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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Michael Jordan’s HOF Induction Speech: When Demons Rule

Michael Jordan, UNC Naismith award winner. For a little more than 20 minutes at the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Michael Jordan gave us the opportunity to peek into his soul. After years and years of media folks begging Jordan to be more than a brand, to show them something from inside him, he did. Now, after this induction speech, many [read more...]

Brett Fav-ray is a Bad, Bad Man

Vikings head coach Brad Childress plays chauffeur for Brett Favre. Brett Favre, my main man! The freshly-signed Minnesota Vikings quarterback is back in action in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and will twice face his former team of 16 years, the Green Bay Packers. But that is not the distinguishing element of Hattiesburg, Mississippi’s finest relic’s latest James Brown-like return to the [read more...]

How the OJ Mayo Affair Got Out of Hand

If only they could run fast, jump high, and dunk hard, Tar Heels and college hoops as a whole would still look like the 1924 UNC hoops squad. USC Trojans basketball coach Tim Floyd appears to be in a heap of trouble. According to Marlen Garcia of USA Today, Floyd directly paid $1,000 in February 2007 to Ronald Guillory, the man [read more...]

NCAA Hoops: Packaging Self-Hate through “Package Deals”

I was writing something  long and winding but needed to take a break because of an Outside the Lines (OTL) piece I watched Sunday morning… ———————————- Sunday OTL and its impressario, Bob Ley, gave us a report about an NCAA basketball practice called, “package deals.” A package deal is one where a high school - or younger - recruit is further wooed [read more...]

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