I periodically question why I am a Redskins’ fan, and the last couple of days have made me question again. Well, the beauty of Joe Gibbs was more than just his previous success as a coach, his ability to manage the team and the game (which sometimes struggled in his return), etc. The beauty of […]

Sorry for the delay in getting this up. Work is unbelievably hectic right now and haven’t had the time to break away from work related issues to rant briefly. Mother Nature stepped in and I’m sitting on my couch during a “snow day.” We’re getting hit with up to 20″ of snow […]

Too much has happened lately for me to make multiple posts.  So here it is:
1) Congrats to the Giants.  Well done.
2) Mike Vick, you are lucky.  You’ll need that cash.
3) Doesn’t Congress have more important issues than NFL tapes?  If not, we need to blow up the whole legislative branch.
4) Those were the worst, collective group […]

I got to catch the last few minutes of PTI today.  Best part was on the sidebar someone screwed up and put Nig Finish instead of Big Finish.  B and N are next to each other on the keyboard, but someone might have been offended.  Uh oh.

The G-14 has been disbanded. The G-14 was a group of 14 of the most powerful and successful soccer clubs in Europe that created a “lobbying” agency to give themselves a bigger voice and more control over European soccer. Much like the phoenix, the G-14 has been reborn as the European Club Association. The European […]

I am however, a soccer guy.  I remember when MLS started doing the draft at the NSCAA convention.  That is the association for soccer coaches.  Great idea.  A built in audience.  They still do there, today in Baltimore in fact.  It seems to me that the MLS draft has become fairly useless.  Today, in a 4 […]

As most of you know, I am not a baseball guy.  But I am surprised that MLB owners want to keep Bud around.  There have been strikes, steroids, a tie in an all-star game, Bartman, the kid Jeffrey in Baltimore, and more.  I know attendance is up.  But I dare to say that baseball is […]

Seriously, if you are Pacman Jones, why are you even going near a strip club?  No, really?  Can someone please explain that one to me?  That would be like Michael Vick going to a pet store when he gets out, just not a good idea.  Why can’t these rich idiots hire someone to tell them […]

For the past few weeks, when we haven’t been immersed in the CFB bowl games or the NFL playoffs, the story we can’t seem to get away from is the Roger Clemens/Mitchell Report. Did he take steriods? Did he take HGH? What exactly did Brian McNamee inject him with? Through all […]

It looks like others think like me too.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3186232

The Commishes are open to talking a plus-one format.  But nothing is changing in BCS land until 2010 (so it is written in contracts).  One point made here is that even with going to a Final 4 style playoff, someone will be left out.  Guess what?  With 65 teams in basketball, teams are left out.  […]

Forbes likes to do this with as many sports as they can.  They value them.  There is always controversy, and I am sure this will be no different.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/27/college-basketball-valuations-biz-sports_cz_js_0102basketball.html

If you are an NFL team other than the Pats, aren’t you trying to woo the Pats personnel guy?  Think about this from MMQB:
The New England Patriots traded second-, fourth- and seventh-round picks (the 60th, 110th and 238th overall choices) in the draft last spring to Miami (60 and 238) and Oakland (110) for Wes […]

My wife’s cousin went to Michigan, and is now a lawyer for Daimler Chrysler.  But, while in law school, he tinkered with brewing beer.  Now, along with a few friends, they have launched Wolverine Beer.  Right now, you can only get it in the Ann Arbor area.  But I brought home a case and will […]

Today Bill Parcels turned down a comfy front-office job with the Atlanta Falconsadmist reports that a better offer had come from Miami.  It’s unclear at this point whether these reports are accurate, or if Parcels would take on a front-office or coaching role.  Both franchises are in dire need of some help, but my question […]

I have the same hope as CardCat for McGwire. At the end of the day though, all I can ask is what did the Mitchell report find other than what we already knew? Steroids were prevalent in baseball prior to a policy. Many big names were on the list. Major League Baseball and the player’s […]

Here are the names mentioned in the report.  Mark McGwire isn’t listed.  Neither is Sammy Sosa.  What does that mean?  I hope it means McGwire is vindicated and he didn’t use anything.  One can hope, right?

It’s been reported that DC United traded former MLS defender-of-the-year Bobby Boswell to the Houston Dynamo today for back-up goalkeeper Zach Wells.   Apparently a deal broke down late yesterday that would have sent Boswell to Dallas, Ruiz to LA, and Cannon to DC.   United is suddenly stuck rebuilding almost their entire back-line as standout United […]

Spurrier…Saban…now Petrino.  Spurrier at least gave it a real shot.  He now get to be with the likes of Carroll and others.  But what a chicken Petrino is.  I know, Vick happened.  I wouldn’t wish that on any coach or team.  But from what it sounds like, he just couldn’t cut it in the NFL.  […]

I am surprised he only got 23 months.  I totally thought they would make an example and give him the max sentence.