Did American sports journalism all collective take crazy pills on the same day?
Texas Tech University fired head coach Mike Leach for locking a player who had suffered a concussion in a dark shed during practice as some sort of punishment for getting head trauma while playing a full contact sport.  He was suspended for his [...]

Brazil is now host to 2016 Olympic Games as well as 2014 FIFA World Cup.  I would like to see our country use this as an opportunity to shame Brazil into releasing abducted children from our country and to shine a spotlight on child abduction cases in general.  If the Olympics shone a light on China’s environmental [...]

I used to be a huge New York Islanders fan, and I used to really love the NHL.  I also went to more Hershey Bears AHL games than I can count.  I haven’t watched hockey with any seriousness since I was in college.  To me, there are too many teams, too many players to keep [...]

I am beginning to think that the BCS Championship game is never going to happen because I read about how it is a big game coming up, and then the next day I read the same thing.  It’s like groundhog day, College Football is Chris Elliot… only I am denied the satisfaction of decking him [...]

From an ESPN.com story:
With extended time in the pocket, Romo delivered a perfect throw to T.O. for a 35-yard touchdown. Still in the Olympic spirit, T.O. kicked both legs and lined up in a sprinter’s pose as if he were facing Jamaica’s Usain Bolt in the 100 meters. T.O. was called for unsportsmanlike conduct, but [...]

At this point in time, even the most optimistic projection of Len Bias’ career would have him retired.  But this is the part of his life where I have the most optimistic hopes in “what if”.
If Len Bias were alive, he’d have been out of basketball for a while.  I’d like to have pictured him [...]

Could you imagine running a whole marathon and losing by only 3 seconds?  Or finishing 3rd, being only 6 seconds behind?  It happened at the London Marathon. I maintain that running any more than 4-5 miles is boring, and racing anything longer than 5k is also boring… though my exploits at my last 5k were [...]