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George Harrison – Living in the Material World, the Beatles & after

Martin Scorsese -Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfells,Departed,Mean Streets,Kings of Comedy),’s film for HBO opens Oct 5, “George Harrison-Living in the World” I have been a fan of George Harrison as long as I can remember, first because he was one of the Beatles when they changed music and the world,...
Posted 01 Oct 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF | 0 Comments

Gameday ! Cleveland State v Buffalo, Carnegie v Penn State, Iowa v Iowa State, Purdue v Carnegie, Ohio State v Buffalo!

It’s autumn, the leaves are evolving into dazzling hues, the winds blow a bit chilly and in the Heartland of America college cricket teams take the field to battle !  The old custom of cricket sweaters, which originated in the English weather, achieve a new relevance in American College Cricket season – only now...

Purdue wins Mayor’s Challenge to open new field ! Go 2-0 vs rivals Indiana U !

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard,with 2 Purdue cricket players by Phalgun Balasubramaniam (Thunderbird)   Last year the Purdue Boilermakers and the Indiana Hoosiers took their celebrated rivalry to a new sport, cricket, at the first American College Cricket Midwest Championship, unoffically refered to as the “Big 10 Championship”.   This past Saturday, Indiana University and...
Posted 30 Sep 2011 | Indiana University,NEWS,Purdue University | 0 Comments

NC State Wolfpack to defend Mid Atlantic title ! Featured in school media !

North Carolina State Wolfpack with American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah The North Carolina State University Wolfpack played at the American College Cricket Mid Atlantic Championship last year like a tight group of professional athletes.   The NCSU wolfpack took on and defeated 3 top teams in the region : 2009 National...
Posted 29 Sep 2011 | NEWS,North Carolina State U | 0 Comments

Iowa Hawkeyes host the Great Plains Championship ! Build it, they will come !

Iowa Hawkeyes in Florida at the national Championship  Travelling for hours was tough for colleges like University of Iowa and University of Minnesota (UMN), but they did, to play in the first Midwest, the equivalent of the Big 10, Championship last year September.  UMN also made the even longer trip to...

Gators Cricket start Alumni network !

Gators Cricket team warming up at the “American College Cricket” Stadium in Ft Lauderdale,FL All college sports in the USA benefit from alumni who continue to support, root for, and even return to school to see their teams play. Alums wear their college gear, and support their teams financially.  ...
Posted 23 Sep 2011 | NEWS,University of Florida | 0 Comments

College Football Wk 3 – Ashton Kutcher, & how our colleges did !

In Week 3 Ashton Kutcher showed up to watch his Hawkeyes, even as his debut on “Two and a half men” grabbed record ratings !   Kutcher attended the University of Iowa before dropping out to be a model.   Our colleges continued our dominance by winning 19 games and only losing 6...
Posted 23 Sep 2011 | NEWS,OTHER STUFF,University of Iowa | 0 Comments

Rankings ! – Where is your College ?

The University of Pennsylvania leaped from # 28 to # 4 ! whilst 2 Texas teams, Texas A & M and Texas Tech came from nowhere (being new teams) into the top 10. Likely contenders for the top 10 this college cricket season are 2010 Midwest Champion Purdue, University of...
Posted 21 Sep 2011 | Auburn,George Mason U,Montgomery College,NEWS,Universities,UPenn | 0 Comments

Midwest Championship for Gordon Gee Trophy – Colleges confirmed & Schedule set !

Last year Ohio State University President E Gordon Gee did us the honor of attending the American College Cricket Midwest Championship involving many Big 10 schools.   Purdue University took away the Gordon Gee Trophy,after an exciting Finals vs the OSU Buckeyes. No doubt Ohio State would like revenge against the...

American College Cricket alumnus to open NYC Indoor Cricket facility soon !

Hayat, bowling against York University,at the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship to superb batsman Jai Patel, with now Canadian national player Khushroo Wadia at the non-striker’s end. Of countless dreams,my only dream as a boy not about girls….. was about having someone bowl to me whilst I bat all day.   For...
Posted 19 Sep 2011 | NEWS,York College (CUNY) | 0 Comments