Entries Tagged as 'do what's right'

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Executives: If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’

Accusing athletes of cheating has been a staple of sports since the dawn of competition (I can only imagine the harsh words uttered at Mount Olympus in bygone days).The onus on athletes in the steroid era of sports has been especially damning, as their guilt for even the most erroneous charges is presumed. But what […]

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Since when did wrestling lead to controvesy?

Ah, the Olympics are in full swing.
Every four years I get to pretend I know something about obscure sports that we would never televise in America.  Things like water polo and field hockey.
In addition, we all get reminded of a sport we have bastardized in a bad way.  Let’s face it, in most case America […]

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Brett, Packers Fans….we need to talk….

Alright…here we go again. So Brett Favre is still not sure what he wants. One day he’s retired, the next he wants to return to Green Bay, day after that he wants the Packers to grant him an unconditional release, presumably so he can sign elsewhere.
On top of that you have fans rallying together, literally, […]

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Asterisks for Everyone!

So I was sitting at my desk today when one of my friends sent me a gmail-chat message with the following question:
Are you upset about this asterisk thing?
Now, this was before I’d done my morning perusal of the various sports websites I frequent. So I had no idea that she was referring to the […]

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

From the NFL to the Poor House

(I’m on vacation, but I wanted to post this anyway…)
Lately, the talk of inadequate retirement benefits for former NFL players has been a hot topic. Hall of Famers Mike Ditka and Joe DeLamielleure have been the most vocal crusaders for the ex-players’ cause to date. They are both representatives for the Gridiron Greats […]