Zach Bigalke

I undoubtedly have some of the highest word-count totals on this site, even if I don't necessarily have the quantity of comments or throwdowns or blogs that some others might. And after all, it's not necessarily how many things you produce, but the quality of that which is produced... So kids, remember to keep your thesaurus and the biggest dictionary you can find close at hand, and you too can someday rant on like Ol' Fire and Brimstone himself, Mr. Bigalke! I am the managing editor of Informative Sports (informativesports.com) and a frequent contributor to both Helium (helium.com) and FanNation. I offer a fresh take on a diverse range of sports and other topics through my archival website at The Cerebral Vortex (bigalke.angelfire.com)...

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  • 02:56 AM ET  11.20
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Fall is in full bloom, and we are fast approaching
the holiday season. Baseball has recently completed its annual rite of
championship. College football is in its stretch drive, and the hoopsters
of academia are just getting their seasons into swing to bombard the
market with action on the amateur front. The NFL has people ready for
their traditional Thanksgiving games in sandwiched between a few weekends
that will yield the inevitable buzz from all corners. The NBA and NHL are
back in action, the latter almost a quarter of the way through its season
  • 02:48 AM ET  11.09
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Gerhart Rings in Midnight Against Cinderella Duck Defense
by Zach Bigalke
 
Oregon Ducks 42, Stanford Cardinal 51
 
 
Coming into the season, the defense was supposed to be the ugly stepsister in the Oregon Ducks' Cinderella story. Traditionally, high-flying offenses have been hampered in Eugene by a bend-but-don't-break defense that far too often bends too far. After losing several key players to graduation and the NFL, everyone knew that any success Oregon enjoyed in 2009 would be dependent on Nick Aliotti preparing his new charges for the battle.
 
For the first…
  • 01:46 AM ET  11.06
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What do Nick Batum and Lionel Messi, Alex Rodriguez and Yao Ming, etc. etc. have in common? They've all traveled a long, long way from home to where the competition is fiercest and the paychecks are biggest in their respective sports. No longer are the teams we root for truly representative of the communities in which we live, as the rapid globalization of the planet leads to homogenization and a cosmopolitan appearance to most every enterprise.It's funny how a simple car ride can spark such discussion, especially when it is being undertaken to go to a sporting event. I had the good fortune to…

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