Slant Pattern
May 19, 2023
Slant Pattern College Hoops Odds and Ends
In this offseason look into college basketball, SC’s Kevin Beane ponders whether championship culture is a thing or not, some bluebloods that have won far fewer championships than we think, and ESPN serving as the lapdog for Rick Pitino. Complete Story
May 4, 2023
Slant Pattern at the Invited Celebrity Classic
SC’s Kevin Beane took in a PGA Tour Champions event in person a couple of weeks ago, and shares with us the vibes, the atmosphere, the good, the bad, and the nostalgic in this week’s Slant Pattern. Complete Story
April 20, 2023
Saturday Afternoon Sports Smorgasbord
As a sports viewer, SC’s Kevin Beane is looking at noon Eastern on Saturday as a time when, with a decently-apportioned sports cable or satellite package, you can watch pretty much whichever sport your heart desires. Let’s take a look. Complete Story
April 6, 2023
Live-Streaming the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships
SC’s Kevin Beane gives us another dose of livestream coverage, this time in the form of a tennis match from Houston. Will former star Jack Sock or rising Czech player Tomas Machac come out on top? Complete Story
March 23, 2023
Slant Pattern Mailbag
SC’s Kevin Beane covers tennis, baseball, college football, and college basketball — with a heavy seasoning of rule changes — in this edition of the Slant Pattern mailbag! Complete Story
March 9, 2023
Tony Yoka vs. Carlos Takam Card Preview
In the Slant Pattern, SC’s Kevin Beane breaks down an upcoming boxing event in Paris with an interesting card that will feature two Olympic gold medalists and a British boxer whose name you should know. Complete Story
February 23, 2023
World’s Earliest Week 1 College Football Preview
SC’s Kevin Beane is back with his annual Week 1 preview. Who will come out on top when Miami plays Miami? Who is the only FCS playoff quarterfinalist to start against an FBS foe? Find out in the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
February 8, 2023
On Angle-Shooting in Sports
Do you know what an angle-shoot is? It’s when you take advantage of a situation not covered by the rules of your sport or game. It happened recently in a tennis match, and inspired SC’s Kevin Beane to write about all things angle-shooting. It’s the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
January 25, 2023
Young Guns Poised to Save U.S. Tennis, 2023 Version
SC’s Kevin Beane takes a look at the men’s tennis landscape, as he does every so often in this space, and finds he no longer has to say the future is bright — the present is. Complete Story
January 11, 2023
On Damar Hamlin
SC’s Kevin Beane looks at the case of Damar Hamlin, and notes some uneasy characteristics of the nation’s reaction. It sounds awful to say, but are we unduly lionizing Hamlin? It’s the Slant Pattern! Complete Story
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