Brett Favre makes me eat my words It’s time for me to eat some crow here. Thinking it would become the biggest non-story of the year, I railed on ESPN’s round the clock reporting on Brett Favre during the preseason, boy was I wrong. You run out of words when trying to describe his greatness this [...]

Yet another year where the Chargers show themselves to be an extremely talented team, far more so than other teams in the league, and yet fail to get it done in the post season. Not to take anything away from the Seahawks, Bills or Redskin organizations, but these are teams that simply are not talented [...]

The Asia Pacific chapter of the Gay and Lesbian International Sporting Association (GLISA) last month visited Wellington and gave the New Zealand capital the thumbs-up as it prepares for the 2nd Asia Pacific Outgames in 2011. “We have been impressed with the highly skilled and committed team of volunteers who are scoping and preparing for the Outgames. It’s [...]

Every winter since 2006, curlers Patrick Tabuchi and Matthew David have traveled from their home in San Francisco to Vancouver, British Columbia, for the Pacific Rim Cup. David recalled some playful trash talking from opponents when the pair first competed in this annual gay and lesbian curling tournament. “Look at those guys, they’re from California, they curl on [...]

Preseason odds to win the 2010 World Series via Bodog American League East New York Yankees 11/4 Boston Red Sox 11/2 Tampa Bay Rays 27/1 Toronto Blue Jays 100/1 Baltimore Orioles 100/1 American League Central Minnesota Twins 25/1 Detroit Tigers 27/1 Chicago White Sox 30/1 Cleveland Indians 60/1 Kansas City Royals 75/1 American League West Los Angeles Angels 14/1 Seattle [...]

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 [...]