Tiger Woods, the Aftermath

The 12-step program for Co-Dependents of Sexual Addicts reads: 1. We admitted we were powerless over compulsive sexual behavior — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. 4. Made [read more...]

Jemele Hill, Tim Tebow, and Church: Apocalypse Anyone?

James Dobson, speaking during a "Yes on 8" prayer event held in San Diego in 2008. The ballot initiative banned same-sex marriage in California. For various reasons I generally steer clear of ESPN.com. However, I was sent an e-mail asking me to read Jemele Hill’s latest column. Her subject? Tim Tebow. The headline? “Laud the Courage in Tim Tebow’s Stand,” with [read more...]

With Pro-Life Commercial, Tim Tebow’s First Lesson as a Pro Might Be a Hard One

Tim Tebow and mother Pam on Senior Day at the University of Florida. During Super Bowl XLIV an ad featuring Tim Tebow is set to appear. It isn’t a Nike or an NFL ad. “It” is an anti-choice advertisement detailing alleged events of his mother’s pregnancy before she birthed the soon-to-be NFL draft pick. In the ad Tebow will tell of his [read more...]

Tiger Woods: Lessons Not Learned – Again

How mass media forms public opinion. Let’s get this straight first: Tiger Woods’ platelet-rich plasma treatement is not “controversial.” Anyone who says or implies it is can be perceived to be disingenuous. —————————— Despite the fact that only one woman’s alleged trysts with Woods has been substantiated, Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, is said to be seeking a divorce. Nordegrin was seen recently [read more...]

Sports Notes: Cuban-Steroids; Manny Gets Clean; Wilpon-Madoff; SOMM Sides with ESPN; Jeff Fisher-#18

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has seen the light – or at least voiced the fact that he has. Cuban returned to the University of Pittsburgh, which he attended, to participate in a forum about sports and let the audience know that he is pro-steroids when administered under the supervision of a doctor: “I’ll get killed for saying this,” Cuban replied, [read more...]

Steve McNair-Sahel Kazemi, Their Lives and Deaths - and What They Mean to Us

On vacation... Steve McNair was murdered by Sahel Kazemi while sleeping. Kazemi shot McNair in the head, twice in the chest, and again in the head; while he slept. Then Kazemi, 20, sat down next to the corpse of her just dead lover, and killed put a bullet through her own head. Apparently Kazemi was contemplating ending her life and mentioned this [read more...]

Steve McNair Murder Update

A Steve McNair death brief…. As I read the Tennessean article describing the events leading to the Saturday shooting of Steve McNair, I could see the writing on the wall. The pair was stopped Thursday night. Sahel Kazemi, who is driving, tells the police she is not drunk, but high. The police arrest her but allow McNair to take a taxi [read more...]

Sunday Morning Foolishness from Disney’s Sports Arm, ESPN (or, “The Big Subliminal”)

Outside the Lines impresario, Bob Ley, led us down the sordid path of – black – athletes penchant for engaging in unprotected sex and impregnating unsuspecting women who have no idea that the big, bad, black wolves are just that instead of the sheep they purport themselves to be.Ley’s panel consisted of former wolf Dennis Scott, Orlando Sentinel columnist Shannon [read more...]

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