If Ben Roethlisberger or Carl Edwards Looked Like Brittney Griner…

Brittany Griner grabs a rebound over Jordan Barncastle. Earlier his season I openly wondered two things about NCAA basketball: 1) Why the game officials were allowing so much physical play to occur and 2) Musing that, because of the referees refusal to put an end to the constant banging and bumping, it was a miracle there were no major fights in [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...]

Donate to SOMM….

I‘m searching down some people to interview about PEDs – again. Yesterday’s comments got me thinking that it was time to try another round of , “will you talk on the record?” So, today, I am focusing on physicians, calling them, e-mailing, etc. I have one doctor who is actually thinking about allowing me to use his name – we’ll [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...]

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...]

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...]

Warren Sapp Pulled from NFL Network Super Bowl Coverage

Former Tanpa Bay Bucs great and NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp was pulled from the league’s flagship television station after he was charged by Miami police with domestic battery: The Miami Police Department arrested Sapp for an alleged physical altercation with a female acquaintance at around 6 a.m. Saturday at the Shore Club Hotel. Sapp will attend the preliminary hearing on one [read more...]

Super Bowl XLIV Week Notes: Ryan Fined; XLIV Crew Chief Named; Pereira Done as VP of Officials

Woody Johnson must be reading SOMM. The New York Jets owner fined head coach Rex Ryan $50,000 for making an obscene gesture toward Miami Dolphins fans during a mixed martial arts event in Sunrise, Florida. Johnson’s fine might circumvent any penalty NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was thinking of handing down to Ryan. However, as Goodell has made athletes “examples” and [read more...]

Tim Tebow’s Divine Mission to Quarterback an NFL Team – and the World

Tim Tebow is on a mission. Just not the type of mission you might think. After “des” posted the link to the Tim Tebow-Slate articles on my Timmy T. short note I read those articles and was shaken. Tebow is not a pawn and firmly believes he is a divine driven-by-god Superman who is convinced the message he grew up with, [read more...]

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