No, I realize he is suggesting an appeals process within the HS system. Here's how I see this playing out: (1) game on a Saturday night, (2) appeal filed on Monday morning, (3) HS appeals board sets hearing date for Thursday in order for teams to prepare and travel, (4) next game played on Saturday. After the first…

Kyle, I'd like to believe that your suggestion of a defined appeals process would solve problems like this. However, your suggestion is predicated on the erroneous premise that people (particularly parents of high school athletes) are reasonable. They are not; all an appeals process would do is create grounds for a…

Boy, Hardaway v. Carmelo; that's a tough one to pick a good guy. Most of my dislike for Hardaway stems from his dad (who I watched a lot while he was with the Warriors and thought he was the poor man's Isiah, who I also hated), while Carmelo has totally earned 100% of my hatred for his offense-killing one-man…

The video is cool, but I think it would be better if it were set to Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time".

The really impressive thing here is that Arsenal went into a notoriously difficult place to play for visitors and won convincingly when they didn't need the win. If only they could do this kind of thing during the EPL season.

This will soon be joined in the "half-assed-fixes-to-sports-problems-with-obvious-solutions" wing of the HOF by the CFP's decision to increase the football playoff to 8 teams next year (then 16 in a couple of years, then 32, then . . .).

Briles is understandably not handling this well. It is clear that the Big-12 went all in for TCU, probably thinking Baylor had no chance while TCU had a good chance of making it into the playoffs. But I'm fairly convinced it wouldn't have mattered to the CFP committee if the Big-12 had just stuck to its original…

Jesus fucking Christ. I don't think all cops are overreacting shitbags, but it certainly appears that police management is universally tone deaf and stupid. How about some direct orders to go the extra mile to de-escalate situations like this? I've been to a game at Levi's Stadium and the security to get in is…

I almost suspect the CFP committee penalized TCU for the Big-12's maladroit handling of this situation. "TCU or Ohio St.? Well Ohio St. simply isn't as good a team without Barrett, but fuck TCU and fuck Bob Bowlsby for this last-minute "co-champions" bullshit. Sure, we're as corrupt as any sports organization and…

I've said this from the beginning of the story: the only identifiable villain in this story is the Tallahassee police. Their handling of the case has made it impossible for either the accused or the alleged victim to ever get justice. Something bad happened here and either Winston or the young woman are perpetrators…

(1) because beating Iowa St. by 50 points is just blatant running up the score and (2) it was what the committee had to do to get Ohio St into the playoff. I am absolutely convinced the committee's preferences were (1) two SEC teams, a Big10 team, and a Pac-12 team, (2) one SEC team, a Big10 team, a Pac-12 team, a…

They can run quite quickly for a short distance, then bite off a chunk of your leg. As Talgrath points out, their mouth is filled with a toxic soup of shit, so you will not only have to worry about bleeding to death, you will begin the sepsis experience immediately. Assuming you are not on Komodo with access to a…

My son is convinced that Ohio St. is sunk by Barrett's injury; the CFP committee claims it is looking to set up the best match-ups and despite today's shellacking of a previously good-looking Wisconsin team, Ohio St. is simply not the same team without J.T. Barrett. But, the CFP committee also said they are…

Rugby's lack of pads teaches the lesson early that tackling hurts, so you better do it properly to minimize the pain and maximize the tackle's effectiveness. The rules assist these lessons by prohibiting risky and dangerous "high tackles". They teach the kids to focus on the ball-carrier's waist and stick your…

I'm not sure I agree with Mr. Burneko (disclaimer: I'm a white lawyer): I believe the Garner and Ferguson grand jury decisions are examples of the complete failure of the American justice system. I think I understand Mr. Burneko's argument to be akin to one I've made about psychopaths. For our own psychic safety, we…

Rudolph's girlfriend, Clarice, is telling everyone that Vixen slept her way to the top of the judges' list. No one seems surprised.

CFP Spokesman: The four teams that have been selected to participate in the inaugural College Football Playoffs are . . . [squints] . . . are . . . [shields his eyes] . . . what is that that thing shining in my eyes?

I went to quite a few Warriors games during that period; seeing Bol shoot 3 pointers kind of undermined the "sanctity" of basketball.

The Russian culture has much to be admired, but their history of and attitude towards violence is an acquired taste that probably shouldn't be imitated by non-Russians.

While I think the reactions of the police union to this situation are idiotic and wrong, they are fairly accurate in their criticism of Demoff's "retraction" of his apology. Anytime someone express "remorse about how the actions of the players were construed but did not apologize for the actions themselves", they are…