There was a newspaper writer who used the title as a segment in his articles (I don’t remember the writer’s name.) As you might know, I’m not a fan of marathons. I think that it inconveniences too many people for a sport that is designed to boost people’s egos, but, at the heart of it, […]

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I don’t think there’s any head coach in football that likes a true quarterback controversy. If anyone does a survey, I would bet that the best teams have one signal caller who everyone looks to for leadership and performance on the field. Marino, Bradshaw, Unitas, Montana; unless these guys were hurt, it was expected that […]

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There is very little sadder than an athlete who falls on hard times after the fans have gone away, cheering for the current athletes. In some instances, it is the body that succumbs to the rigors of the sport. In other instances, it is the athlete, believing himself invincible and youth and the big money […]

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It certainly doesn’t surprise me that there is yet another controversy surrounding Isiah Thomas. Last weekend, someone (the police reported a 46-year-old male; Isiah is 47) was taken to a local hospital near Thomas’ home for an apparent accidental overdose of Lunesta sleeping pills. Thomas says that it wasn’t him, it was his 17-year-old daughter […]

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Gentlemen, I am an alum and a season ticket holder since 1996 (your head coach’s senior year), and I’ve seen at least one home game since 1976 (the year before I enrolled), and it’s getting sickening. Once again, rated in the national rankings and facing an opponent that you can beat, you guys came up […]

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A topic that gets less attention than it should is the safety of athletes. There’s lots of attention spent on steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Some coverage has been on artificial turf. Not enough attention in my opinion has been paid to equipment, especially in football. I don’t believe that football with the current equipment […]

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We all know that sports and television are joined at the hip like demonic Siamese Twins: what’s good for one is good for the other and vice versa. In that vein, the “conventional wisdom” has been that when teams from small or middle market size cities make playoffs or finals in most sports, the ratings […]

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