Notes: ESPN’s and the Press’ Silence Following Greenberg’s “Martin Luther Coon King” Statement Can Now Be Understood (and more)

Danica Patrick's #7 car after her crash in Las Vegas. First up a couple of more acrcane sporting mentions… The Danica Patrick-NASCAR experiment is over for the next four months. After three NASCAR Nationwide Series races, Ms. Patrick is headed back to Indy cars for the next four months. How did she do in her first foray into the 21st century version [read more...]

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...]

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...]

Michael Vick and the Effects of the Game “Those People” Run

Michael Vick stands before the press. On August 7, Michael Vick was videotaped for 23 seconds in a parking lot in Bristow, Virginia hanging with rapper, Young Jeezy. As soon as you could say “Uh oh”, Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports popped up  a link to the video on his Twitter page.  And as soon as you could say, “The Blond Ghost” Mike [read more...]

The Top 50 Head Coaches Continued: The Greatest Hockey Bench Jockeys (and all the coaches, so far)

 Last but least - just kidding - hockey bench jockeys. Who are the best of the best of the men pacing incessantly in that tiny area behind those sweaty Canadians, Euro-dudes, Northeastern and Minnesotan Ameros with big curved sticks in their mitted-up hands, sitting awaiting their turn to once again hit the ice and do the bidding of the pacing [read more...]

The Top 50 Head Coaches Continued: Major League Baseball Managers

It is time to move one step closer to finishing the revised list of the Sporting News Top 50 head coaches. Today we look at MLB managers. Tomorrow I’ll deal with NHL coaches and Monday I will reveal the revised list. Here is TSN’s list: 1. John Wooden, college basketball 2. Vince Lombardi, NFL  3. Bear Bryant, college football  4. Phil Jackson, NBA  5. Don Shula, [read more...]

Why Michael Vick May Never Be Truly Free: Addendum: Vick Reinstaspended - DeMaurice Smith on the Jim Rome Show

Ben Roethlisberger can have a past that looks like this and still be perceived as a true leader. They will never learn. ESPN per Vince Doria appears to be sticking to the lies they told the press regarding their failure to report in a timely fashion  Andrea McNulty’s allegations against Ben Roethlisber. Here is how Doria explained his thinking to Richard Sandomir [read more...]

NBA Offseason is in Season: Cleveland Cavaliers

One question has been missing from the Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland trade ———— why? O’Neal, who becomes a free agent after the 2009-2010 season will make $20 million this season. And with the 2010-2011 the salary cap season every NBA team has waited for, why not keep O’Neal for one more year, unload him and his $20 million which, by [read more...]

NBA Offseason is in Season: Cleveland Cavaliers

One question has been missing from the Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland trade ———— why? O’Neal, who becomes a free agent after the 2009-2010 season will make $20 million this season. And with the 2010-2011 the salary cap season every NBA team has waited for, why not keep O’Neal for one more year, unload him and his $20 million which, by [read more...]

Misrepresenting Serena: Jason Whitlock at His Worst

If I was one of those English Euro cats who was one of the old guard, powers that be, overseers, master of all he surveys, I would say something like this… “Tsk tsk, Jason Whitlock. What aaaarrre we go-ing to do with you. You have once again chosen to take one our shining beacons of the sports and entertainment world - [read more...]

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