Bryan Price: You’re not right…or wrong
Last night, Cincinnati Reds manager, Bryan Price, performed his best Lou Piniella impression by going berserk on his beat reporters in regards to the media leaking roster information. As someone who has worked in sports media for a brief moment and also respects the game of baseball, I can see this...
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Be Smart, Watch The NHL Playoffs
Besides the time period of mid-August till November 1st, the second best time on the sports calendar is right around the corner. No I’m not talking about baseball or the NBA playoffs, but the real athletes who sacrifice life and limb every night for Lord Stanley. The NHL playoffs are...
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Balancing the NBA Playoffs
Last week, ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy decided to go on a rant during a live broadcast about the current playoff format. It’s no secret the Western Conference is the crème de la crème of the NBA. Do not even start with me on trying to say, “Look who won the...
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Why One Call Can Decide a Game
You know that old saying “One call does not decide a game.” Well, folks, that’s a bunch of baloney because during the Final Four there were two calls that dramatically changed the game. Let me first preface that refereeing at any level is tremendously hard. I know I will never experience...
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Rick Barnes Headed to Rocky Top
According to multiple outlets, Rick Barnes has been offered and accepted the job at Tennessee. The obvious negatives are that Tennessee has now had 3 different coaches in 3 years. The first coach, Cuonzo Martin, took the Vols to the Sweet 16 last year only to hear the fan base ask...
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The Itch For Madness: Final Four Predictions
It’s been a gratifying few days as an alumni of an ACC school and a resident of the Carolina’s. I would hope in the future that the committee would look at more then just the numbers because let’s face the facts: The Big 12 is not a better basketball conference...
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Top 10 sports movie villains
We adore Gordon Bombay, Willie Mays Hayes and Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, but where is the love for the bad guy in sports movies? Without these sports villains, who knows if we’d still randomly start to yell “Quack, Quack, Quack” or “Shooter!” Sports movies need villains and today I point...
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Way Too Early National League Predictions for 2015
We’ve taken a shot at predicting the American League already and today it’s time to make our best predictions for the National League. Be sure to make known your feelings in the comments after you finish reading! National League NL East 1. Washington Nationals: The signing of the off-season this year was the...
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NFL Players Are Smartening Up
Good for you, Patrick. Good for you, MJD. In the past week we have seen two All-Pro players retire from the NFL before it was too late. Patrick Willis announced yesterday that he was calling it quits at the age of 30 on the heels of last week’s announcement that Maurice...
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The Itch For Madness: ACC Bracketology, 3/10/15
The regular season is over and it’s now time to see which ACC team will make it through the gauntlet and prevail as conference tourney champion. Scratched Enough: Virginia, Notre Dame, UNC, Duke, Louisville, NC State, Virginia (0-1 this week): The loss to Louisville was nothing more then a fluke. If...
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