Mark McGwire: A Peek Behind the Veil of Former Slugger’s “Admission” of PED Guilt

A not-quite tearful Mark McGwire during his interview with Bob Costas. So Mark McGwire is trying to throw ca-ca in the game. He didn’t use steroids to get stronger or hit more home runs, he, like Andy Pettitte used them the drug “only” to heal. But he, as did Pettitte, used HGH, too. Now, ESPN’s John Kruk reamed McGwire, saying the slugger cheated [read more...]

Stephen A. Smith, Mike Greenberg, and the Daily Skip Bayless (they all fit together)

An appearance on MSNBC’s The ED Show, a commentary on CNN.com ———- and now an appearance alongside Michael Meyers, a long-marginalized and forgotten, dusty, shaggy-ass lawn jockey, and founder of the New York Civil Rights Coalition (an oxymoron if there ever was one) on Fox News with Sean Hannity. While Meyers sprayed into the air right-wing odes to idiocy – “da libero [read more...]

On Rush Limbaugh, Stephen A. Smith and Scoop Jackson: There’s a Very Thin Line Between Being Respected and Being Blacklisted

A few days ago I wrote critically about a conversation between Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on their radio-television simulcast, the Mike and Mike in the Morning show. The conversation dealt with NFL players who spoke out about the potential of Rush Limbaugh’s inclusion in a group of investors led by Dave Checketts who have the collective goal to purchase [read more...]

Reactions to the Michael Vick Signing: There Is a Sickness Afoot in America

If you think Michael Vick divided Atlanta, wait until you see Philadelphia and the rest of the country, Friday morning. Vick was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday to a two-year contract. The quarterback will earn $1.6 million this season with a team option for the second year. If the Eagles pick up his contract it will be worth $5.2 [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...]

White Athletes, White Athletes, White Athletes ——- Yeah!

On Valentine’s Day the news hit: Olympic Champ Michael Phelps Gets Busted with Bong. Phelps was at a University of South Carolina party  and was getting wasted. Someone caught him on their camera phone and, blink! Photos of the world record-holding swimmer were all over everywhere from the Internet to CNN and  MSNBC. Sponsors talked like they were going to [read more...]

ESPN, NFL, and the Where the Road Ends (plus, THE Michael Vick File)

“I think the commissioner, all things considered, probably made the best decision that was realistically at his disposal to make,” said Mike Greenberg about Roger the Blond Ghost Goodell’s decision to rein-suspend-ate Michael Vick to end Tuesday’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show.  This, after many conversations with mainstream sports journalists about Vick that ended yesterday, I thought that, perhaps, I needed to reassess [read more...]

What I Missed While I Was Gone…

Okay, I’ve been away fro nearly one month. In that time, much has happened in the world and the world of sports. In my first post back on the grind I decided to chronicle some of the events I missed: Terence Moore wrote his final column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (I know that was April 27, but what the hell, I [read more...]

SOMM on the Political Tip: Steelers Harrison to Skip White House Visit; The Well-Connected Hill Family

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison says he’ll skip his team’s Thursday visit to the White House. Harrison also skipped the Steelers 2006 post-Super Bowl XLIII win White House visit. Is it politics that keeps Harrison from the traditional visit? Could it be possible that Harrison is so enlightened that he sees Republicans and Democrats as one in the same? Ummmmm, no: “This is [read more...]

Former NFL Head Coaches to Lead UFL Teams this Fall

Former NFL coaches, Jim Fassel, Ted Cotrell, Jim  Haslett, Dennis Green have been named as the head coaches for the initial season of the in the United Football League. The teams will play Thursday and Friday nights during the NFL season with a championship game to be played during Thanksgiving weekend. How the sports media reacts to the UFL will be [read more...]

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