The US Open starts tomorrow and as is always the case for golf majors, Tiger is the biggest story. This time though, instead of speculating about how many shots Tiger will win by, everyone is gleefully writing stories about how Tiger isn’t the favorite. The consensus is that there are at least four other golfers…

Back when the Lakers knocked out the Spurs, I wrote about how I had wanted the Spurs to win. I wanted them to win to show the world that a team was more than just a collection of talented players. I wanted to write about how much better it would be for sports if the…

You may have read the Quick Link I put up a few days ago about the shady recruiter recently hired by Kansas. If not, you can read the story here. Since that story was published, local media have picked up on it and asked Bill Self about it. Bill Self’s reply? “We did not hire…

In case you slept a bit in grade school history like I did, you probably know that England and France have a long rivalry. Goes back to at least 1066 when the Brits lost a tough home match. Well, the two old enemies met again yesterday on a soccer field in Lisbon, Portugal as part…

When Bob Huggins was arrested for drunk driving the other night, I wasn’t really surprised. Controversy seems to follow him around, so an arrest seemed inevitable. I’ve never hid my disdain for the man. Bob Huggins brings in all sorts of thugs and misfits to play basketball at Cincinnati, and when they are there, he…

The other day, when word came out that Ohio State had abruptly fired head basketball coach Jim O’Brien, I said that there was more to the story than what had come out so far. The word at the time was that O’Brien had given some money to a desperate recruit, but that the recruit had…

North Carolina football coach John Bunting says that this year’s defense will be better than last year’s. Ya think? I would hope so, because they really couldn’t get much worse. They were one of the worst squads in the nation last year, giving up 500 yards and 38 points per game. To help improve things,…

Ken Pomeroy has an interesting article up about the experimental rules the NCAA is allowing next year in exempt games. The two rules he focuses on are the wider lane and farther three-point line. The rules are intended to free up the lane, allowing for a smoother-flowing offense. Ken’s excellent research shows that this hasn’t…

With the NBA Finals finally getting started this weekend, I’ll share some random NBA thoughts rattling around in my roomy noggin. Reggisaurus Why on earth did Reggie Miller play so many minutes for the Indiana Pacers? He did absolutely nothing for them. Well, unless you consider letting the other team’s best offensive player light him…

The AP posted a pretty interesting article yesterday about the SEC’s new initiatives to clean up their conference (thanks to the Duke Basketball Report for finding this). The article is based largely on an interview with South Carolina basketball coach Dave Odom. Of course, Odom used to coach in the ACC at Wake Forest, so…