Munificent sports fans are quick to take issue with an athlete stepping outside of what we deem acceptable behavior. If a player is taunting another, then a sports fan is quick to label the player a jerk, or — worse — a member of the Oakland Raiders. Yet, visit any stadium at any level of [...]
When ancient armies lay siege to a city the populace assumed naught could get worse. Then, like lawyers parting the office, the rats came spreading the Plague. In this column just a few short days ago it was posited that the NFL Network is atrocious. After last nights broadcast, in this scribes opinion, the network [...]
Jemele Hill, columnist, humanitarian and one tough cowboy, wrote an excellent article about the NFL prospects of Troy Smith. Amazingly she made it through the article without accusing anyone of outright racism.
Jemele possesses talent but usually opts for the cheap race baiting rather than using her talent to explore issues related to her chosen discipline. [...]
Scoop Jackson is again on the prowl. Li’ Pimp is now waxing philosophically on Jim Tressel, the Ohio State football coach. Via Page 2, where mediocrity reigns, here’s a snippet:
First, understand that “the right thing” and “the right thing in his mind” were two different things. Only he didn’t know it.
Scoop believes he understands Jim [...]
There are a number of ways to express thanks. Sending a foreign leader a gold vase, writing a warm letter, or taking to the bent knee position to warm an ex-presidents heart and member. Or, like the play of the Oakland Raiders, there are innumerable ways to express displeasure.
The Critical Sports Blog admittedly goes after [...]
Having started out as a journalist of no great distinction, Jemele Hill is now rocketing to obscurity with her latest article on athletes and groupies. Obviously this subject trumps any other that ESPN could possibly assign space for and it continues the inexorable descent of said network into the nether regions of broadcast hell.
At one [...]
Stewart Mandel, when not begging fans for a place to sleep after a game, patiently explains that he is not a Notre Dame hater despite some readers believing he dislikes Notre Dame and has man-love for USC. Give Mandel credit for standing up for himself and for looking pudgy in his ridiculous photograph over at [...]
Much has been written about the inarticulacy of ESPN writer Bill Simmons. The majority of sports fans find his long winded diatribes particularly confusing inasmuch as he moves from one broken train of thought to another with no advance notice. It’s his niche in much the same way that Michael Richards new niche is overt [...]
What makes a sports editor tick? More to the point what upsets an editor? Having been fortunate enough to discuss this with a major daily editor (He saw us in The New York Times and the USA Today blogs) I can say that it’s this type of material hogging. Editor stated that it drove him [...]
The discussion about Chris Baldwin resulted in his being labeled a whiner because he complained Dan Patrick snubbed him for an interview. Now William Wolfrum, a blogger syndicated by Travelgolf, highlights The Critical Sports Blogs take on Mr. Baldwin.
Admittedly The Critic hadn’t heard of Chris Baldwin nor Travelgolf principally because The Critic is a fan [...]