The kid plays Division 1 basketball at the flagship university for the state of Iowa. So in the big picture of the human race, he's obviously neither a klutz nor mentally disabled. He's doing it intentionally and needs to be disciplined. The difference between intentionally poking an opponent in the eye and…

Fuck Fran McCaffery; either don't have a post-game press conference at all or answer legitimate questions ("I don't know what to tell you; we don't practice or encourage eye-poking.") But don't get all holier-than-thou on us; you are a fucking bought-and-paid-for Division I coach, running a professional organization,…

I read the article; it appears that there was a lot of trash-talking between the teams leading up to the game and that the JV game preceding the Varsity game was marred by several technical fouls. Then some of the kids on the Hammond team tried to get into the Griffith huddle before the start of the game.

Follow the money: most of that gazillion dollars goes right back into the football/basketball program in the form of facilities, support staff, and administrative costs. The very top programs maybe financially self-sustaining, but they are the exception, not the rule. I seriously doubt that either Louisville's or…

Or to put it another way, why do you think SI swimsuit models are athletic? Based on what I've seen (example: http://geminimodels.co.za/model_requirem…), the average swimsuit model is around 5'10" and weighs around 120 lbs. (she also has disproportionately large breasts and narrow hips). I can not think of a single…

At what point do taxpayer's realize that a fucking football coach is a really bad use of sparse public dollars? A couple years back, Deadspin ran an article about the highest paid public employee in something like 40 of the 50 states was a football or basketball coach (http://deadspin.com/infographic-is…). Even when…

I'm actually on King's side here (so, this is what the wrong side of history feels like. Hey there Southern Baptists!) Despite being a multi-billion dollar business, at the end of the day sports are just meaningless diversions for almost all of us non-participants; they are less meaningful entertainment than movies,…

So this is the downside to the Internet/Cable News-driven 24/7 news cycle: random opinions becoming specious "facts" requiring discussion by many people with opinions. The story of SB IL (XLIX?) was Kearse's amazing catch to make the Seahawks all-but-certain winners followed almost immediately by Butler's…

Everyone who is so offended by Barry Petchesky's characterization needs to get a little perspective. GOAT is mythical in almost any sport, but particularly in a sport like football, where so many different factors contribute to any one player's performance that it is almost impossible to truly tease out one player's…

My 16-year-old son is a huge Boogie Cousins fan and he said the same thing to me.

He doesn't even really get up that high; his arms are just so damn long. We've seen him jump, so the man can get up; the combination of his height, wingspan, hops, and amazing athleticism borders on the unfair. Once he gets a little more NBA experience under his belt, he's going to make Russell Westbrook look like,…

We used to play on fields like this all the time, back when it actually rained in Northern California during the winter. There was always that one kid, usually playing striker, that took the ball straight into the biggest puddle of mud every time. The rest of us knew that would be gross and would get our cleats…

You are either not paying attention or a moron. The great medical attention D1 athletes get ends once they leave school; most highly-conditioned 22 year olds don't begin to experience the true impact of their injuries until they've passed 30. If you think that college social perks are meaningful currency after the…

NCAA athletes have about the same chance of making millions in the pros as you and I have of winning millions in the lottery. Less than 2% of NCAA athletes even go pro; most of those do not survive first cuts or get beyond Single A minor leagues. A smart kid who goes to college because they believe their first job…

I think you are missing the point entirely. Sherman and Bennett are saying NCAA athletes simply do not have the time to make school into anything. An athletic scholarship is like a work-study scholarship, only if instead of being required to work 10 to 20 hours a week, athletes "work" more than 40 hours a week. …

Well thank you. Apparently, Greg Howard now hates me, but its nice to have support.

Yes, hippos are "fat" like a great NFL lineman is "fat". Great NFL lineman run a 4.6 40, bench 500 lbs., and score above 40 on the Wonderlic. That's a hippo.

Oh, Greg Howard. You sweet, sweet, stupid man. You are confusing packaging with content. Yes, rhinos look tough and hippos look fat. But facts: that "sword" on rhinos' head? Its made of keratin - just like hair! Its just a dense ponytail! When my son was 8, he hand fed a rhino bok choy. You know who eats bok…

From Kawakami's article:

The number of NFL GMs who have failed with "their guys" and been fired is legion. I can't prove this but I bet the number of GMs/Head Coach combos that hated each other and won outnumbers the combos who loved each other.