Headlines for February, 2006

NFL Combine Speculation At Full Throttle

There's a peculiar feel to the NFL Combine. It's not that it isn't important, but if there is a more speculative media event that has ever been conceived, (aside from an Oscars pre-party) I'd like to know where it is.And who caters it. At one point this weekend, I found myself ten feet in front of Tony Dungy's podium, and ready [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Olympics. Yawn.

I watched the Winter Olympics, all two weeks of it, and I can sum up almost the entire experience in a single, 25-letter word: Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn. Between watching most of the Americans fall short of expectations and having it all prepackaged as cuddly, heartwarming crap, I am almost happy to welcome back regular network programming. The Apprentice and Conviction! Must See [read more...]

Winter Olympics Fever? Not Exactly

It's been a full two weeks since the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Torino, with this Sunday serving as the last day of actual competition. NBCOlympics.com lists 15 different event categories on its homepage, and despite the fact that I get paid to follow the world of sports for a living, admittedly, I know very little as to [read more...]

Mike Davis “Resignation” No Racial Divide

I don't know what's worse, the fact that Wayne Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones, gambled half-a-million dollars on pro football, or the fact that The Great One never noticed that his wife gambled half-a-million dollars on pro football....Even if Darko Milicic finally gets to play significant minutes after being traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Orlando Magic this week, I [read more...]

Leave Bloom Alone, Question the Olympics

The Olympics used to matter for who won. Now, it seems, more than ever, they matter for who didn't. Yesterday, Jeremy Bloom failed in his attempt to win a gold medal. Most people by now know Bloom's story. He of the preternatural speed and ability on the football field, and easily the best mogul's skier in the world today. Two years [read more...]

10 Things We Learned About the NFL This Season

Just like that, another NFL season has come and gone. Sorry, the Pro Bowl doesn't count since yours truly is currently an alternate at safety in the NFC right now. The excruciating dead period between the end of football and the beginning of baseball is upon us, and since I'll never make it to April writing nothing but Winter Olympics and [read more...]

So You Busted a Gambling Ring … So What

Last year, I sat in a conference room at the Hotel Monaco in downtown Chicago and listened to a former FBI agent tell a story of how his guys broke up a big gambling ring. It was interesting, a little peek into the fed scene. And I was imagining the grey older man standing there in his bow tie as [read more...]

Open Letter to Seattle: Responding to the NFL Referee Issue

Milton Friedman, who is essentially the father of modern economics, is - naturally - a proponent of free markets. And in this modern age of government reliance, he often finds himself straddling a line between supporting a pure free market approach, or ceding some to the populace, and acknowledging that an ounce of governmental oversight might be helpful. So what does [read more...]

Seattle Should Play Poker, and Forget a Bad Beat

If you own a television set, and inhabit the United States, it's likely you've seen Greg Raymer about as much as you've seen Oprah. I certainly have, as I find that watching long hours of poker on TV is remarkably beneficial for my social life. Not only is the time I spend useful in separating me from society during worthless social [read more...]

Super Bowl Refs Steal Seahawks Show

For those who wish to believe the outcry regarding the complete trashing the referees handed Seattle yesterday is overdone - already crying foul are Michael Wilbon, Skip Bayless, Jason Whitlock, Michael Smith, and many others (check out Slate.com) - consider the immensity of the response had this happened to Pittsburgh. Well, you don't have to. We already saw it. And that's [read more...]

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