It is funny that at the same time that you can’t read a newspaper or watch a newscast without hearing about some young athlete in trouble with the NCAA or the law, the unbridled greed of the universities is also making news. Last week, Texas A&M after numerous rumors, announced that it would be leaving […]

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I was watching the NFL Network last night as they showed the New York Giants – New York Jets preseason football game when I saw a “Breaking News” banner flash across the bottom of the screen. Michael Vick had reportedly come to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles for a six-year contract extension that could be […]

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It’s must be tough to leave the spotlight as an athlete. You go from being a celebrity that everyone wants to be near, to a has-been, almost overnight. It had appeared that former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan had made that transition, having worked for the team since his retirement in a variety of roles, […]

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A brief story – to no knowledgeable NFL fan, it was no surprise that the Oakland Raiders chose former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor in the third round of the NFL Supplemental Draft earlier this week. Pryor, the center of the Ohio State goods for memorabilia scandal that led to the firing of Head Coach […]

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The University of Toledo scandal continues to give a black eye to college sports. Quinton Broussard became the fourth former Rocket to plead guilty in the point-shaving probe, which included football and basketball roughly from 2004 through 2006. Broussard admitted that he accepted more than $2,000 from Ghazi “Gary” Manni, a Detroit-area gambler, including $500 […]

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As you can tell, I haven’t been around to comment on lots of stuff, so here are a few brief thoughts: • The Cubs fired Jim Hendry – no surprise there, as his talent evaluation of players like Fukadome, Milton Bradley, and Carlos Zambrano have been WAY off the mark. Also, he spent the house […]

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Someone decided that there needed to be a trophy to the annual winner of the Iowa/Iowa State football game. Usually, the winner is the University of Iowa of course, but the schools, with money and input from the Iowa Corn Growers Association, came up with a trophy that people don’t seem to like. The trophy, […]

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