In the last few years as a Penn State fan, I had one main fear: that somehow, Joe Paterno’s tenure at Penn State University would end in ignomy. Penn State fans like myself had prided themselves on the lack of scandal at the program: seemingly the last football program without one. It seemed too good to last. And as Paterno’s… Read more »
Well, who here thought we’d be talking about college sports in June? Or that THE LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS WOULD CHANGE FOREVAR? I’ve been thinking about the demise of the Big 12. Now, I know it is a fairly recent conference that lacks the history of what is now the Big Ten, that it was a marriage of connivence between… Read more »
Bob Knight is unhappy with the current pace of the NCAA investigation – wondering how it took 5 years from the time of the infractions to determine there was cheating. His comments: “If this current NCAA had been planning the invasion of Normandy, the US troops would have landed in Portugal.” This, along with Jay Bilas’ thoughts that the move… Read more »
[Bumped. -ed.] For those of you who were unaware, the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue, even with Buffalo’s ouster. My team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, is about to play the 8 seed Montreal Canadiens, who just pulled off an upset of monumental proportions over the top seed Washington Capitals and their star studded lineup. The Caps had a 3-1 lead earlier in… Read more »
One of the goals of the so called War on Terror from the very beginning was to catch Osama Bin Laden, the terrorist who did this to us. The Bush Administration made bringing Bin Laden to justice a primary goal of the Afghanistan war. I’ve always thought this was a mistake. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Bin Laden… Read more »
When we last left Brendan and his so called “web-log,” it was November of 2008, and we were in the midst of the college and pro football seasons. I was in the middle of lamenting (well, to my friends, not here) that my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers looked OK, but there was no way they would make a deep playoff run… Read more »