In an effort to bring some of this back to the top of the blog, here are links to three newspaper stories I wrote yesterday:

Tommy Dempsey says Rider is hungry after underachieving last year.

The Rider women are ready to start over.

Ryan Rossiter is no longer a role player. (Troy Record)

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And a couple other orders of business:

We'll have live coverage of the Ivy League's preseason teleconference in a chat at 11 a.m. right here. Princeton is expected to be picked first in the preseason poll. Trentonian.com will also have coverage from Ryan Feldman and Ryan Howard.

I'll be on Hoops Talk Live tonight talking MAAC hoops with host Raphielle Johnson in the 6 p.m. hour. If you haven't checked out the station yet, be sure to do so. Our own Ryan Feldman founded it and launched it Monday, his lunch-hour show serving as the inaugural broadcast.

I also have one more video to post -- Justin Robinson at yesterday's media day. It'll be up shortly.