OTL on Vick: Truth Is In the Voice of the Mic Holder

Kelli Naqi interviewed an “informer” who told her the lurid story about Michael Vick the dog fighter and Michael Vick the dog fighting bettor. According to the informer his dog squared off against Vick’s dog in 2000 saying: “He’s a pit bull fighter. He’s one of...

ESPN rates Spartans No. 2 in past decade

This was great news for every Spartan!!!  Possibly the best team in the last 10 years."ESPN rates Spartans No. 2 in past decade MSU ties UConn in poll; Katz ranks Izzo's program best Joe Rexrode Lansing State Journal The past 10 seasons have been the best in the history...

Don Imus, Duke Lacrosse, Life and Sports: What the Hell Is Going On Here?!

The NHL is in the midst of winnin’ time. The NBA nears winnin’ time. The MLB schedule is budding. Yet, because of Don Imus’ statements, because of the Duke Lacrosse team, most of the sports world remains in the permafrost of a silent spring.At first glance, one...

Bill Simmons Is At It Again, So It's a "Black Jesus" Friday

I’m tired of reading Bill Simmons (and others of his ilk, as Michael Wilbon would say) and his depiction of black athletes - and black people. However, somebody has to make absolutely sure that the watchers are watched, that people of all colors can see racism, even when it...

O. J. Mayo Knows More Than You Do

I ran across a post in The Big Lead (TBL) this morning titled, “If You Thought the O. J. Mayo Video Was Disgusting… Wait Until You Hear This One,” slamming 19 year-old O. J. Mayo, arguably the best high school basketball player in the country. Mayo’s transgression?...

More NBA All-Star Week Fallout: Deconstructing Bill Simmons

I‘m so happy Scoop Jackson called out his ESPN.com peer Bill Simmons. I’m equally happy Simmons responded. This way the public these people are allegedly writing for get to view how they really think. That’s why I love Cold Pizza’s two hour live format; same with the...

Race Baiting, Gender Bending, Tolerance Having, and Nothing to Show for It All

Oh man, here we go again. I’m thinking about eliciting the aid of an astrologist to find out if we’re in the midst of some weird planetary trine or something because too many sports figures, from athletes to players' representatives to coaches are talking like no one’s...

Dan LeBastard Does Tim the Hard-a-way

The lack of context for the “gay teammate” question makes Dan LeBatard complicit in setting up Tim Hardaway for ESPN and for the furtherance of his own career. It makes ESPN complicit in pressing ethical boundaries to ensure sales of an ESPN-published book. It makes...

An Intervention on a Drug-Addled Columnist

There’s a dope fiend on the loose on the pages of ESPN.com’s Page 2. Yes there are all the tell-tale signs of addiction: a change in writing habits - an excessive and often incoherent writing style combined with inexplicable statements of connectivity between apples and...

I Heart ESPN - Not! Well, I Could If…

Why ESPN is so irksome - at least. It's time for the 27-year old sports network to grow up.