Being hot, young and talented doesn't always promise smooth sailing, as phenom golfer Michelle Wie discovered this past weekend at the Samsung World Championship, where the 16-year-old was making her professional debut. Thanks to the bizarre involvement of Sports Illustrated reporter Michael Bamberger, Wie was disqualified from the tournament, even after completing her final round, for something
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Bennett Injury Puts Titans Rookies in the Limelight
Posted on 2:25 PM by ergeg
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Drew Bennett (pictured, below) dislocated his thumb in Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He'll be out of action at least two weeks probably, possibly longer. Since Bennett is the Titans leading wide receiver, this development would supposedly be viewed as tragic, with the team already struggling at 2-4. It takes on even more frightening dimensions when
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Ten National Network Sportscasters We Can All Do Without
Posted on 2:41 PM by ergeg
This is a busy time of year in sports. We’ve got the major league baseball playoffs ratcheted up and heading toward the World Series. NFL and college football are in full swing. Hockey and the NBA are just beginning. Clearly, it’s prime-time for the major sports networks. That means exposure to the lineup of broadcasters who take the national stage, and, at whatever level of quality, inform and
Monday, October 10, 2005
Southern Festival of Books in the Sports Spotlight
Posted on 1:14 PM by ergeg
The annual Southern Festival of Books is a regional gathering that takes place in downtown Nashville. This past weekend's affair was typically interesting, with plenty of authors and publishers hawking their wares, with serious literary lions like Clyde Edgerton and Bobbie Ann Mason signing autographs and delivering addresses to a book-savvy crowd. I had the distinct pleasure of moderating an 11
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Rating Nashville's TV Sports Talking Heads
Posted on 8:39 PM by ergeg
Sports is the “toy department” of television reporting. People don’t sell their first-born to get into TV sports because they love reporting—they do it because a) they love the sports themselves and b) the pay is great compared to other media. In the “old days,” you used to have to have a certain agreeable look to get into television. You also had to have a demonstrably mellifluous or resonant
Titans' Volek Would Help Jets
Posted on 12:02 PM by ergeg
The New York Jets announced today that they've added Vinny Testaverde to their roster. The veteran QB has been tapped as a potential answer to the Jets' suddenly woeful quarterback situation, the team losing both Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler to injury in Sunday's 26-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. For the time being, third-stringer Brooks Bollinger gets the starting nod for the Jets, with
Monday, September 19, 2005
Honesty Hits a New Low: The Strange Revelations of Laveranues Coles
Posted on 3:21 PM by ergeg
In an Associated Press story today, New York Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles revealed that he was sexually abused from the ages of 10-13. That's too bad. It's an awful thing that no one should ever have to go through. Sexual abuse has far-ranging emotional consequences for all concerned, and the immediate intervention of mental health professionals is called for once the abuse is recognized.
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