August 7, 2008
It’s rare for a situation to embrace as many losing scenarios as this one. Favre-gate – which ended Wednesday night when the NFL’s Green Bay Packers shipped embattled superstar Brett Favre to the New York Jets – is a win-lose-lose-lose-lose-lose-lose (count them … six) development.
For those that missed the origins of perhaps the greatest American soap opera plot since Bobby Ewing turned up alive on Dallas, read this.
As for those six big losers: Read More
July 23, 2008
Remember the old joke? “Hey, I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.” Well, add another fight to the undercard, because the WNBA wants a piece of the action. In case you missed it, the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and Detroit Shock wowed fans and sportscasters alike with the league’s first-ever brawl Tuesday night. Read More
February 20, 2008
For good reason, the National Collegiate Athletic Association opposes unfair recruiting. Contact with a potential student-athlete is forbidden except certain times of the year, by certain university representatives. But – as with all legislative practices – bureaucracy often defeats common sense. Read More