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Thompson Lands Second 2010 Prospect

The basketball season is just over a month away, but Head Coach John Thompson is thinking years down the line.

Thompson received Tuesday his second verbal commitment from the class of 2010, landing forward Nate Lubick. Lubick joins Georgetown Prep guard Markel Starks in the recruiting class.

Linebacker Leads Hoya Defense

Nick Parrish truly fits the bill as a Georgetown student-athlete.

The sophomore linebacker headlines a defense that has forced 10 turnovers in four games and will be looking for more when the 1-3 Hoyas return to the gridiron for homecoming against Pennsylvania tomorrow.

Hoyas Set for Battle of Unbeatens

After a weekend of two postponed contests —against Syracuse and St. John’s — due to the norovirus outbreak on campus, Georgetown is gearing up for another tough weekend of Big East play. The Hoyas take on top-ranked Notre Dame today and DePaul on Sunday afternoon.

Penn Players to Watch

Robert Irvin

The senior signal caller is back to old form after missing all but two games last season due to injury. Two years ago, as a sophomore, Irvin threw for over 2,000 yards and 10 scores, earning him an honorable mention on the all-Ivy team.

GU Earns Draw Despite Outplaying Pirates

A tie, legendary football coach Bear Bryant used to say, is like kissing your sister.

The Hoyas may know what Bryant meant after outplaying Seton Hall Wednesday afternoon on North Kehoe Field only to walk off the pitch with a 1-1 draw.

“It feels like a loss,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “But that’s a credit to where our expectations are.”

GU to Face No. 13 UConn, Reigning Player of the Year

Ranked 13th in the country, the Connecticut Huskies will present a stiff challenge for the Hoyas tomorrow on North Kehoe Field.

“You’re not going to solve UConn in two days of training,” Head Coach Brian Wiese said. “You have to make sure that everyone comes and has a good performance, and somebody has to make a play.”

Lance Makes Dopey Choice Not to Ride off into Sunset

As our recent economic woes have painfully highlighted, knowing the right time to get out can be just as important as the skills that got you to the top. Recently unretired Lance Armstrong is undeniably the greatest cyclist of our time, but, like many great athletes before him, he does not know when to get out of the game.