Headlines for January, 2006

“Looks Like He’s Got About An 8-Iron”

A popular Nike commercial a few years back taught us that "Chicks dig the long ball." While that credo originally belonged to baseball, golf seems to be following suit. Players are hitting the ball farther than ever thanks to new technology and an increased focus on physical fitness, and to combat this, many courses are becoming longer by design. A 600-yard [read more...]

Bonds Is Taking Advantage of ESPN

When ESPN ombudsman and longtime Washington Post sports editor George Solomon called the network's deal to do a reality series on Barry Bonds essentially "mind-boggling" this week, most fans probably agreed. Sure, it's not tantamount to Woodward and Bernstein dropping the cause so the Post could negotiate rights to a reality series with Richard Nixon in the Watergate White House, but [read more...]

Where Have All the Shooters Gone?

NFL players have gotten bigger, faster, and stronger over the course of the last generation or so, and as a result, the game of professional football has never been played at a higher level. An offensive playbook resembles a Manhattan phone book these days, and the elaborate blitz packages employed by a Bill Belichick defense would have had Johnny Unitas [read more...]

Human Element in Athletes Hard to Ignore

If regular access to professional athletes is one of the supposed "thrilling" aspects of being paid to write about sports, perhaps the most certain thing a scribe could relay to any fan when the barstool conversations take place is this: They are a lot like you and me. Bode Miller drinks beer. Ozzie Guillen makes statements he immediately regrets,and my tape [read more...]

Blips, Blurbs & Blasts

OK, Tom Brady, let's review. Your team has won three of the last four Super Bowls, and you've been the MVP in two of those games. Most football experts believe that the Patriots are the only team with any chance of knocking the Colts out of the postseason. You are currently dating Bridget Moynahan, one of the most drop-dead gorgeous [read more...]

Hart Surgery: In-Vince-able

I am drained. Ever since Matt Leinart's last-second pass brushed off the fingertips of Dwayne Jarrett, allowing the clock to run out and secure Texas' first national title since 1970, I have been putting this column together in the back of my mind without really knowing how I was going to do it. There is so much to say: about the [read more...]

“Glory Road” Hardly a Profound Racial Reminder

It's clearer now than ever that the phrase "A memoir" is about as loose-fitting on the body of truth as Hollywood's favorite little prefix: "Based on a true story."A little over three weeks ago, I sat three feet away from Dennis Rodman at his hotel in downtown Chicago, and in a candid interview regarding his book - his third book [read more...]

New Year’s Resolutions

I can't believe it's already been a year since I wrote last year's list of New Year's resolutions. Although, it's nice to know that I don't have to worry about my favorite baseball team anymore. I'd like to send a shout-out right now to Ozzie Guillen and his crew for allowing me to scratch "I never got to see the [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Rose Bowl Bound

This is it. In my entire life as a sports fan, I have never made it this far. I have been to a Final Four, seen the last game of a World Series, and seen Tiger Woods fist-pump his way around the U.S Open, but today is a new experience.I am on my way to Pasadena to see my beloved [read more...]

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