NCAA football signing day recap: The SEC and Ole Miss are big winners
What is considered by many, especially here in the south, to be one of the most important days of the year for sports took place yesterday. National Signing Day is the biggest day of the off season for College Football. It is filled with press conferences where young men announce their decision where they plan [...]
Maybe the worst single referee ruling you’ll ever see
When the replacement NFL referees handed a win out of thin air to the Seattle Seahawks over the Green Bay Packers a few months ago, I thought things couldn’t get any worse for college and pro zebras and their reputations. I was wrong. On fourth down and four yesterday during the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 33-28 victory over the [...]
‘Playing for Keeps’ is bad even for a rom-com
As fast as Silver Linings Playbook renewed my faith in the romantic comedy, Playing for Keeps has destroyed it. About as lazy a rom-com as you can have, Keeps makes a short movie seem excrutiatingly long. A star-studded cast does nothing to enhance the overall product, which contains precious few remarkable heartfelt or comedic moments [...]
Politics aside, there was never anything to debate with Strasburg
I found myself caught in one of those typical Washington “inside the beltway” arguments on Tuesday night. Anyone familiar with DC-speak will recognize it.“It starts at the top. These guys didn’t have a plan and now they found themselves caught in a tough situation,” says one of my companions.“No plan? Hardly. They’ve said since the [...]
Romney’s team just got dangerous
America’s gonna have to stand up and take notice now. Romney/Ryan has news for the beautiful people–their time has come. By the beautiful people, I am of course chiefly referring to chief jock Barack, and his Greek Council of mostly white, WASPY, ex-fraternity dudes. When Obama isn’t spending his time playing basketball or making NCAA bracket selections [...]
Dez Bryant and our voyeuristic rush to judgment
Dez Bryant is not without his faults. As a player he has been inconsistent, disappeared in big spots, and has developed a reputation for using bad judgment. He was suspended in college for failing to disclose to NCAA officials that he had practiced with Deion Sanders when questioned about it. His reputation for enjoying the Dallas [...]
It’s time to rip on Miami as a sports town
I was watching the Nationals/Marlins game Friday night and I was amazed by the lack of attendance at Marlins Park. The stadium seemed at least half empty, which I thought was fairly strange for the first game back after the break, especially for a brand new ball park in its inaugural season on a Friday [...]