When NASCAR officials handed down a three-race probation to Carl Edwards for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski during the Kobalt 500, they sent a clear message that NASCAR’s new hands-off policy is in full force, and drivers must take care of their own squabbles on the track. With their limited penalty, NASCAR has unintentionally invoked a new [...]

My Original desire for this post was to rant about how bad of an idea it would be for the Cardinals to let go of Anquan Boldin, but it seems that ship has sailed. In Boldin and Fitzgerald, you’ve got two monster receivers that are capable of pulling in anything launched within three feet of them. [...]

I’m getting an uneasy feeling about the latest allegations of sexual assault against Steeler’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. As my momma used to say, once is a coincidence, twice is a trend. What’s known right now is that police in Milledgeville, GA are investigating a complaint from a female college student, who claims Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her. [...]

The Ohio State Buckeye head football coach became the first FBS coach to ever grant an interview to a member of the GLBT press. Kudos to Tressel, who’s labeled a conservative, both on and off the field, for being open minded enough to give a shout out to us gays! You can catch the entire Tressel [...]

For a multitude of reasons, including but not limited to his faith, his style of play, his skills, his good looks, his accomplishments, etc…, you either like or dislike Tim Tebow ; very few people are indifferent on the subject. I can’t recall an athlete who generated as much emotion in people as he does. So as the [...]

In sports, an individuals’ greatness is measured by their ability to capture championships. Who finishes second or scores the most points are feats that pale in comparison to achieving the ultimate prize. Great Rivalries Make Greatness In the 70′s, Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach quarterbacked the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys respectively, and these two teams [...]

You can tell a lot about a sport just by following the money, and it’s no surprise to even the most casual of sports fans that the Yankees dominate baseball like no other team in any other sport. I don’t know about you but I consider myself a Yankees admirer, not a fan, but an admirer. What [...]

The whirlwind of activity from the NBA’s trading deadline left us with tired head; but with 24 hours of relative calm, we’ve been able to reflect upon the moves and declare the winners and losers, and identify those clubs who positioned themselves as major players in the 2010 free-agent market. Trade Deadlines Losers Eastern Conference – Atlanta Hawks, [...]

A quick disclaimer here, I’m not a huge figure skating fan but I gotta call out bullshit when I hear it. In an interview with Frank Deford of HBO’s Real Sports, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir claims just because he’s a figure skater who’s effeminate and likes sparkly things he’s “no less macho than men who [...]

The countdown to The Great American Race, otherwise known as the Daytona 500, is winding down. Daytona International Speedway’s 2.5 mile trioval is to NASCAR what old Yankee Stadium was to baseball, and at the end of the NASCAR season there are two things you remember; who won the Sprint Cup and who won the Daytona [...]

On this morning’s Today Show American Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Vonn revealed that she’s nursing a deep thigh bruise that may keep her from competing next week in the Vancouver Olympics. Vonn, who’s slated to compete in five women’s Alpine events and is considered the favorite to win gold in the downhill and super-G events, revealed she injured [...]

Just a couple of weeks ago most college basketball fans, including myself, thought Kansas’ visit to Austin would decided which school would go on to win the Big 12 regular season title. Both teams had been ranked #1 at different points in the season and seemed like they were on a collision course. That was before [...]

It was truly a transcendent call, the turning point of Super Bowl XLIV and one of those plays you will always remember. With his team trailing 10-6 and kicking off to start the second half, New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton called for an onside kick. Seriously?!? This wasn’t a meaningless week 3 game against the [...]

University of Ohio assistant and son of Toronto Maple Leaf’s GM Brian Burke was killed in a two-car accident on a snowy road in Indiana on Friday. Brendan Burke, who was 21, was featured on ESPN earlier this year for his touching coming out story and his acceptance within the hockey world. To me his story was [...]

According to a report released this week by the Future Sports + Entertainment group , the UEFA’s Champions League Final overtook the Super Bowl as the most watched television event in the world. Per the report, the finals match between Manchester United and Barcelona attracted 109m viewers in its entirety, and “reached” 206m people, meaning they caught parts [...]

Super Bowl Sunday 2010 is almost here and although some of us gay sports fans may be tuning in just for the commercials, we at SportsFags offer up some talking points so you can speak with authority at that lame-ass Super Bowl party. Super Bowl XLIV (44) New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts Line = Colts -4 [...]

The website SportsByBrooks is reporting that the NCAA’s proposal to expand the college basketball tournament is a done deal. According to an unnamed source at ESPN who was quoted on the website

“It’s a done deal with the expansion of the tournament. Depending on how soon a (TV) deal is done, the added teams could start next year. The [...]

Today a CBS spokesman informed representatives of the gay dating site mancrunch.com that their Super Bowl ad space is sold out and therefore they will not be able to air the gay dating sites’ 30-second $2.5M ad. CORRECTION/UPDATE: Per CBS spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs

“After reviewing the ad, which is entirely commercial in nature, our standards and practices department [...]

For obvious reasons one of my favorite things to fantasize about is the weigh-in at the NFL’s annual combine in February. Hot, young, muscled, college-football jocks stripping down to their sponsored underwear and stepping on the scale, while bi-curious NFL scouts and coaches snap photos; soon to be hidden in some obscure file on their personal [...]

The Kentucky Wildcats, the final remaining unbeaten and No. 1-ranked college basketball team in the land, suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday night at South Carolina, 68-62. The Gamecocks got another stellar performance from the SEC’s leading scorer, senior guard Devan Downey, who led South Carolina with 30 points and is averaging 22.4 per [...]