March Madness, Madness: The Refs Help Michigan State Advance over NMSU

Ten minutes after I wrote my Friday article about the officiating bias – aka, game-fixing- in the Villanova-Robert Moriss and Wake Forest-Texas games, the producers of Mike and Mike in the Morning decided to devote two full segments of the radio-television simulcast – separated by commercials – to a #8 vs. #9 Thursday game. That game was Wake-Texas. Oddly, Doug Gottlieb, who [read more...]

The Proof: What Who Dat Nation and Greenie Tell Us

There is now proof that Black people in America have, largely given up the ghost of seeking to become equals with White Americans. The proof lies in the election of a mixed race President who Blacks allow a White press and White populace to define. The proof lies in the savage racial and racist politics that burst to the surface like [read more...]

Tiger Woods Reported to Be In Treatment for Sex Addiction

Tiger Woods is reportedly seeking treatment for sex addiction. While the vast majority of the mainstream and Internet press looked for clues like crack addicts searching for coke pebbles on the floor, I sought to contextualize Tiger Woods. In that article a wrote that Woods needed to take time to figure out his problems and then seek help for his problems: And [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...]

Explaining Eldrick Woods; Explaining Tiger Woods

Yikes! To whomever continues to confuse Tiger woods’ acts of infidelity with his treatment in the media… From the end statements of my previous Tiger Woods commentary I hope it is apparent that I do not condone Tiger Woods’ actions. Because I have written here for over three years and what was written elsewhere is archived here – and have a very [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...]

Whitlock’s Apology; Football Motivation, 21st Century-Style; Paying for Content Is Here

And so Jason Whitlock caved. Though he’ll never admit it – he certainly attempted to put on a brave face in his latest Fox Sports offering – he folded like pretty Christmas wrapping paper around a gift. The only problem is, he packaged himself: Let me first apologize to Rush Limbaugh. Last week in explaining why NFL commissioner Roger Goodell needed to put [read more...]

ALCS, Yankees-Angels: C.C. Gets Grilled; What Exactly Happened with the Umpiring?

There is much to discuss about last night’s the ALCS playoff game between the California, Los Angeles, Orange County – whatever the hell they are – Angels and the New York Yankees. I wanted to do it quickly, unlike ALCS umpire Tim McClelland’s attempted explanation of how he blew calls that helped the Yankees blow Angels, but ESPN radio-television personality (and, [read more...]

The Danger of Rush Limbaugh, Silence, and Understatement

Now that it’s safe for ESPN to discuss Rush Limbaugh at length, we know Dave Checketts has dropped Limbaugh from his investment group seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams. The fear here is that the players who spoke out against Limbaugh and NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith will cease being vigilant in ensuring that people who would be detrimental to the [read more...]

The Daily Skip Bayless: A T.O.-Induced Doozy

The daily Black foils for Skip Bayless Monday morning were the “Two Live Stews,” Doug and Ryan Stewart. The subjet matter: Terrell Owen’s press conference after Sunday’s Buffalo Bills 27-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints. The press in attendance after the Bills’ loss to the Saints was not satisfied with Owens’ failure to supply them with fodder for their game [read more...]

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