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Bill Bowman

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  • Bill Bowman's college football column: Paterno made impact at PSU

    My favorite Joe Paterno story was also one of his favorites. Must have been because I heard it at least once a year over the past 15 years. Joseph Vincent Paterno wasn't supposed to be a football coach.

    January 22, 2012

  • CSS3F2F.jpg Bill Bowman's column on college sports: Fast break

    Late Friday night word came from Bucknell that coach Kathy Fedorjaka was stepping down immediately from her post as the university's women's basketball coach, walking away in the middle of her 15th season in Lewisburg.

    January 16, 2012 1 Photo

  • CSS106E.jpg Bill Bowman's column on college sports: Crusaders learn lesson about closing

    It may have seemed like nit-picking at the time, but Frank Marcinek wasn't doing it for the sake of picking nits. He had a purpose behind it, because he sees the big picture.

    January 10, 2012 1 Photo

  • Bucknell men tip off Patriot League play

    LEWISBURG - As the Bucknell men prepare to open defense of their Patriot League basketball title this afternoon at Army, Bison coach Dave Paulsen feels like his squad accomplished a lot in a 16-game exhibition season. Then again, he also still has plenty of concerns heading into today's trip to West Point.

    January 9, 2012

  • Former Bison returns home

    Bill Courtney spent four of the best years of his life at Bucknell, making his mark in the classroom and on the basketball court, while soaking up enough knowledge from his old coach, Charlie Woollum, to become a pretty darn good coach himself.

    January 2, 2012

  • Bill Bowman's column on college sports: The difference in Division I hoops is apparent

    Five minutes into last week's Bucknell-Syracuse game at the Carrier Dome, Bison freshman point guard Steven Kaspar dribbled the ball toward the hoop and was stoned by fifth-year 'Cuse senior Scoop Jardine.

    December 26, 2011

  • Bill Bowman's college football column: CBS, money and 'puters

    Daughter: Hey, dad. Why is your face so red?
    Me: Oh, honey, it’s too complicated. Six-year-olds don’t always get big-people stuff. Don’t worry about it.
    Daughter: Tell me. I wanna know.

    December 6, 2011

  • Why I love (and hate) college football

     

    I love college football because there's nothing like an absolutely clear crisp October day sitting in the bleachers with your family watching your school, one you hope will become your kid's school. I hate college football because of conference realignment.

    November 29, 2011

  • Could this be end of BCS?

    For about the last two years or so I've often vented about the treatment the loser of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game receives when it comes to NCAA playoff positioning.

    November 21, 2011

  • Bill Bowman's college football column: Healing only just beginning in Happy Valley

    Once again, with apologies to Peter King, here are some things I think I think as the college football season winds down.

    November 15, 2011