As if this guy hasn’t done enough damage to his credibility this summer… Suffice to say I haven’t read the book yet, but I think I’m qualified to take an educated guess at what happens within it’s pages. Something tells me Shaq will place the majority of blame for everything that ever went wrong during…
I’m so utterly confused by all of this pro-player sentiment, enough so that I wonder if age is part of it. I’ve heard it said that two things will turn you Republican: Taxes and children. Well, I don’t see that happening to me anytime soon (or ever, really) but I do know that the kind…
Yeah, the title of this post is a hopelessly outdated reference. Blame my mom for burning that horrible Judy Collins song into my consciousness at a young age. That kind of stuff sticks with you. Point is, it feels like scab time. Yeah, American pro sports hasn’t seen replacement players since 1987, when the NFL…
In a somewhat related matter to clash of the Jims (Harbaugh and Schwartz) or JIMGATE, it was nice to see the 49ers reward my good faith in them in week 6. Another week, another win that defies the norms of winning football in 2011. This week Alex Smith completed just 53.1 percent of his passes,…
(“Henne For Your Thoughts” is an 8-part series which chronicles and details the life and philosophies of NFL quarterback and visionary, Chad Henne. If you missed them, check out PART 1 and PART 2) – By Wes Lilliman “Choice is easy, ya know? Henne.” Current Michigan Wolverines quarterback and Heisman hopeful Denard Robinson whips a pass in…
Hey, I love HBO’s Real Sports, and I usually find myself agreeing with Gumbel’s show-closing editorials about 95% of the time, but man, what the fuck is this? Not only was he off the mark last night when he said David Stern was acting like modern plantation owner in his treatment of the players during…
Maybe you missed it, but Tim Hardaway went on a homophobic rant on sports radio back in February of 2007 and essentially shit all over himself and his aspirations to work in an NBA front office. Here’s what he said: “Well, you know I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t…
Truth be told, there was a long period of time where I cared more about College hoops than pro ones. Probably all of my teens and part of my twenties. The balanced shifted over the years, in part because it’s somewhat of a niche sport and only a few of my friends follow it even…
Thanks to my awesome Girlfriend and the fortunate placement of my birthday, I had two seats to the Bernard Hopkins/Chad Dawson Title fight at the Staples Center last Saturday night. She knows I love the fisticuffs, and honestly there are few sporting experiences that compare to watching live fights. I figured at the very least…
The recent months of expansion and team movement among major NCAA athletic leagues has left the Big East conference in a vulnerable state. Big East stalwarts Syracuse and Pittsburgh are leaving for the ACC. TCU has left the Big East before ever becoming an official member. Right or wrong, major college athletics are driven by…
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