<![CDATA[Deadspin: St. Joseph's Hawks]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: St. Joseph's Hawks]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/st. joseph's hawks http://deadspin.com/tag/st. joseph's hawks <![CDATA[Right Now, The College Basketball World Hates Phil Martelli]]> Todd O'Brien is a senior big man for UAB, but you won't find his name in any box score from the eight games the Blazers have played this season. He's not injured or suspended. Instead, his eligibility has been held up by his former coach Phil Martelli, for whom O'Brien played at St. Joe's before taking advantage of an NCAA rule allowing players who have graduated to transfer for their final year of NCAA play without sitting out a year. (Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson used the same rule last year to transfer from NC State.) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5869649&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NCAA Pants Party: Oklahoma Vs. St. Joseph's]]> Oklahoma Sooners (22-11). vs. St. Joseph's Hawks (21-12). More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=368523&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[St. Joseph's Hawks]]> 1. How Many Passes before You Shoot? Hawks sophomore guard Garrett Williamson came to Saint Joseph's from Lower Merion High School, where he was the second all-time leading scorer, behind Jelly Bean Bryant's kid. Somehow in the transition to college, he turned "scorer" into "defensive specialist" and has averaged fewer than three shots a game. More for the non-existent post game, I suppose. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=365559&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[St. Joseph's Hawks]]> 1. They Were Nearly "The Bomb." The famed Hawk mascot turned 50 this year, but the team nickname has been around since 1929, when a student yearbook editor started a contest for naming the athletic teams. "Hawks" just barely beat out "Grenadiers," the name of World War I soldiers who specialized in tossing grenades. "Hawks" was chosen in part to symbolize the aerial attack of the football team. Ten years after the name was chosen, football was discontinued and the Hawks haven't fielded a varsity team on the gridiron in more than six decades. More »
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