Lately I’ve noticed a lot of bothersome issues in all things sports. Let’s take a look at the issues and decide ‘What’s Cool’ and ‘What’s Not’. What’s Cool? Twitter What’s Not? Tweeting while on the bench If it can’t wait until after the game, toss your phone to the towel boy and let him do it. More than likely, he has already tweeted about how close he is to you. I mean honestly, if there [...]

2010 was the year of Brett. Penis jokes, interceptions, jeans and penis jokes. What was your favorite?

‘Twas the night before his hearing, when appeared a creepy mouse So hide ya kids and hide ya wifes, Lawrence Taylor is out of the court house. The Patriots handled the Jets with a motherly care, In hopes that Tom Brady will soon cut his hair. The Texans all wept when they found out Matt Schaub was dead, But then he arose when Dan Orlovsky couldn’t find a helmet for his head. Jayson Werth’s contract [...]

More is not always better.  Repeat that with me.  More is Not Always Better.  There, I capitalized the words to make it easier for you. Sometimes, we forget this in sports.  Or, more appropriately, the folks that run our favorite sports leagues forget this.  Where should I start?  How about college football bowls.  How many bowl games are there now?  Do we really need all of these?  Sure, we sometimes end up with interesting games [...]

Really, so called National Football League “professionals”? Richard Seymour (DE-Raiders), Steve Johnson (WR-Bills), Le’ron McClain (RB-Ravens), and Brandon Marshall (WR-Dolphins) all reserve the right to be called professional athletes, but apparently they also reserve the right to lower the “professional” standard. Quick look at what happens when other sports have practiced lowering the standard: Following a Ben Roethlisberger 22-yard TD pass, Seymour sought it necessary to cold-cock Roethlisberger in the face. After the game, Seymour [...]

Is it a Nelson Mandela movie? Is it a rugby movie? No. It’s a human movie. The only things Clint Eastwood’s latest has in common with his other recent movies (Gran Torino, Changeling, Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of Our Fathers,Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River) is quality. The movie, based on the novel Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin, paints a portrait of the cultural upheaval in South Africa in [...]

Brash, brazen, and bold.  These words describe the the University of Miami Hurricane football team in the 1980s and early 90′s.  They might very well also describe Billy Corben’s documentary about that team, called The U.  Possibly the most anticipated film in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series so far, The U gives a look at the Hurricane dynasty through game highlights and former player interviews.  It was a fantastic romp through the evolution of Miami [...]