Disappointing Super Bowl Rout Not Good For Anyone But Seattle Seahawks
A survey conducted in January found that 52 percent said the primary reason they tune in to the Super Bowl is to watch the game, compared to 23 percent who are focused on the commercials. Advertisers...
View ArticleUnionization Attempt By Northwestern Players Won't Succeed, Lawyer Says
The NCAA’s longstanding hold on college athletes has become more tenuous recently. Last month the Supreme Court rejected the NCAA’s attempt to join a lawsuit against Electronic Arts regarding its...
View ArticleComing Out Will Hurt Michael Sam's NFL Draft Status
For the most part, the massive coverage by and others of the announcement by Missouri defensive end Michael Sam that he is gay has been a charade. Most of the players and NFL executives are saying all...
View ArticleCheyenne Woods Poised To Be The Next Big Golf Brand
The next big name in golf may be a familiar one as earlier this month Cheyenne Woods, Tiger Woods’ niece, won the Australian Ladies Masters and followed it up with a good showing in the Australian Open...
View ArticleAmerican Athletic Conference May Have Strongest Teams In NCAA Tournament
Here’s an early March Madness trivia question: Which conference has the most teams by percentage in the Big Dance of any other? The answer could be the inaugural American Athletic Conference, which...
View ArticleAre Defections Of DeMarcus Ware, Justin Tuck And Steve Smith Good For The NFL?
Remember when star NFL players spent their entire careers with one team?
View ArticleWant A Winning NCAA Bracket? Consider These Key Factors
There are a number of factors that determine how far teams advance in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Here are a few to consider when picking your brackets this week:
View ArticleJames Dolan Willing To Hand Phil Jackson The Reins To Turn Around New York...
Anyone who watched Phil Jackson’s introductory press conference as president of the New York Knicks Tuesday and didn’t think he could make the team a championship contender wasn’t paying close attention.
View ArticleFive Sleeper Selections For Your NCAA Tourney Brackets
Time is running out in filling out your bracket for your NCAA Tournament office pool and you’re looking for that edge – those “sleeper” teams such as Wichita State to give you the extra points that...
View ArticleManhattan's Steve Masiello An Exception, Not The Rule, Says Expert
The amazing revelation last week that Manhattan basketball coach Steve Masiello lied on his resume about receiving a degree at Kentucky makes one wonder how many other coaches falsify their documents....
View ArticleBrian McCann, Masahiro Tanaka The Keys To New York Yankees' Success In 2014
This is not a knee-jerk reaction to watching the New York Yankees, spenders of $503 million in the off-season, be thoroughly outclassed by the Houston Astros, the team with the lowest payroll in...
View ArticleShould College Athletic Directors Be Paid Bonus Money When Teams, Individuals...
The hottest topic in collegiate sports these days is whether athletes should be paid on top of the scholarships they receive. But what isn’t widely known is that the top-tier athletic directors are...
View ArticleBubba Watson Captures Dull, Tiger Woods-Less Masters
The cliché CBS announcer Jim Nantz repeated that “the Masters doesn’t officially begin until the back nine on Sunday”, recalling so many epic finishes over the years, could not have been more wrong....
View ArticleJonathan Bender's Career Surging Again Through Joint Rehab Device
When Jonathan Bender was forced to abruptly leave the NBA in 2007 after seven years because of chronic knee pain, it appeared his career was over. But in actuality it turned out it was just the...
View ArticleBilly Crystal Should Form Group To Purchase Los Angeles Clippers
Comedian Billy Crystal’s net worth is listed as only $45 million so he obviously wouldn’t be able to buy the Los Angeles Clippers, valued at $575 million by Forbes, by himself. But the unlikely...
View ArticleHigh-Profile Athletes Need Social Media But Must Use It Wisely
You can’t watch sports on television nowadays without being deluged with tweets whether it be on ESPN’s SportsCenter or the crawls on screen below games particularly to document the reactions of the...
View ArticleNew Pro Football Launch May Eventually Serve As NFL's D League
The change in the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement that guaranteed more years on rookie contracts in 2011 has enticed more collegiate players than ever before to leave school early. However, it has...
View ArticleDespite Lower-Than-Expected Draft Selection, Johnny Manziel Will Be A...
Johnny Manziel wasn't the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday night’s NFL Draft but it’s hard to imagine a bigger ready-made star than the Texas A&M quarterback. In March, Manziel signed a multiyear...
View ArticleGlobal Cycling Sharing Service Spinlister Is Hitting The Ground Running
From two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, also known as MACCA, to the senior citizen riding in the park, cycling is on the up slope everywhere. However, many times it’s not practical to...
View ArticleFirst Trial Related To Boston Marathon Bombings Should Start In June
It’s sad that the only events that seem to unify all Americans these days is terror attacks against the U.S. such as 9/11 and last year’s Boston Marathon bombings. At the end of June, the first case...
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