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Head Shots: Part of the Game?
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 Monday Night Steve Young, Trent ... -
The NCAA Gets Tough
In a Thursday column for ESPN.com, Andy Katz writes about the sanctions handed down to Baylor University's basketball program for rules infractions. Head Coach Dave Bliss and an assistant coach ... -
Toyota Invades NASCAR
The Wall Street Journal's Holman Jenkins skillfully intertwines sports and economics today in his week Business World contribution -- Toyota v. USA? (subscription required). He surveys the mirror images of ... -
Of Coaches and Kings -- Connecting Sean Payton to Joe Paterno
In the aftermath of the Penn State scandal, references to Joe Paterno as emperor or king abounded. The recently released Freeh Report details and comments on the discretion and deference ... -
The Wooden School of Management
As a young sports fan, I came of age watching but not liking UCLA basketball in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were Goliath and I pulled for the ... -
Take Me Out to the (Newer) Ballpark
My wife and I recently visited the West Coast, affording me my first game at Dodger Stadium in 45 years. While Brooklynites still despair the Dodgers exit from the East ... -
NFL Playoff Prep: Playing v. Resting
The Giants surge to the Super Bowl steered me back to an MSNBC article by Dan Pompeii: Rest Up for the Playoffs? No Clear Cut Answer. He lays out the ... -
Separating Cause & Effect in the U.S. Performance
The post-match breakdowns of the U.S.'s whipping by the Czechs offered several factors. Some are just silly such as the U.S. has bad karma in Europe. One Soccernet piece offered ... -
Constraints a Good Thing?
Aside from the endorsement income aspect covered in several posts in TSE, the Tiger Woods story has generated Internet buzz about a variety of tangent issues ranging from public-private domains, ... -
Chizik "A Good Buy Right Now"?
Lately, the hiring of Gene Chizik for the head football coaching job at Auburn generated a ton of (mostly negative) buzz. Charles Barkley's comments about race as a factor, particularly ... -
No Country for Old Men: The Bowden Saga
Due to travels, I missed writing about the Bobby Bowden affair during the height of the storm. The dismay among FSU fans is strong. In an Orlando Sentinel blog poll, ... -
Dodger Stadium: 50 More
While Dodger Stadium benefited from a generous land grant from the city and infrastructure subsidies detailed in Dodgers Move West (also, see Stadiums and Eminent Domain), the team erected the ...