova, fresh off their upset of Clemson, will face Siena, which stunned Vanderbilt.
Siena is coached by one Fran McCaffery. If the name sounds familiar it should. Fran's a local guy who played college ball at Penn.
Oh, and one other thing. That last name? Sound familiar? Try looking on the Inside Back page of the newspaper. Yep, Fran McCaffery is the brother of our lead sports columnist, Jack McCaffery.
Jack is much too professional to cross that line, so I'll do it for him. I couldn't be happier for Franny.
I also have a personal interest in this. What seems like another lifetime ago, during a cross-country jaunt with my wife and kids, we decided to pay a visit to the Notre Dame campus. We hit the sites, the Grotto, Touchdown Jesus, the Golden Dome.
At the time Fran McCaffery was an asistant coach on John MacLeod's Notre Dame hoops staff. When he heard of my travel plans, Jack told me to be sure to look up his brother. In fact, he said he would let him know we would be in town.
I wasn't expecting much. I was wrong.
Fran McCaffery met us on campus and gave us a tour of the facilities.
I'll never forget the look on my son's face as he was standing in the Notre Dame basketball team's locker room. It's one of those moments that stays with you.
This week that wide-eyed little kid, who now stands taller than his dad, got a piece of mail from Villanova University. He's on the wait list for admittance.
It's on his list of places he might go to school next year.
He didn't apply to Siena. Too bad.
Go Saints.
Best of luck, Fran.
Sorry, Wildcats.
That includes sports as well as news. No cheering in the press box, thank you very much.
I'll leave that to the guys in the sports department. Me? I'm going to break that rule right here.
We here at the Daily Times now have an official rooting interest in this 'March Madness' stuff.
Yes, it has something to do with Villanova. We would like nothing more than to have one of the local teams make a long run in the tournament. Our hopes now rest with the Wildcats, since both Temple and Saint Joe's fell in the opening round.
But we're conflicted. That's because we have a new dog in this fight.
On Sunday Villanova, fresh off their upset of Clemson, will face Siena, which stunned Vanderbilt.
Siena is coached by one Fran McCaffery. If the name sounds familiar it should. Fran's a local guy who played college ball at Penn.
Oh, and one other thing. That last name? Sound familiar? Try looking on the Inside Back page of the newspaper. Yep, Fran McCaffery is the brother of our lead sports columnist, Jack McCaffery.
Jack is much too professional to cross that line, so I'll do it for him. I couldn't be happier for Franny.
I also have a personal interest in this. What seems like another lifetime ago, during a cross-country jaunt with my wife and kids, we decided to pay a visit to the Notre Dame campus. We hit the sites, the Grotto, Touchdown Jesus, the Golden Dome.
At the time Fran McCaffery was an asistant coach on John MacLeod's Notre Dame hoops staff. When he heard of my travel plans, Jack told me to be sure to look up his brother. In fact, he said he would let him know we would be in town.
I wasn't expecting much. I was wrong.
Fran McCaffery met us on campus and gave us a tour of the facilities.
I'll never forget the look on my son's face as he was standing in the Notre Dame basketball team's locker room. It's one of those moments that stays with you.
This week that wide-eyed little kid, who now stands taller than his dad, got a piece of mail from Villanova University. He's on the wait list for admittance.
It's on his list of places he might go to school next year.
He didn't apply to Siena. Too bad.
Go Saints.
Best of luck, Fran.
Sorry, Wildcats.
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