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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – We all know that “It’s a great day to be a Flyer.” Heck that’s even the motto of this very website and Chris has actually trademarked it. Some days, of course, are better than others. My favorite Flyer time is when the team is firing on all cylinders, rising in the...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – In the previous edition of “From the Swamp” on the intricacies of college hoops scheduling, Saturday’s tilt with Robert Morris was described as a “recovery game.” The idea being for the Flyers to bounce back from a tough road test at UNLV with a game against a...

Beckystxa

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Championship Sunday. Match starts at noon in St Louis for the team and 1 pm Dayton-time. That’s in 2 hours as I post this, so the team is just leaving the hotel to go to the venue. Their journey on this day has begun. It’s been a longer mental journey this year than most. The teams split...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – In 1984, Don Henley released his second solo album after the breakup of The Eagles (or “a 14-year vacation” as they termed it when they eventually reunited). It was entitled Building the Perfect Beast and the title track includes these lyrics: And now the day is come...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – Maybe we Flyer Faithful have gotten spoiled, but “FTS” for one has grown accustomed to accessing an extended highlight reel to savor after a Red and Chapel Blue victory. It appears that no such package will be forthcoming for the SMU win, so bits and bytes of video are...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – The first day of the men’s college basketball season is akin to Christmas morning in the minds of many. Fans will wake up Monday morning and anxiously scramble to unwrap what they hope will be everything that they have been dreaming about all summer. In the case of the...

Christopher Rieman

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With a trip to the Atlantic 10 tournament title match on the line, the Dayton Flyers women's soccer team hosted Davidson on Wednesday evening in the conference semis, outlasting the Wildcats 1-0 at Baujan Field. The game-winner was courtesy of a terrific blast from Diana Benigno in the...

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BEVERLY HILLS (MI) – Now that the Red and Blue game is in the rearview mirror, it's time to move on to some real basketball. Next stop: the "Secret Scrimmage" vs. Huggy Bear's Mountaineers on October 22nd; then the exhibition game against Damon Goodwin's Capital University squad seven...

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DAYTON (OH) – Way back in 1874, Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky authored a suite of ten classical piano pieces entitled Pictures at an Exhibition. Almost 100 years later in 1971, the prog rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer released a like-titled live album based on Mussorgsky’s work. The...

Christopher Rieman

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The win-or-go-home sweepstakes officially got underway on Friday evening at Baujan Field as the A10 Quarterfinals gave #2 Dayton and #7 UMass an opportunity to decide who would keep their season and NCAA tourney dreams alive. The Flyers started fast then hit the snooze bar, but pulled away in...