March Madness: Low Seeds Soar; Villanova-Robert Morris, Texas-Wake Forest Officiating Travesties

First, some Thursday tidbits: -A #14 (Ohio) and #13 (Murray State) seed won for the first time ever on the same day. -A record seven lower seeds won on the same day. -Eight of the 10 mid-major conference teams in the tournament won on day one. -Eight of the 16 Thursday games were decided by three or fewer points. -There were three overtime games [read more...]

Chad O. Goes Off on ESPN – I Mean OFF!

Cincinnati Bengals wideout Chad Ocho Cinco is going the NFL player version of “Nat Turner” on ESPN in retaliation for negative comments made about him, his comments about wanting Terrell Owens to join the Bengals, and about Owens. ESPN radio show host Colin Cowherd talked about how 70% of NBA and NFL players go broke within five years of their [read more...]

Chad O. Goes Off on ESPN – I Mean OFF!

Cincinnati Bengals wideout Chad Ocho Cinco is going the NFL player version of “Nat Turner” on ESPN in retaliation for negative comments made about him, his comments about wanting Terrell Owens to join the Bengals, and about Owens. ESPN radio show host Colin Cowherd talked about how 70% of NBA and NFL players go broke within five years of their [read more...]

A Look At the Big Dance’s Best First Round Matchups

The Big 12 champs Kansas Jayhawks are the overall #1 seed. Finally, March Madness officially begins. It’s time to fill out your brackets and hope to win whatever pool or pools you’re entering. What I’m going to do right now is pick out the most intriguing first round matchups in each region. First though, a complaint. How did West Virginia, who [read more...]

A Look At the Big Dance’s Best First Round Matchups

The Big 12 champs Kansas Jayhawks are the overall #1 seed. Finally, March Madness officially begins. It’s time to fill out your brackets and hope to win whatever pool or pools you’re entering. What I’m going to do right now is pick out the most intriguing first round matchups in each region. MIDWEST REGION Overall number one seed Kansas resides in the Midwest [read more...]

Ben Roethlisberger: And Then There’s This…

Ben in his environment: in a basement and drunk, surrounded by co-eds who may give him what he wants. Well, well, well, isn’t this something. Finally someone in the press speaks the reality of Ben Roethlisberger. My suspicions, if this is true (and I have no reson to believe it is not), have now been confirmed. The following is the blog [read more...]

Ben Roethlisberger: Why What Really Happened in Milledgeville Might Never Be Known

While some websites are “claiming” Ben Roethlisberger talked to police about having sexual contact with the 20-year old college student, there is another, much more important matter at hand which was revealed in the investigation. And it might be the reason there is so much confusion surrounding the events of the evening in question. It turns out that two off-duty policemen attended [read more...]

If Ben Roethlisberger or Carl Edwards Looked Like Brittney Griner…

Brittany Griner grabs a rebound over Jordan Barncastle. Earlier his season I openly wondered two things about NCAA basketball: 1) Why the game officials were allowing so much physical play to occur and 2) Musing that, because of the referees refusal to put an end to the constant banging and bumping, it was a miracle there were no major fights in [read more...]

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...]

Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

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