Archive | May 2, 2007
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When Kids Fall Through The Cracks: The Ryan West Story.
The young men who don the orange and white on autumn Saturdays live under a pretty harsh microscope, on and off the field. For every Robert Meachem and Aaron Sears, there’s a Daniel Brooks, a James Banks or a Roshaun Fellows off-the-field incident or several to counter the strides the Vols make on the field. [...]
Indignant Over Not Getting Drafted
The NFL Draft. A day when dreams come true and opportunities for young ballplayers become possible. And when dreams are shattered. Nothing is more enjoyable than when non-draftees voice there displeasure with being overlooked. Especially when they went to a high profile school, were productive….and left early. The indignant surprise with which they and their [...]
Should ‘student-athletes’ be paid?
The first time I heard this issue seriously mentioned was during a lecture by Spike Lee at IU and he talked about the exploitation of athletes who receive a college scholarship and in return, universities and athletic conferences make hundreds of millions of dollars. There’s an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun today where Rep. [...]
Top Ten ESPN Commercials
From the Sportable Blog are the Top 10 ESPN Commercials ever. Watch as Stu Scott’s lazy wandering eye continue to ruin sporting news forever. Chris Berman opened the floodgates for the personality first, sports second mentality of ESPN personnel, but Stuart Scott made his life’s goal to find out exactly where the nth degree [...]
