Friday Sports Notes: Gregg Williams Gets His Cheap Shot and “Warrior” On While ESPN’s Mike Golic Defends the Saints D-Coordinator; Kudos to 1st-Time NBA All-Stars

Gregg Williams wants his "warriors" to take out Peyton Manning out of Super Bowl XLIV.. Thursday on the Nashville, Tennessee radio show, 104.5, The Zone’s “Three Hour Lunch,” New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams said on the air waves aloud what is normally kept in the confines of the NFL locker room: “If you kill the head, the body’ll die.” After these [read more...]

A Short Note on the Death of Air America (yeah, there’s a sports mention, too)

Al Franken represented well Air America's 21st century self-absorbed liberal viewpoint. Air America died. Upon hearing the news Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos asked sardonically, “Air America was still really on the air?” The same could easily apply to the Kos. A.A. died for the same reason the Daily Kos is irrelevant, and the same reason The Huffington Post and The [read more...]

*Breaking* Chicago Bears Defensive End Gaines Adams Dies

Chicago Bears defensive end, Gaines Adams, 26, died Sunday morning. The former Clemson star was the 4th draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007 and was traded to the Bears this season. Adams was taken to the Emergency Room at Self Regional in Greenwood, County Coroner James T. Coursey said. In 15 games, five games with Tampa Bay and 10 [read more...]

Lane Kiffin: There’s a Stench Emanating from Knoxville and It’s Not the Smell of Burning Mattresses

Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton can't understand why Lane Kiffin would leave the Vols - or so ESPN would have you believe. Why is everyone tripping about Lane Kiffin’s jump to USC? Over 1000 students at the University of Tennessee held candlelight vigils, burned mattresses and other sundry flammable items outside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Complex like it was a 1968 Vietnam-era campus protest [read more...]

D.C. Could Use a Little Local Understanding for Gilbert Arenas

Due to His incident with Javaris Crittenton, Gilbert Arenas has suddenly become a mystery. At 2:40 p.m. EST Friday Chad Dukes, co-host of an afternoon 106.7 The Fan radio show in Washington, D.C. told a story about getting pulled over by a policeman after he was out drinking with his girlfriend. Dukes admitted that if the policeman desired he could have [read more...]

Guns, Race, and Guns: Gilbert, Volunteers, and the Cost of Life in America

A Philadelphia fan holds up a sign for Gilbert Arenas. People in the United States – at least the U.S. – do not want to hear this. White people, Black people, people. But especially White and Black people. Black and White people. Even the juxtaposition – Black-White – is a contrivance, a sick trick of the mind. Racism exists today at its vile [read more...]

The Mike Leach Affair: Lessons in the Nature of Power

I bring you recognition and money and you bring me a pink slip... A wildfire has touched off in Lubbock, Texas. And the incendiary device is power. By now, football fans and most sports watchers know about Texas Tech wideout Adam James, his alleged concussion, and the firing of Mike Leach by Tech chancellor, Kent Hance, who just last year, resigned Leach [read more...]

Eric Mangini and His Madcap Jig to Save His —- Job

Eric Mangini looks to be on the outs in Cleveland. Esteemed SOMM commenter Miranda pointed this story out to me in an email and not only did I fail to respond to it, after reading the initial reports I didn’t think it was that big a deal…. until I found this: It’s possible that [former New York Giants GM, Ernie] Accorsi would [read more...]

Sports Media Note: Soon Everyone Must Pay for Content

Noting the headline, thank you for those who have recently contributed money to SOMM. With that said, the following represents the overwhelming sentiment of those in mainstream media: The message from some of the world’s leading news providers at the first Beijing international media summit was clear: It’s time to demand payment for online use of content. After free-falling profits and massive [read more...]

On Rush Limbaugh, Stephen A. Smith and Scoop Jackson: There’s a Very Thin Line Between Being Respected and Being Blacklisted

A few days ago I wrote critically about a conversation between Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on their radio-television simulcast, the Mike and Mike in the Morning show. The conversation dealt with NFL players who spoke out about the potential of Rush Limbaugh’s inclusion in a group of investors led by Dave Checketts who have the collective goal to purchase [read more...]

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