Articles by Ryan Travers

One year into his college career and Greg Monroe gets it. Or at least he’s starting to. After wasting his rookie season dishing the ball in late-game situations, Monroe finally took charge, driving down the right side of the basket for the game-winning basket in Georgetown’s 46-45 win over Temple.

Georgetown (2-0) pulled out a close game at the end in a 46-45 win over Temple (1-1) in front of 8,712 fans at Verizon Center thanks to Greg Monroe's offensive and defensive efforts.

NEW ORLEANS — It was not the greatest performance, but for a season opener on the road, Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III was satisfied with the 74-58 victory.

By the time a president’s term is running out, and certainly when his successor has been elected, he’s given the moniker “lame duck.” It’s too bad college football coaches have not learned from U.S. politics.

Coming off of last year’s 16-15 season, there are plenty of questions surrounding Georgetown, but if the Hoyas hope to return to the top of the Big East, they will need to do a better job on the boards.

Mention Temple athletics and John Cheney might come to mind — maybe a religious team of some sort, but football? Never.

The BCS title game may be in Pasadena this year, but the traffic jam is happening in the rankings leading to the Rose Bowl, not the SoCal highways.

He’s seen as either a savior, single-handedly bring about a return to glory, or as a myth, someone who has yet to prove anything, receiving praise and accolades on the idea of him as much as any actual accomplishments.

Eight BCS Bowl appearances, top-10 finishes in seven of the last nine seasons, four national championship appearances and one national championship.

Reggie Bush has to be smiling today. No, not because he got back together with his girlfriend Kim Kardashian while Lamar Odom is stuck with Khloe.