Rumors and Rants


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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Bryan Price: You’re not right…or wrong

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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Be Smart, Watch The NHL Playoffs

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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Balancing the NBA Playoffs

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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Top 10 sports movie villains

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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NFL Players Are Smartening Up

The Dress is Black and Blue

  Ronda Rousey could beat a man in a fight, even if that man happened to be a professional fighter. The evidence is in her observed skillset. The possibility cannot be discounted.  But a mixed-gender fight should never happen because there are only negative outcomes. It should just be a contest between...

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The Dress is Black and Blue

Why Derek Jeter Did It Right

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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Why Derek Jeter Did It Right

Danny Almonte Part Deux

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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Danny Almonte Part Deux


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