Loading ...The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a 6-year, $100M ($40M guaranteed) deal with Michael Vick. Am I the only person who thinks the Eagles have lost their minds? Off the field, according to many published accounts, Vick has changed. Call me a skeptic, but I think we all need to wait 10-15 years before we give the benefit [...]
It’s the last Monday in August, which means summer is coming to an end. Recently, thanks to Facebook, I’ve been reminiscing about the summers of my youth, spending eight weeks across June, July and August each year on the shores of Lake Pontoosuc at Camp Wahconah (for girls) – Potomac (for boys) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. [...]
When we hear about a 17-year-old getting a $9.9M contract to play baseball, we start paying attention to every detail of this kid’s life. How he handles himself on the field and off the field are scrutinized to the point of insanity. Sadly, most of us are looking to find fault with him, to justify [...]
Just a few moments ago, roughly 1115am PT, on Tuesday, August 23rd, I was shocked to read the news that legendary Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt has been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Of course, it’s always awful to hear about something like this, but this time it’s more personal. For those that have [...]
It’s a great time of year for fans of kids playing baseball, with the Little League World Series taking place in South Williamsport, PA. Of course, just because it’s kids participating doesn’t mean adults aren’t doing their best to commercialize and montetize what should be just fun and games. The latest disgusting display comes with the announcement [...]
The NFL is practicing and playing preseason games. That’s good! The NFL is still acting holier-than-thou when it comes to player eligibility. That’s bad! On Thursday morning, the news came down Terrelle Pryor is eligible for the supplemental draft, but won’t be able to practice with his team or play in a game until Week 6. [...]
It’s tough to be a New York sports fan living in Los Angeles. Unless I want to shell out big bucks, I rarely get to see my favorite teams play on television or hear the NY announcers on the radio. So it was with much joy that I read the news 710 ESPN radio is going to broadcast all [...]
I still remember watching Tiger dominate The Masters in 1997. I was driving cross-country from Boston to Bend (OR) for a minor-league baseball radio announcing job and had stopped in Chicago to visit a friend. I was in a fantasy golf league at the time and my partner, Phil (not Mickelson), suggested we select Tiger as our golfer at Augusta National. [...]
In case you don’t live in Boston and hadn’t heard, Chad Ochocinco is going to live with a fan for the first two or three weeks of the season. That’s right, a professional athlete is going to be a man of the people, literally, as he starts his career with the New England Patriots. “That [...]
I was in NY over the weekend and Yankees fans were losing their minds. On Friday night, they were hysterically happy when the Yankees came back to beat the Red Sox. On Saturday, they were despondent when CC Sabathia was shelled by the Red Sox for the 4th time this season. On Sunday, they went [...]