Sporting News

Chevys Favored At The Brickyard 400

 This will be the 20th running of the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the home of the world famous Indianapolis 500 each spring. 15 of those 20 events have been won by the Chevrolets and the number 48 car, driven by perennial Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson, is once again favored to take the checkered flag at the …

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by admin on July 24th, 2014 Leave a comment »

The Power Five Wins Autonomy

Somebody had to do it. Mark Emmert and company have clearly lost control and were sitting back content to watch the whole of the NCAA be thrown into disarray.  Thankfully, the NCAA Board of Directors stepped in to overrule the president’s office and grant the autonomy that the Power Five schools started out requesting and ended up demanding. Guys like …

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by admin on July 23rd, 2014 Leave a comment »

Discipline For Student Athletes

NCAA President Mark Emmert was called to task before the United States Congress recently and politely prodded into assuring that body of lawmakers that the issues discussed would promptly be raised with the NCAA leadership and corrective measures taken. It’s a sad state of affairs when the organization responsible for the overall welfare of student athletes in this country has …

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by admin on July 21st, 2014 Leave a comment »

A Dream Come True

There were five Cuban born baseball players out on the field in Minneapolis participating in the Major League Baseball’s annual All-Star Game. It’s hard to imagine what that must have felt like for them. All the years of dreaming and wanting. All the heartbreak and pain of leaving family and friends behind. But there they were. Out there on the …

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by admin on July 19th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Camping With The Manning Boys

The Manning name has been synonymous with the quarterback position for around 40 years now, ever since Archie was quarterbacking the Ole Miss Rebels way back in 1969. Archie set all kinds of records at Oxford although the rest of the team was not really up to his caliber of play. He was elected to the College Football Hall of …

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by admin on July 18th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Tigers On The Mend

While Justin Rose was over winning the Scottish Open by two full strokes, Tiger Woods and Patrick Reed, of all people, were getting in some early practice rounds in preparation for the upcoming British Open. In fact they were playing at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, County of Wirral in the United Kingdom, once known as England. As …

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by admin on July 17th, 2014 Leave a comment »

NFL Franchises Split Over Six Billion Bucks!

Once again Roger Goodell comes around like Santa Claus in the summer time to divvy up the take from last year’s NFL action, and quite a take it was. The National Football League split over six billion dollars between its 32 member teams. No wonder they can afford to pay Sir Roger over $30,000,000 per year. The Green Bay Packers …

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by admin on July 16th, 2014 Leave a comment »

King James Going Back To Ohio

LeBron said repeatedly when asked where he might end up after Miami that he would never move back to a cold climate again. His response always included some comment like, “anywhere it’s not cold”. And I believed him. A lot of people did.  Even the handicappers in Las Vegas. However, it’s hard to argue with ‘home ties’. Impossible to put …

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by admin on July 15th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Jeter To Start At Shortstop In His Final All Star Game

The MLB All-Star Game for 2014 will be the 15th  and final, for Yankees team captain and perennial All-Star Derek Jeter. Jeter was drafted by the Yankees right out of high school in 1992. He made his debut in the majors in 1995 and in 1996 became the Yankees starting shortstop and won the AL ‘Rookie of the Year’ Award. …

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by admin on July 11th, 2014 Leave a comment »

Summer Basketball In The Desert

From the 11th of July until the 21st, Las Vegas, Nevada will become the center of the basketball world as the NBA Summer League holds its annual games for the younger players in the league and for those about to be initiated into the fast paced life of professional basketball. For some of these guys it will be the first …

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by admin on July 10th, 2014 Leave a comment »