To the casual observer, sports heroes have it all: the money; the attention; the women. What could trouble them? I, for one, feel for today’s athletes: they have pressure on them to perform like at no other time in sports history. Athletes are on television all of the time, and the pressure to perform is […]

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At the still young age of 31, Daunte Culpepper, who starred as the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee injury in 2005 curtailed his career, retired from the NFL after not getting any offers to play. During his career, Culpepper completed 1,867 of 2,927 passes for 22,422 yards and 142 touchdowns. His […]

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Whenever I see something like this, I always think back to the film Blue Thunder. In it, the late Roy Scheider is a Vietnam vet cop who flies a helicopter. As a result, Scheider’s sanity is often questioned except by his boss, another vet played by the late Warren Oates. Anyway, after Scheider gets into […]

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In the past, on other web sites I’ve written for, I always gave my list of NFL picks for the coming season, and there is no reason not to do one here, but in my opinion, there has been no more wide open season than the one upcoming. New England should be good, but how […]

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Hey Tony.  I read your column about EA Sports. I’m a stickler for EA Sports games, getting the games you don’t get (Madden NFL, NBA Live, NCAA Football, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, even NCAA MVP Baseball once, and Arena Football once) and not getting the games you get (NHL). Looking at the end, of your article, saying “PSP […]

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I guess Tiger Woods fount something to do while rehabilitating his injured knee. It was announced today that Woods’ wife Erin is expecting their second child. As someone who is expecting his own second baby, I congratulate them and hope that all goes well. So, I’m sure does the PGA. It’s no wonder that Tiger […]

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I really should go into the talent evaluation business. I could have saved the University of Pittsburgh a ton of money, not to mention many losses and embarrassments by telling them three years ago that Dave Wannstedt was a terrible football head coach. I know he’s an alum and was an NFL coordinator and head […]

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