Did you watch Monday Night Football on ESPN the other night? Did you hear Tony Kornholer being a consummate, uninformed and boring ass? Did you cringe a little when Mike Tirico went into his high-pitched "soft-male" pseudo-thoughtful observations? Did you think Ron Jaworski (aka "Jaws") went overboard on the macho-man scale, with his "insider" meathead talk about how coaches who are former NFL
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Lincecum Gets Cy; Lidge Gets Jobbed
Posted on 2:19 AM by ergeg
Congrats to Tim Lincecum, the amazing, and highly entertaining, San Francisco Giants hurler who won the National League Cy Young Award on Tuesday. Lincecum deserved this honor, and it's nice to see the baseball writers paying attention to high achievement on a team that otherwise achieved little and merited little attention. Lincecum is awesome, without doubt. Cases could have been made for
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Obama's Dream Team: Oprah, Athletes to Join in Cause to Save America
Posted on 11:32 AM by ergeg
And now it is done. We’ve elected a president who claims that he plans to levy new taxes only on the wealthiest 5% of Americans. This is good. It guarantees money in the federal coffers, it will sustain the needs of the remaining 95% of us who are not so fortunate, and it appropriately penalizes a lot of people in America who have no earthly right to be that rich. Like Oprah Winfrey. Where else
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Black Athletes Victims in Their Own Communities: When Will It Stop?
Posted on 2:51 AM by ergeg
ESPN.com headline: Doctors: Collier paralyzed below waist, one leg had to be amputated Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier joins the late Sean Taylor and Darrent Williams as the latest pro-athlete victim of black-on-black violence. Last year, when I wrote about Taylor’s tragic death, I received quite a bit of mail from readers who claimed that I was racist to suggest that
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
NASCAR (Is) for Dummies
Posted on 4:54 PM by ergeg
sport noun1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment : “team sports such as baseball and soccer” | [as adj. ] ( sports) “a sports center.”So, the question put before us today is, Is NASCAR a sport?Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was on Dan Patrick’s FOX radio show Wednesday. Dan asked him, “Would your dad [the late
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Tuesday Morning Quarterback: NFL Week #1 Recap
Posted on 12:06 AM by ergeg
Verbal wanderings, from the field to the broadcast booth:1. Hats off to the Falcons! The new and improved backfield, featuring rookie QB Matt Ryan and RB Michael Turner, looked potent in a sound defeat of the (admittedly) lax Lions. And no dogs were injured in the making of the “W.”2. The TV networks should be ashamed of themselves for foisting on the American public some of the most
Monday, September 1, 2008
Injuries, Roster Changes and Rookies Make for Difficult 2008 NFL Predictions
Posted on 9:55 PM by ergeg
Preseason NFL games are meaningless in the standings. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have meaning. Guys get hurt in ’em (the Giants’ Osi Umenyiora, lost for the season). Improbable faces excel and gain unlikely starting roles (J. T. O’Sullivan, 49ers). Most of all, we get a first glimpse at the raw talent of incoming rookies who might alter the fortunes of their teams (Falcons’ Matt Ryan,
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