On the same day, in the same town, two sportswriters, two friends of mine, killed themselves.  One was my old hoops buddy Mike Penner, who started at the Los Angeles Times the same year I did. The other was Christine Daniels, a blonde who bubbled from heels to highlights.  Mike was a little quiet, a little reclusive, a [...]

During his introductory press conference at USC, Lane Kiffin said that Tennessee is one of the top ten coaching gigs in the country, but apparently Duke head coach and two-time former Tennessee Vol assistant David Cutcliffe doesn’t agree with the chosen one. Cutcliffe announced today that he will remain at Duke. With Texas defensive coordinator Will [...]

San Diego Chargers’ running back LaDainian Tomlinson just released this really awkward Electric Glide video for some reason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-DGKvamofQ Look out player, LT says he’s gonna serve us a new dance, oh Snap, Crackle and Pop! Wow, this is gonna be a little uncomfortable isn’t it….memo to LT, this failed move is about 25 years [...]

I can hardly believe there’s only three more weekends of ‘real’ football left, notice I’m not counting the Pro Bowl as actual football. Preseason predictions: For the record my preseason Super Bowl picks, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, are done. Also for the record, SI’s Peter King predicted the Patriots and Bears. Ha! What an idiot. Divisional diversity: It rarely [...]

Pics I took today of the new basketball practice facility at Ole Miss.

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Bye, bye, bye, bye Beckham. The Armani empire released the first photos of new spokesmodel and football (soccer for us US blokes) star Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid and Portuguese national team member is no doubt comfortable being photographed shirtless in various states of nakedness, and while these photos may have been brushed up a bit [...]

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Lane Kiffin’s surprise departure to USC may leave the Vols high and dry for the 2010 signing period. It may also cost the AD and UT President’s their jobs- many folks were not happy about the way they handled the Phil Fulmer “situation.” All and all this has been a wacky last month in college [...]

After further review not even replay can save humans from making mistakes so I think it’s time we end our aversion to technology and embed pucks, footballs and baseballs with Radio Frequency Id’s (RFIDs). This way, in football, we can eliminate an umpire’s judgement as to where the ball should be marked and save some [...]

OK, so I don’t expect my new favorite show, Blue Mountain State, to win any Emmys, but after watching a couple of the trailers I found myself laughing out loud. Blue Mountain State, the story of a legendary college football program premiers tonight on Spike TV at 10 PM EST and my apologies to the Daily [...]

A very smart person once told me, ‘people change only when it benefits them’. So with his re-introduction to baseball as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, there’s never been a better time personally for Mark McGwire to change his story on steroid use. I’m a big believer in giving people a second chance if they [...]

How did the highest-scoring playoff game in the history of the NFL end? If you answered on a defensive touchdown in overtime then give yourself a cookie. After all of the dust settled from the wild card weekend match ups, the AFC underdogs reigned, while the NFC favorites held serve at home. One more bonus question: [...]

It will be deja vu in Dallas tonight when the Cowboys and Eagles square off for the second time in six days. Last week Dallas shut the Eagles out 24-0 and captured the NFC East title, but the stakes are much higher in tonight’s elimination game. These teams are evenly matched at quarterback, wide receiver and tight [...]

SportsFags preview of this weekend’s NFL Wild Card Weekend. NY Jets at Cincinnati Bengals 4:30 EST on NBC The Jets may have backed into the playoffs when both the Colts and Bengals decided to either pull or rest their starters in the last two weeks, but the Jets do bring the NFL’s #1 defense to Cincinnati. The [...]

I’ve been disappointed in a lot of things in my life, there was Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the guy with the big feet…well you get the point. But never had I experienced what was close to outright sports depression as when I saw Colt McCoy get knocked out of the BCS title game. To say [...]

Hot, muscular, college football jocks going at it for three and a half hours tonight, whew! What else could a gay sports fan ask for? Well maybe nude football — quick someone call Bravo, I just got an idea for a new show. OK, back to sports for a minute. Get ready for a close, hard [...]