Yesterday I wrote about the NBA draft decisions of Brandan Wright, Sean Singletary and Thaddeus Young. Well, I guess I should have waited a day because as I was typing that up, Javaris Crittenton and James Mays were announcing that they too wanted in on the party. Like Young and Singletary, Mays and Crittenton say…
‘Tis the season. The season when young basketball stars get to decide if they want to go for the gold or stay for a shot at the golden ring. Truthfully, I think most probably aren’t really thinking about the ring. If they stay, the college life and a possible good team probably are factors, but…
Have you ever wondered why Florida, south Florida in particular, churns out so many fantastic, blazingly fast football players? ESPN the Magazine thinks they know why. Now, I don’t normally seek out ESPN Mag articles, because they tend to be the sports equivalent of People magazine or maybe USA Today, but this one was pretty…
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few days about Virginia Tech’s response in the early hours of Tuesday’s tragedy. Did they take the matter seriously enough? Did they respond quickly and effectively enough? Did they really have the best interest of their students, faculty and staff in mind? Those issues can…
Sports still seem incredibly unimportant today, but this video is still worth posting. Normally, there’s absolutely no good reason to watch a regular season MLB game, but this isn’t normal. I don’t think. A fan tries and fails to catch a foul ball, while simultaneously spilling his and his buddy’s beer all over the place.…
You probably saw it in the news yesterday, legendary Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson passed away at the age of 88. Robinson is famous for being a great football coach and great leader of young men, particularly the predominantly poor, southern black men who played for them. The Sports Frog posted a story by Bob…
As soon as a season ends, the first thing most fans do is wonder about the next season. Will my team be better or worse? Is anyone going to leave early? What will I do without Jason Cain’s mustache? Thankfully, some of the answers to those questions have been answered by ACC guru Dave Glenn.…
I’m going to be on Grant Thompson’s Internet Radio show again today at 2:35. In previous appearances, I talked about the ACC and it was going to do/was doing in the NCAA Tournament. Well, now that that’s all over and Florida repeated, the inevitable question comes up – where does this team rank among the…
One game left in the 2007 season. Sigh. I always hate to see the season end. It just means months and months of tedious baseball coverage. Oh well. At least it’s a good matchup. You could definitely make a case that we have a game tonight featuring the two best teams in the country. I…
Everybody loves an enemy. You can’t have an “us” without a “them.” There’s no greater uniter than a common adversary. And boy do people love to hate Duke. It’s pretty fascinating really, to see just how far this national obsession with the Blue Devils has gone. There have been a lot of hated teams in…