Sports - March 24, 2009
Can fans impact the game, or is it all just noise?
There are two types of enthusiasm at sporting events. One is the artificial kind where people throw trinkets into the stands, where goofballs slide across the ice, where dancers do highly-choreographed routines, where an organ or a CD plays music designed to jack everyone up. Then there is the other kind. The genuine enthusiasm, where fans leap to their feet spontaneously over a big play. The question is, does it help?
Tags: bucks, fans, bradley center, bob lanier, don nelson, greg koch, al mcguire, fan noise

Sports - April 15, 2008
Rounding out the roster on the "all-interview" team
A recent conversation featuring Marquette point guard Dominic James impressed author Dave Begel, who used it as a spring board to name some of his favorite and least favorite interviews.
Tags: dominic james, buzz williams, steve the homer true, pat buchanon, tyler hansbrough, ray nitschke, james lofton, greg koch, Bob Lanier, Andy north, michael redd, kareem abdul-jabbar, doug melvin, bart starr