This US team is known for coming from behind. Trailing 2-0 at the half to Slovenia, the US rallied with goals from Landon Donovan and coach’s son Michael Bradley to finish level for the second straight World Cup match. The US was horrible in the first half and was looking for leadership; they got it from Donovan [...]

In a game featuring both poor shooting and great defense it was fitting the crucial play was an offensive rebound. Lakers’ forward Pau Gasol out hustled Boston’s Rajon Rondo on Kobe’s missed three with 28 seconds left for his 18th rebound, his 9th on the offensive end. Instead of it being Celtic’s ball with a [...]

According to a variety of published articles and sources a church in Memphis, Tennessee has told a softball coach and her team they can’t play in the church sponsored league. The Bellevue Baptist Church has told Jana J. Jacobson that she lives a “deviant lifestyle” and she and her team are not welcome to participate in [...]

Utah’s joining the Pac-10! Talk about anti-climatic. In the wake of what almost was or what could’ve been, only the series end of The Seinfeld Show was a bigger disappointment. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott should be praised for his aggressiveness and chastised for his inability to close the big deal. There’s nothing wrong with acquiring Utah, it’s a [...]

A rare goal by Swiss midfielder Gelson Fernandes was all Switzerland needed to beat European champion Spain in the opening game for both in Group H World Cup play. For guys like me, who aren’t big-time soccer/football experts, it had the feel of an NFL or college game where one opponent continually moves the ball down [...]

Boston lost starting C Kendrick Perkins in the 1st quarter of Game 6, and the Lakers took advantage of his absence to dominate the paint and pull even in the series (3-3) with a 89-67 ass kicking of the Celtics. The 67 points put up by Boston was the second lowest point total in an NBA Finals [...]

With the Big 10 conference at 12 members and the Big 12 conference at 10 members it’s time to use some creativity and regional flavor to rename the conferences. SEC, ACC, Mountain West; these are great names for a conference that tell you all you need to know about where they’re located. Seriously, how much [...]

Many of us in the sports journalist world, including myself and Rick the proprietor of Sportsfags, have always suspected but have never been able to nail down the fact that soccer is a gay, make that big time gay, sport. That is until now. A spokesman for the sport held a press conference and has finally [...]

Big 12 commish Dan Beebe and influential behind-the-scenes power brokers apparently brokered a deal to keep Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in the Big 12 stabble. Don’t be surprised if down the road we learn the bowls, and possibly bowl sponsors, got involved in order to slow down or stall realignment. After all, [...]

If you f*** with an NFL quarterback in a strip club at 3:00 AM you’re an idiot and deserve to get knocked upside the head. The video here clearly shows Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young minding his own business when some douchebag bar employee thought it would be cool to flash him the upside down Horns symbol. [...]

Sorry guys I tried. Nope, can’t do it. I admit sometimes I have the attention span of a six year old but I just can’t get into watching grown men kicking or bouncing a ball off their head anymore than watching grown men hitting a little white ball over acres of land. The best line [...]

Almost all of the chatter, save Chip Brown of orangebloods.com, about college conference expansion/implosions has been pure speculation. And when you consider all the public and behind closed doors posturing going on, it gives me tired head. So just like I did a few weeks ago with Nebraska’s move to the Big 10 , I’m gonna tell you why [...]

Talk about bad timing. The same week the Big 12 South appears ready to join the Pac-10, USC gets crushed by the NCAA for their Reggie Bush violations. The NCAA today announced a loss of 30 scholarships and a two-year bowl ban for the Trojans, that’s huge. The truth about the sanctions: No matter what he says, Former [...]

If we know anything about gay men, regardless of whether it’s Dancing With The Stars or the World Cup, we love to watch hot, sweaty, men compete at the highest level. Starting tomorrow and lasting through July 11 (that’s longer than 90 percent of my relationships lasted) ESPN will televise the world’s biggest event from South [...]

Last night saw several primaries held for the upcoming critical midterm elections, and much of the focus was on incumbents’ difficulties. For some unknown reason, however, a relatively overlooked theme of last night was the success of former NFL players running for office – overlooked, that is, except in the Wall Street Journal . In New Jersey, former Philadelphia [...]

Although it’ll be a good three months before the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings kick off the 2010-11 National Football League season, Fox has already sold a significant chunk of its most valuable pigskin inventory. According to a number of industry sources, the broadcaster has moved a whopping 80 percent of the available spots during its [...]

Nebraska became the first major school to jump conferences today as they switched allegiances to the Big 10. It’s a smart move for the Cornhuskers whose football prowess is lost in the Big 12 North. Are we just getting started? While Notre Dame drags its heels the Big 10 — we really gotta change that name [...]

Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg’s highly anticipated debut was nothing short of phenomenal. With the exception of one pitch, a hanging slider to Pirates 3B Delwyn Young in the 4th, he was virtually unhittable, showing great command of four pitches. The Nationals who normally average about 15k fans per game, topped 44k plus a national television audience [...]

Not since the days of Fernando Valenzuela or Mark ‘The Bird” Fidrych has the baseball world, or sports world for that matter, looked forward to a singular pitching performance as they’re this afternoon with the debut of 2009′s #1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg. It’s possibly a chance to witness history, the debut of what everyone feels [...]