Bergkamp, Zidane, and Fame
Watching Dennis Bergkamp’s vision, touch, and pace in the 1994 World Cup converted me from an occasional soccer watcher into a real fan. His move …
Watching Dennis Bergkamp’s vision, touch, and pace in the 1994 World Cup converted me from an occasional soccer watcher into a real fan. His move …
The San Francisco 49ers won their first game yesterday, beating their even more hapless cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Raiders.  The Niners’ head coach, Mike Singletary, …
“The eyes of Texas are upon you”, that’s the song they sing so well Sounds like hell, so good bye to Texas University We’re going …
The web buzzed this morning over John Calipari’s remarks concerning Duke’s flopping, USA Today, Huffington, … Coach K’s responded, but his reply subtly tells Calipari’s …
A Yahoo! Sports headline and associated summary regarding the Tour on Monday headline reads, Sastre Wins Doping-Scarred Tour de France. Setting aside moral philosophy, I …
During his trip to the Jacksonsville Jags’ camp, SI.com’s Don Banks elicited a couple of interesting quotes: From [QB Byron]Leftwich: “You can’t describe Carl’s system. …
This quote comes from Tom Coughlin in a recent NY Times article (registration required): I’m a believer that defense wins championships, … And I’m a …
Time is valuable even for sports fans.  The Masters is one of my favorite sports events (even if run by an all-male club) but watching …
Since every other writer out there in sports media and blogdom has chimed in on the Brett Favre saga, why not somebody from the SE? …
The anticipated move by the NFL to use suspensions to penalize (some) and deter “head shots” to players has already generated substantial feedback. On ESPN …
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