Patrick Stevens
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College sports for USA Lacrosse Magazine, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and more. Coming to a college hoops arena near you. E-mail: 64plus4@gmail.com "Annoyed, but dealing with it," then, now and always Appreciator of Felis catus
Suggestion for Aug. 6 … Sea Of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie (2025) by Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty.
Suggestion for July 21 … Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida (2024) by Mikita Brottman.
Suggestion for July 18 … American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank Leahy (2025) by Ivan Maisel.
Suggestion for July 11 … Waste Land: A World In Permanent Crisis (2025) by Robert D. Kaplan.
Suggestion for July 9 … Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson (2025) by Claire Hoffman.
“Seriously, would you rather save a little money by raising the temperature the A/C kicks in during a heat wave, or pamper me? How is this even up for debate?”
Suggestion for July 3 … President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier (2023) by C.W. Goodyear.
Happy Conference Realignment Day 2026 (Basketball changes included below).
Suggestion for June 26 … Robert’s Story: A Texas Cowboy’s Troubled Life and Horrifying Death (2022) by Stephen G. Michaud.
Georgetown's nonconference schedule this season ... * Four games against the top 50 from 2025-26 * Six games against the bottom 75 from 2025-26 * Two games against the 240 in between (Navy and Maryland)
Suggestion for June 23 … Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue (2024) by Sonia Purnell.
Suggestion for June 18 … 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How it Shattered a Nation (2025) by Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Suggestion for June 12 … The Long Red Line: Cornell Lacrosse and the Forty-Eight Year Quest for Glory (2026) by Christian Swezey.
Suggestion for June 11 … The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers (2022) by Andrew T. Hyde, Barbara C. Cruz and Jeff Houck.
Back in Charlottesville today, and before rolling over to Virginia for Kevin Cassese’s introductory presser, I corrected an oversight from this past weekend. I made it to Bodo’s.
Virginia promotes from within a week (almost to the minute( after it announced former coach Lars Tiffany's departure. Kevin Cassese was 136-104 with three NCAA tournament trips in 16 years at Lehigh before spending the last three seasons as the Cavaliers' offensive coordinator.
Spotted near Scott Stadium … only one of those three accomplished greatness yesterday.
When life deals you a hotel more than an hour from an event you’re covering … dig into your memory and recall a good Thai place you’ve been to five years ago.
Greetings from Charlottesville, which is hosting this year’s lacrosse final four because Foxboro(ugh) had to relinquish it due to World Cup responsibilities. But fret not! They’ll have Foxboro(ugh)-like weather today! High of 57, clouds and occasional light rain. Princeton-Duke at noon up first.
Greetings from the First State. Second quarterfinal doubleheader underway …Princeton-Penn State, then Duke-Georgetown.
Greetings from Long Island. Day one of the NCAA quarterfinals at stalwart second weekend host Hofstra. Notre Dame-Johns Hopkins in the opener, then North Carolina-Syracuse in Game 2.
Suggestion for May 12 … The Breath Of The Gods: The History and Future of the Wind (2025) by Simon Winchester.
Greetings from Thomas Jefferson’s university. Fifth-seeded Virginia (10-6) and Georgetown (10-4) coming up at the bottom of the hour.
Richmond draws the largest crowd for a first round game since the NCAA tournament moved games back on campus for the opening weekend.
Greetings from the River City, where fourth-seeded Richmond (14-1) plays host to Duke (9-4) in the first round. First NCAA tournament game ever hosted by the Spiders.