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...]

Ben Roethlisberger Named in Sexual Assault Charge

Ben Roethlisberger has, in fact been named as the person involved in a sexual assault. ESPN acts as if no determinations have been made surrounding the charge. ESPN resident lawyer, Roger Cossack said: “We don’t know much… Their gonna talk to witnesses who were around. They’re gonna talk to witnesses who may have been at the scene wh are gonna have something [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...]

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...]

Interview on Dave Zirin’s Edge of Sports Radio

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The Tiger Woods Press Conference – and, Of the Sports Godhead Network and Tiger Woods (of ESPN and public and not-so public lynchings)

Ever wonder what his young mind was really thinking about being thrust into the public's eye at age, before anyone will even listen to him? Update: Tiger Woods press conference… he apparently asked the attendees to come to the conference because he considered them friends – including those from Golf Writers of America. Do they feel like assholes now? Probably not. And [read more...]

Of the Sports Godhead Network and Tiger Woods (of ESPN and public and not-so public lynchings)

Ever wonder what his young mind was really thinking about being thrust into the public's eye at age, before anyone will even listen to him? Thursday afternoon, Steve Bunin hosting Outside the Lines, asked this question about Tiger Woods’ pending Friday at 11 A.M. press conference: And isn’t opening himself up to a roomful of reporters and taking their questions for an [read more...]

Short Notes: Tiger (with more info), MLB, Olympics, 2 New NBA Trades (more to come)

Lindsey Vonn after her Gold Medal run in the Women's Downhill. Tiger Woods is holding a press conference Friday at 11 A.M.: “While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of other people who were close to him,” Mark Steinberg said in an [read more...]

Coonin’, on a Sunday Afternoon

Yes they do... both Black and White. Paul Mooney said it best in “Why We Laugh: Black comedians on Black comedy”: “They know what they’re doing… It takes practice to coon.” And the practice of cooning occurs across the board in America. Politicians coon -just ask Michael “You aren’t going to blow my high, baby” Steele. Entertainers coon – ask way too many [read more...]

Black Athlete Dong Watching: A National Socio-Sport-Politic Phenomenon

At Deadspin and the HuffPo, they loves them some... I was three teams from finishing my NBA All-Star break Power Rankings when I decided to save the draft of my work to that point. Poof! Everything I’d written this morning from 5:45-9:45 was gone. I’m stuck a few completed team overviews with one sentence of a Milwaukee Bucks synopsis, which should [read more...]

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