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Clark keeps saying the right thing Angel Reece from South Carolina University and Caitlin Clark from the University of Iowa have taken their famous college rivalry to the WNBA. And I cannot overstate that professional basketball has not seen the media frenzy they’re generating since Magic Johnson from Michigan State and Larry Bird from Indiana… Read more.
The lightning in a bottle moment Tiger Woods caught lightning in a bottle when he won The Masters in 2019. It was a moment of brilliance that reminded us of his past greatness. But let’s face it: beyond that win, his contributions to golf have been little more than analysts distracting viewers with idle commentary… Read more.
On Wednesday, Major League Baseball (MLB) finally acknowledged the remarkable achievements of players from the Negro Leagues by incorporating their statistics into its historical record. It’s about time! This groundbreaking decision elevates legends like Josh Gibson, now the all-time Major League batting champion, and Satchel Paige, who is third all-time for a single-season ERA. It’s… Read more.
Paying student-athletes Amateurism in college sports has always been akin to puritanism in escort services. But on Thursday, college sports finally gave up the charade. The NCAA and the Power Five athletic conferences agreed to pay student-athletes. And the legal right student-athletes won recently to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) will be the… Read more.
Make women barefoot and pregnant again The kicker on a football team is like the coxswain on a rowing team — they play a key role. But if you ranked 25 NFL positions by importance, the kicker would be no higher than 22. In other words, they’re among the most expendable players. Indeed, teams famously show little patience if a kicker lets… Read more.
LeBron forfeited the GOAT title There’s an ongoing debate about whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is the NBA GOAT. I picked Michael years ago. There’s no denying LeBron’s talents. And they certainly make him worthy of contention. However, he forfeited all claims to this title in 2010 when he abandoned Cleveland and took his talents to Miami to chase his first… Read more.
NCAA treated Bush like a servant In 2010, the NCAA made a public show of stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They condemned him for accepting so-called illegal benefits, claiming that brought the amateur status of college sports into disrepute. Mind you, Bush merely accepted petty cash from boosters to help his poor family make ends meet. Yet,… Read more.
The Masters: ‘It’s over, Tiger’ Stephen A. Smith, from ESPN’s flagship show First Take, is arguably America’s most influential sports commentator. Like E.F. Hutton — when he speaks, people listen. That’s why the way he opened his show’s segment on The Masters on Monday spoke volumes. He looked into the camera, apologized for what he was about to say about his boy,… Read more.
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting season Yesterday, South Carolina faced off against Caitlin Clark’s Iowa for the NCAA Basketball Championship. And not since Magic Johnson’s Michigan State faced off against Larry Bird’s Indiana in 1979 has a final commanded so much national attention. Of course, the most notable difference is that, unlike Michigan State and Indiana, South Carolina and… Read more.
Let’s face it: this whole NFL season was more about the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift than the games themselves. So it’s hardly surprising that this Super Bowl was too – from tracking Taylor’s flight from Japan to make it to Travis trying so hard to impress her that he lost it. Chiefs defeat 49ers in overtime Patrick… Read more.
