By Ryan Signorino Every four years, the world’s best athletes come together for the Olympics. The best of the best stand on the podium, their countries’ flags waving over their heads, with […]
In sports, the national anthem is irrelevant
Dear sports establishment: STOP CRAMMING TIGER WOODS DOWN OUR THROATS
Masters coverage: Of networks, pundits, kneepads and chapstick. I watched final round coverage of the Masters today and in case you didn’t hear yet, Jordan Spieth was transcendent. There was a problem, […]
It’s time baseball players were allowed to carry guns on the field
Yesterday, the second best pitcher on the LA Dodgers, Zack Greinke, had his collarbone broken by an out-of-control Carlos Quentin. If Greinke had only had a right to carry a gun in the workplace, this […]
The old “liberal intelligentsia hates the football program” argument: a Boulder Intellectual responds to a prominent sportswriter
There it was again on the radio this morning: a sports pundit talking about the anti-sports environment that pervades America’s universities, and in particular the hyper-liberal University of Colorado. [sigh] In this […]
Penn State's sports culture is the rule, not the exception
by Brian Moritz News of the punishment came down first thing on Monday morning, July 23. More than eight months after scandal first broke at Penn State, about a month after former […]
John Terry vs. Paul Canoville: an eight year-old boy learns a lesson about racism in sports
by Bret Higgins I wrote a piece last week at the Rocky Mountain Blues blog on the John Terry case. The Chelsea FC captain had to answer to allegations of racial abuse […]
Racism at EURO 2012: a quick note for UEFA
The Dutch team, working out in preparation for its opening match at EURO 2012, was targeted Thursday by racist chanting from the crowd in Krakow. UEFA’s response was…disappointing. UEFA, a day after […]
Another heart attack on the pitch: RIP Piermario Morosini
A few weeks back Bolton Wanderers’ Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field during the team’s FA Cup quarterfinal match against Tottenham Hotspur. He was attended to by emergency staff on the pitch […]
Nota Bene #123: Behold the Chickenosaurus
“There ought to be limits to freedom.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #122: OWStanding
“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into […]
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