LUBBOCK, Texas- The Big 12 became the Gulag of College Football in 2009. The first general dishonorably discharged was Mark Mangino was. Today, another highly decorated general has been sent packing.
Mike Leach, the creator of the Air Raid offense, was fired from Texas Tech this morning.
Ted Liggett, Mike Leach’s attorney, received a letter of termination [...]

The Colts defense could be in trouble
With Tom Brady making minced meat of the Colts secondary on Sunday night, you know opposing offensive coordinators were taking notes. With Joe Flacco (12 touchdowns) and Matt Schaub (17 touchdowns) next on the teams slate, the Colts look hard pressed to keep their unblemished record in tact. In [...]

How ’bout that college football game played out west last weekend–Nevada defeating Idaho 70-45? In a state where gambling is so prevalent–and where one can bet on almost ANYTHING–I’m now wondering if there are odds in regard to which school’s defensive coordinator will be fired first……….TRIVIA QUESTION: Who was the last NBA player to lead [...]

It has been a long road to this point.  The New York Yankees have had to overcome predictions, doubters and, yes, even themselves sometimes to put this team on the brink of bringing a 27th World Series trophy back to the Big Apple.
It hasn’t been an easy road.  Going into Spring Training many so-called experts [...]

Another fall day waking up to check the ESPN ticker provided me with information that Michael Crabtree was to finally be a 49er this year. Hoping my fantasy quarterback Eli Manning was healthy enough to demolish the Raiders  Sunday, I stuck around for more news. Then it flashed across the bottom of the screen. Braylon [...]

PHILADELPHIA (FRO/BASN) Two fingers of Bacardi Gold splash inside the glass and acquaint with the residing three ice cubes; a day’s work supposedly done.
Then a casual glance at the television screen makes you boot up the computer and start scribbling all over again.
You see the graphic footnote on ESPN that Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell [...]

When ESPN reported that there was a “schism” in the Vikings’ locker room because of the very late addition of former MVP Brett Favre to quarterback the team this season, I wondered if the anaonymous complainers were, in fact, the very people that Favre was replacing.
I mean, really.  Outside of Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, [...]

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Maria Sharapova has sent a message to the tennis world: She’s back.
After missing almost a year due to a shoulder injury, the tall lanky Russian took the court again in Flushing Meadows. The result was a straight-set win against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3, 6-0.
“I was pretty happy because I kind of [...]

I recently came upon a comment from an esteemed sportswriter for the Washington Post by the name of Christine Brennan. She’s won lots of awards for her writing and reporting and she’s enjoyed a long career as one of the top sports journalists in the country. She was commenting recently about the Erin Andrews issue [...]

The legend continues: My good friend Robert “Raven” Kraft of Miami Beach–who’s now run his 8-mile route for more than 12,500 consecutive days–completed his 100,000th mile on March 29th; he was recently the subject of a very moving piece on ESPN. Jogging daily on the sands of South Beach since January 1, 1975, the man [...]