Want to see the poster-boy for asinine, mindless thug behavior? Look no further than this Candadian fool whose team lost game 7 of the Stanley Cup at home in Vancouver. Matt Gurney, a member of the editorial board for The National Post chain of newspapers, says the entire nation was embarrassed by the riots…
Category: Sports
Football as a Metaphor Starring the N.Y. Jets
The irony of this week’s AFC championship game is not lost on any football fan: Had the Indianapolis Colts had the moral fiber to give a decent effort in week 15 of the NFL season, the New York Jets would be watching this week’s big game at home instead of playing in it against the…
Michael Vick to Soar with the Eagles
After serving 18 months in a federal prison, Michael Vick will be suiting up for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles in less than two months. Presumedly Vick will be acting as Donovan McNabb’s back up for the short term. But that casting won’t last long. Vick is too talented to play second-fiddle to the aging and…
3 Cheers for NBC
I rarely watch network televisions programs (with the notable exception of Mad Men, which is aired on AMC and so not exactly in the mainstream), so I couldn’t say one way or another whether NBC airs quality programs or not during regular prime time. But the network deserves a round of applause for editing gold…
Olympic Effort
I love the Olympics! I can’t wait for it to come again – summer or winter, I love em both. To me, the Olympic games epitomize what’s great about the American ideal: sacrifice, competition, commitment, reward. These athletes put more time in training that we do in our 9-5’s, living on a dream to become…
Sports Reality for Girls
Michael Sokolove has a great article at the NY Times Magazine about sports injuries and the seldom-discussed fact that teenage girls are much, much more likely to both sustain major knee and head injuries than boys of the same age. Despite the unfortunate title of "Uneven Playing Field", this article is highly recommended reading for…
TAMU vs. UCLA
Not to be a sore loser – which I am, in truth – but there was way too much "home cooking" being dished out in the last few minutes of this 2nd round NCAA game, including the last play of the game on which no foul was called. Nope, nothing to see here. Donald Sloan…
Football, Sport of Chumpions?
Is it just me or is football – the American variety, I should clarify, lest Europe be swept by another plague of soccer hooliganism because of this blog – the employer of a disproportionately large number of socially maladjusted freaks who either don’t know right from wrong or simply don’t care to acknowledge the norms…
The Great Divide
With thanks to Eric Gunnerson, I want take a break today to talk about something real and good and worthy, unlike so much in the media and the world at the moment and, in all likelihood, in all moments. The subject is the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race, as documented by one of the riders….
Rush was Wrong?
No, not really, not about the NFL’s version of Affirmative Action. But wrong or not, he’s gone, forced out of his position on ESPN as a result of stating the obvious: the NFL wants to have more blacks at the top of its marquee. How dare I? Anyone who reads the sports page knows that…