I could be mistaken, but are there tons of people in the cycling world anxiously waiting for Lance Armstrong to be formally accused of cheating? The vultures are certainly circling: Floyd Landis, who has already been banned by cycling authorities for performance-enhancing substances, said that he and Armstrong used drugs together and that Armstrong helped […]

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I hope that you got a chance to read Rick Telander’s series in the Chicago Sun-Times a few weeks ago where he followed-up on his teammates from the 1970 Northwestern Wildcats football team and the physical maladies that those men suffer from today in their 60’s. Of course, the series focused on head injuries, but […]

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When I was thinking about this post, at first I thought I had two separate stories: Rod Blagojevich bringing his children to court on the day that closing arguments were to be made in their dad’s corruption trial. The other story was about Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano apologizing to his teammates on ESPN before making […]

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The SEC Coaches media gathering is this week in Birmingham, Alabama, and ominous clouds of NCAA sanctions fill the room. Alabama is under investigation because returning defensive end Marcell Dareus may have accepted illegal benefits from an agent. The University of Florida is under investigation because one of its players reportedly took $100,000 from an […]

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In what was a bit of a surprise, Chicago Cub manager Lou Pinella announced that he will retire from managing at the end of the 2010 season. Pinella, if I remember correctly, retired once before, after the then-ownership of the Tampa Bay then-“Devil” Rays made no real attempt to build a winning team in Pinella’s […]

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So, the speculation is who will follow Pinella? Barring the reincarnation of Casey Stengel, John McGraw, or bringing in Joe Torre, who could win with the Cubs? As I said above, the manager is only part of the solution: smart player management, smart free agent signings, solid talent assessment; the ability to put together a […]

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A few months ago, head football coach Pete Carroll surprised the University of Southern California by leaving to take the same position with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. This appeared to be convenient when the long festering allegations that the university violated NCAA rules with large illicit payments to the family of running back Reggie Bush […]

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