Forget the 3,465 hits, forget the .310 average, and let’s even forget the 5 World Series rings; Derek Jeter’s on-field accolades do not come close to his off-field ones. For years, it bewildered me how I never heard about a cheating scandal or a public argument between Jeter and one...
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The Tobacco Road rivalry produced another instant classic while Louisville has become the shadiest team in College Basketball. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville Virginia (1-0 this week): The depth of the Cavaliers was tested on Sunday night versus FSU after a scary collision between teammates Malcolm Brogdon and London Perrantes....
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The gift that keeps on giving is the Qatar World Cup in 2022. It has been reported that the usual summer event will be moved to the months of November and December of that year. At first, it made ZERO sense how a country with no stadiums, hotels or infrastructure is...
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If you’re looking for me to play the blame game: click out of this article. I’m not here to berate the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) for what they supposedly did. If nothing else this scandal gives me some strange joy. The joy comes from knowing this...
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Impressive wins by the Wolfpack and Blue Devils headline the past week in the ACC. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville Virginia (3-0 this week): Beating Wake Forest by 1 at home is just another way to show the conference balance. Holding Pittsburgh to two separate scoring droughts of...
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Little League Baseball announced that they are stripping the U.S. championship from the Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West team. It’s sad that this is just another moment in youth sports where a group of adults make a terrible mistake and the kids are the victims. All other victories leading up to LLWS...
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A number of experts have guessed 6 ACC teams should join the party with a possible 7th sneaking in. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville Virginia: Even though Cavaliers games are like watching paint dry, this team has mastered the art of defense. If you can get to...
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Gone are the days of screaming, waving your hands in a crazy motion or even wearing a speedo to distract a free throw shooter. Arizona State has finally found a class that some of the students can actually pass: distraction. The very average Sun Devil basketball team is not the...
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If the Knicks only winning one playoff series since 1999 was bad, Mr. Dolan has simply outdone himself now. A fan wrote to the Knicks owner expressing his displeasure with the state of the franchise and Dolan decided to respond back by telling the fan to “start rooting for the Nets...
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Hello sports fans! I’ve always wanted to say that, though preferably on a network and not a blog with a title referencing a piece of equipment that protects my man parts. Anyways, my name is Michael Fine, and I am the new editor for The Jock Itch site. After many...
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