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As a youth (right out of college) I would always take MLK Day off. It was stupid and misguided but at the time, I was “celebrating” the black holiday. I like to think that I am a pushback kind of guy. That pushing back was silly. I am almost…
With the current grease fire at Ohio State, the NCAA still looking at Will Lyles association with the University of Oregon, Auburn, California and LSU and Cam Newton still under investigation and USC still suffering a loss of scholarships and not being eligible to play in a bowl game…
Sometimes I’m shocked (maybe I shouldn’t be) at the fact that some in the Longhorn nation have written off quarterback Garrett Gilbert. Every time I bring up the prospects of the 2011 Longhorn football season on the radio show or with friends, I’m flooded with phone calls,…
There was a big push for the Pittsburgh Steelers to part ways with Super Bowl winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after his second and very public accusation of sexual assault in March of 2010.
In April of 2010, NFL’s Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that Roethlisberger would serve a six game suspension…
Jeremiah Masoli is being done wrong. Period!
Regardless of what you think about Masoli as a person because of his problems at the University of Oregon, Houston Nutt as a coach or the University of Mississippi as a university, Masoli acted within the confines of the rules. These…
As I sat watching ESPN’s 30 for 30 on Michael Jordan’s decision to retire from basketball and turn to baseball, he said the word, “steps” and it reminded me about why I love sports and why I love the opportunity presented in America.
Michael Jordan said, “I knew players that…
The 4th of July is a real holiday.
My grandfather, Hezekiah Adams had a 3rd grade education and worked as a sharecropper for most of his life in North Carolina and South Carolina. He had family members lynched, children attacked by dogs and lived a very tough and understated life. Yet when…
I have always operated under the assumption that if I’m ultimately going to be held accountable for something , then I’m going to be the one making the final call on how it gets done. It’s part of my “D personality” according to the DISC Behavioral model and my…
Oscar Wilde said that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. In short form, everyone can change and the powers of redemption are great.
In 2004 in Auburn Hills, Michigan, fists were flying. So were cups, plastic bottles and even a chair in one of the…
