Everyone knows about big-name NFL QBs like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. There’s also Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer and Eli Manning, plus others with fairly high name recognition. Usually, guys like that have come to the pros after having attended a big-name university, like Michigan, or Tennessee, or Ole Miss, or USC. But there’s a passel of other NFL QBs, both
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Separated at Birth??
Posted on 7:48 PM by ergeg
Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer (above) and actor Kiefer Sutherland (below).
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Nancy Allen Takes on Stephen Sondheim with High Style in Belmont Concert
Posted on 1:31 AM by ergeg
Denice Hicks--artistic director of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival--once spoke of the richness of our fair city’s talent base. And so it is.
If someone did a study of per capita musical talent, Nashville would surely lead the nation. It’s a smaller-sized “major” city that attracts all sorts of musical people--so much so that truly gifted singers, composers and players often fail to grab the
If someone did a study of per capita musical talent, Nashville would surely lead the nation. It’s a smaller-sized “major” city that attracts all sorts of musical people--so much so that truly gifted singers, composers and players often fail to grab the
Friday, October 21, 2011
Cards Miss Chance to Take Series Lead; Head to Texas Tied 1-1 with Rangers
Posted on 12:17 AM by ergeg
Few figured the St. Louis Cardinals would ever make it to the 2011 World Series. But now that they’re here, it’s hard to resist admiring their tenacious spirit. Alas, they squandered a chance to take a 2-0 Series lead last night, losing a 2-1 squeaker in which their closer du jour, Jason Motte, proved unable to do what he’d done the previous evening: pitch a scoreless ninth inning and keep the
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
ALCS Notebook
Posted on 10:26 PM by ergeg
After losing veteran outfielders Delmon Young and Magglio Ordonez to injury heading into the American League Championship Series, things have looked bleak for the Detroit Tigers.
Yet Jim Leyland's team rebounded Tuesday night to defeat the Texas Rangers in Game 3, 5-2. Texas still leads the series, 2-1, but don’t count the scrappy Tigers out.
Postseason play has often provided opportunities
Yet Jim Leyland's team rebounded Tuesday night to defeat the Texas Rangers in Game 3, 5-2. Texas still leads the series, 2-1, but don’t count the scrappy Tigers out.
Postseason play has often provided opportunities
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Pudge on the Brink of Baseball History: But Will the Fates Be Kind?
Posted on 3:00 AM by ergeg
Thanks to my brother Daniel, I'm the proud owner of an Ivan ("Pudge") Rodriguez bobblehead doll. I'm a big Pudge fan, and in the summer of 2010 I went to see a Washington Nationals game in D.C. with Daniel and his three sons, along with my best old high school buddy, John. Initially, there were possibilities that we might attend a game pitched by phenom Stephen Strasburg, but the schedule never
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The Empire Strikes Back: The Force Is With Serena Williams at the U.S. Open
Posted on 2:56 AM by ergeg
It’s no surprise to avid tennis fans that Serena Williams is dominating at the U.S. Open. With her intense demeanor and occasional bear-like roars, Serena is the women’s game’s Darth Vader, seemingly capable of choking her rivals merely by thinking about doing it.
Serena entered this tournament seeded a laughable #28, a situation due to comparative inactivity on the circuit the past year, which
Serena entered this tournament seeded a laughable #28, a situation due to comparative inactivity on the circuit the past year, which
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Maryland, My Maryland: Terps Football Team Wraps Itself in the Flag
Posted on 10:45 AM by ergeg
The reviews aren't all in yet. In fact, the verdict may remain out for a long while on the University of Maryland football team's new uniforms. In what might be considered someone's clever bit of conceptualizing, the Terps are now essentially sporting the state flag of Maryland. It's a rad look, actually--especially the helmets--and the initial karma the uniforms brought was in the form of a
Live Long and Prosper: Vulcans from Cal (Pa.) Continue NFL Invasion
Posted on 12:12 AM by ergeg
With its undergrad enrollment of approx. 7,000, California University is situated in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania, kind of in the middle of nowhere, approximately halfway between Pittsburgh and Morgantown, W. Va. The school competes in NCAA Division II football in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and while the Vulcans have experienced on-field success in recent years, their
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Separated at Birth???
Posted on 9:33 PM by ergeg
PGA golfer Brandt Snedeker (above) and former NFL head coach Jon Gruden (below)
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Reality Check for 2011 Titans: Mediocrity on the New Horizon
Posted on 12:28 AM by ergeg
[Editor's note: Later on the same day after this story was published, the Titans announced that veteran wide receiver Justin Gage had been released from the team, and that fullback Ahmard Hall had been levied a four-game suspension to begin the season for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.]
Like many a Titans fan, I would love to believe that 2011, with all its personnel changes
Like many a Titans fan, I would love to believe that 2011, with all its personnel changes
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Nats Faltering, Rizzo Makes Lame Trade
Posted on 2:10 AM by ergeg
The Washington Nationals, who were actually surprising baseball observers there for a while, are now 9-15 since Davey Johnson replaced Jim Riggleman as manager.
Despite injuries and their high-priced free agents flat-out sucking, the Nats had somehow managed to play respectable ball under Riggleman. They were getting consistently good pitching from their starters, and however he was doing it,
Despite injuries and their high-priced free agents flat-out sucking, the Nats had somehow managed to play respectable ball under Riggleman. They were getting consistently good pitching from their starters, and however he was doing it,
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Separated at Birth???
Posted on 10:46 PM by ergeg
Rick Carlisle, coach of the Dallas Mavericks, and Jim Carrey, in Me, Myself and Irene
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Almost Werth-less: Nats’ Progress Impeded by Silent Bats
Posted on 11:52 PM by ergeg
The 2011 freefall may have started for the Washington Nationals (22-29), who dropped another one Saturday, 2-1, to the even worse San Diego Padres (21-31). For the Nats, losers of 8 of their last 10 games, it was another exercise in the frustration of life as a good-pitch, lousy-hit baseball club.
The Nats are aching for respectability, and they’ve got a combative manager, Jim Riggleman, who,
The Nats are aching for respectability, and they’ve got a combative manager, Jim Riggleman, who,
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Who Killed Kenny? GroundWorks Theatre’s Fall to Earth Goes for the Maternal Jugular Just in Time for Mother’s Day
Posted on 9:47 PM by ergeg
[Since my usual outlet for my theater reviews, Nashville Scene, was unable to accommodate my coverage for this week, I’ve posted this review to my wider-purpose blog.--M.B.]
So, which parent screwed YOU up the most? Sometimes that’s a pretty tough call. But in Joel Drake Johnson’s The Fall to Earth, which opened this past Friday at Groundworks Theatre, there’s little doubt that mommie dearest is
So, which parent screwed YOU up the most? Sometimes that’s a pretty tough call. But in Joel Drake Johnson’s The Fall to Earth, which opened this past Friday at Groundworks Theatre, there’s little doubt that mommie dearest is
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Feet of Clay: Did Elias Make a Mistake??
Posted on 12:21 AM by ergeg
Statistical geeks such as myself generally bow down to the words “Elias Sports Bureau,” since that oft-cited agency is the gold standard for statistical accuracy and omnipotence in the world of sports. This is especially true where baseball is concerned. If you want to know the last time an Oklahoma-born second basemen named Fred with shin splints and a stubbly beard hit into a force play in five
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
National Obsession: Are Washington's Nats Moving Up or Down?
Posted on 12:54 AM by ergeg
The Washington Nationals are off to yet another stellar start. Not. At the moment, the team shows early signs of good pitching being undermined by impotent hitting.
Of course, I don’t know why a team that ought to be building with youth added to its roster Jerry Hairston, Jr. (34), Laynce Nix (30), Alex Cora (35) and Matt Stairs (43). Sorry, but none of these guys was a star in his prime anyway
Of course, I don’t know why a team that ought to be building with youth added to its roster Jerry Hairston, Jr. (34), Laynce Nix (30), Alex Cora (35) and Matt Stairs (43). Sorry, but none of these guys was a star in his prime anyway
Friday, March 11, 2011
A Pearl for a Byrd in Hand
Posted on 7:14 PM by ergeg
By Henry Nichols
Special to Sports Media America
By any reasonable measure, when you subtract the emotions and moral relativity, you can’t escape the impending reality that Bruce Pearl is being weighed for the gallows this March at Tennessee.
When whispers of impropriety were first directed toward Tennessee over the past year or so, it initially looked as if a series of impermissible calls
Special to Sports Media America
By any reasonable measure, when you subtract the emotions and moral relativity, you can’t escape the impending reality that Bruce Pearl is being weighed for the gallows this March at Tennessee.
When whispers of impropriety were first directed toward Tennessee over the past year or so, it initially looked as if a series of impermissible calls
Monday, March 7, 2011
C-SPAN: Home of the Thinking Man’s Foxes
Posted on 3:57 PM by ergeg
When you don’t have money for a big exciting TV package, you have to settle for what you can get in Comcast basic limited cable. That’s what I do, anyway.
As my career as a journalist dwindles, and as my career as a musician never takes off, I am stuck making do with many things. Hence, my brain gets addled by watching awful network TV, which occasionally redeems itself with sports programming
As my career as a journalist dwindles, and as my career as a musician never takes off, I am stuck making do with many things. Hence, my brain gets addled by watching awful network TV, which occasionally redeems itself with sports programming
Bearing Up Under NCAA Injustice: Why the “Tourney System” Sucks
Posted on 7:49 AM by ergeg
It happened again on Sunday. A regular season conference winner got beat in its league end-of-season tourney, and in so doing all but scuttled its chances for a berth in the NCAA basketball tournament.
Why does this totally suck? Because Missouri State’s 25-8 record should be good enough. Because the fact that the Bears were the regular season champions of the Missouri Valley Conference (15-3
Why does this totally suck? Because Missouri State’s 25-8 record should be good enough. Because the fact that the Bears were the regular season champions of the Missouri Valley Conference (15-3
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Stalling Out: Vandy’s NCAA Tournament History Plagued by Misfires
Posted on 5:50 AM by ergeg
Incredibly tell-tale stat: 1-11. That’s Vanderbilt head basketball coach Kevin Stallings’ record in season finales since he signed on with the Commodores in 1999.
The latest such event was last night’s 86-76 loss to Florida in Nashville. While the Gators have proven to be surprisingly strong in 2010-11, the ’Dores were looking pretty good themselves a little less than two weeks ago, with a 20-6
The latest such event was last night’s 86-76 loss to Florida in Nashville. While the Gators have proven to be surprisingly strong in 2010-11, the ’Dores were looking pretty good themselves a little less than two weeks ago, with a 20-6
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Devil You Don't Know--Until Gwen Ifill Tells You About It
Posted on 5:30 PM by ergeg
The definition of Muslim Brotherhood, according to Wikipedia: “The Society of the Muslim Brothers (often simply, The Brotherhood or MB) is an Islamic transnational movement and the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. The group is the world's oldest and largest Islamic political group, and the ‘world's most influential Islamist movement.’ The Brotherhood has as its
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
OC/DC: Munchak Announces Appointments to Key Titans Coaching Slots
Posted on 6:14 PM by ergeg
Caught this afternoon on The Zone, radio 104.5 FM: The Tennessee Titans’ press conference where head coach Mike Munchak presented new defensive coordinator Jerry Gray to the media. Gray sounded, uh, like a mediocre mind. Hate to say it, but that’s the vibe he transmitted. He even seemed to struggle with his cliches. Gray is a veteran position coach and former DC with the Buffalo Bills, where he
Gaga Over Gaga
Posted on 12:50 AM by ergeg
Monday is the worst television night of the week--for those of us who are cable-challenged. And so it was with great joy that I ran into Lady Gaga last night as a guest on “The Tonight Show” on “free” TV NBC.
I’m here to say it publically: I love Gaga. No, wait: More than that, I might even march with her into hell. What’s more, I’m unable to properly explain why those feelings are so strong,
I’m here to say it publically: I love Gaga. No, wait: More than that, I might even march with her into hell. What’s more, I’m unable to properly explain why those feelings are so strong,
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Santa Anita--The Horse Palace in Arcadia
Posted on 3:13 AM by ergeg
I recently paid a visit to California--to get out of the dark and coldness of the Southeast in an attempt to rejuvenate a flagging spirit. I was moderately successful. It was 60s and 70s in the Los Angeles area with general sun, though chilly in the mornings and at night, as deserts can be. I never got to a beach. Mostly I hung with my brother, visited with a long-lost cousin, and spent ample
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
100K Run: Sports Media America Avoids AOL Buyout, Settles on Milestone
Posted on 12:11 PM by ergeg
Interesting. Sports Media America and Huffington Post were both founded about six years ago. Both were aiming to change the world. I can’t imagine why, but for some reason Arianna Huffington recently parlayed her venture into a huge, rich-beyond-all-dreams buyout by AOL, while we still sit here unnoticed by the big money. But who can really understand the strange workings of the new-media world?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Coaching Carousel: Titans Seek Quick Fix in the Wake of Fisher’s Sudden Departure
Posted on 9:57 PM by ergeg
By Henry Nichols
After two of the more disastrous seasons in a 17-year coaching regime spanning four home venues, Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans finally reached their breaking point--and not a few weeks after it appeared Fisher had finally triumphed in the greatest coach-player (Vince Young) power struggle of an otherwise streamlined tenure.
To say it has been an epic offseason so far for
After two of the more disastrous seasons in a 17-year coaching regime spanning four home venues, Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans finally reached their breaking point--and not a few weeks after it appeared Fisher had finally triumphed in the greatest coach-player (Vince Young) power struggle of an otherwise streamlined tenure.
To say it has been an epic offseason so far for
Friday, January 7, 2011
End of an Era: Young Texts and Tweets His Way Out of Music City
Posted on 3:07 AM by ergeg
Remember about a month or so ago, when Titans quarterback Vince Young texted an apology to his coach, Jeff Fisher? That was weird.
Vince tweets also, and, of course, that’s what people do nowadays. The texters and tweeters have helped mightily to fulfill philosopher/social critic/communication theorist Marshall McLuhan’s prescient statement of 47 years ago: “The medium is the message.” See, it
Vince tweets also, and, of course, that’s what people do nowadays. The texters and tweeters have helped mightily to fulfill philosopher/social critic/communication theorist Marshall McLuhan’s prescient statement of 47 years ago: “The medium is the message.” See, it
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