Mayweather, Mayweather, Sr. and De La Hoya Resort to the PED Blame Game with Pacquiao – and Blow a March 13 Fight Date

Want some? Get some. So, it’s done. There will be no March 13 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. For Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya it came to using low-brow tactics to get under Pacquiao and an attempt to smear the Pac-Man in the press using the 21st century sports bogeyman: the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. The misdeeds and foolish [read more...]

NFL Week 11: Patriots Revenge, the Oakland Fly Trap Eats Again, and More…

Jay Cutler contemplates the latest way he found to lose a game for the Chicago Bears. Oakland (3-7) 20, Cincinnati (7-3) 17. Sunday showed the Bengals immaturity. After jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead, too many Bengals players took the reset of the game off thinking the Raiders would pack it in; some appeared mot to show up at all [read more...]

A Sunday Night Heist in Indianapolis

The end of the play in question. “And the Peyton’s stayed perfect!” That was an ESPN Sportscenter anchor’s attempt at facetiousness. The sad part is, the anchor is right on point with his assessment of the Indianapolis Colts, their place, and their their perception within in the National Football League. And, of course the officiating crews do their part in keeping [read more...]

NFL Week 8 – Parity NFL Style: 7 Good Teams, 7 Bad Teams, 18 about.500; Replay Officials Keep Iowa In BCS Hunt

Indiana head coach Bill Lynch disputes a bad spot in the Hoosiers game against Iowa. First, kudos to ESPN for their Sunday Outside the Lines segment on Tom Cable. The Oakland Raiders head coach has an obvious history of abuse, toward women and now his assistant coach, Randy Hansen, who claims Cable broke his jaw. —————————— Next up, boo to ESPN for [read more...]

The Weekend Is Here: NCAA, NFL Picks

Hey folks, I’m busy today trying to get three stories together and get two out for Monday. Each requires a bit if research while one also requires an important phone call that might further substantiate some recent blockbuster news. So, instead of forcing a commentary that isn’t really formed, I’m going to make some game picks for some of Saturday’s [read more...]

NFL Week 7: How Many Blowouts?… The Cream Begins to Rise

This was quite the week in the NFL. Then again, every week in the league is an adventure, complete with brilliant comebacks, inexplicable collapses, and games that come down the the final drive. This week was no different. Down and Dirty in the Meadowlands Arizona (4-2) 24, New York Giants (5-2) 17. The way Chris Collinsworth told the viewing audience Carlos Dansby [read more...]

Notes on the Weekend: Big-Time NCAA Rivalries; “Riggo” Goes Off; N.Y. vs. N.O. in the NFL

All the reports around the country mentioned Hall of Fame running back and former Washington Redskins great, John Riggins, You Tube video crushing of JIm Zorn. “Riggo,” as he was called, said Zorn better served coaching high school players, like Riggins’ son. However, what was missed is in the reports is that Riggins spent the first half of his video crushing [read more...]

Mel Kiper’s Black and White Moment

I have written about ESPN and racism from the outset of Sports On My Mind; so much that, after awhile it gets tedious, even for me; I know it must be tough on readers. However, I am constantly searching for examples that will elucidate my understanding of the WWL’s racist verbiage as it pertains to Black athletes and Black people. Hopefully, [read more...]

The Top 50 Head Coaches Continued: NBA and NCAA Football Coaches

So far in our top 50 head coaches we have the following hallowed team leaders: From NCAA Hoops: 1. John Wooden. 2. Pat Summit. 3. Geno Auriemma. 4. John McLendon. 5. Bob Knight. 6. Mike Krzyzewski. 7. John Thompson. 8. Jim Calhoun. 9. Dean Smith. From the NFL: 1. Paul Brown. 2. Bill Walsh. 3. Vince Lombardi. 4. George Halas. 5. Sid Gillman. [read more...]

The Sporting News Top 50 Coaches: Beginning a Revised Top 50

I‘m going to take a little break from the craziness of Plax, Mike Vick, Daniel Hood, and more. On ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show Thursday morning, Mike Greenberg nd Mike Golic are discussing the coaches listed on the Sporting News Top 50 head coaches. I’ll give up the list and then begin dissecting the coaches, sports by [read more...]

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