Category Archives: sports
Missouri, Alabama, and College Football’s New Role
“It’s hard to rally around a math class.” — Bear Bryant, on football’s role on campus. Football can be classified as a game or sport. And in the South, it has been called a religion. Now, it has become a … Continue reading
Deflategate Leaves Me Deflated
It’s not that Tom Brady was on a wanted poster, or was caught on a TMZ video. And it’s not like game-deciding incidents occurred during the activities by New England Patriots employees during the so-called Deflategate controversy in January.
Was Seattle Victory a “Comeback”?
Updated 8:57 a.m. Eastern time “Great comeback,” I posted in a comment on a Seattle friend’s Facebook page.
College Football Playoff: Championship Weekend Matchups, Results
Updated Dec. 7 The most critical weekend of the 2014 college football season has arrived. The now-completed conference championship games and other key matchups will determine pairings for the new College Football Playoff (CFP).
Is Ray Rice Fallout PR, Journalism, or … ?
jour·nal·ism: the activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio The above definition of “journalism”, albeit brief, was excerpted from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary on 12/4/14, by yours truly.
College Football Playoff Hunt: Next Stop, Conference Championships
Note: This post was updated Dec. 6 with Oregon’s victory over Arizona in the Pac 12 title game, and other key games of Dec. 6. The Thanksgiving weekend 2014 results are in, and the conference championship matchups are set. However, … Continue reading
SEC Football Schedule, Info for Thanksgiving Weekend
UPDATE, 11/28/14: Missouri defeats Arkansas, 21-14, becoming the 2014 SEC East champion. Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings will barely be digested before a frantic and crucial weekend of Southeastern Conference football will begin on Friday (Nov. 28, 2014). The developments:
