Professional Sports
Football
Everybody Talks: Who do we look up to?
I can’t help but ponder why sports fans idolize and cherish the athletes we do. Are we attached because they play for our team or earn us fantasy points? Read More
Tanking
Teams don’t have to embrace the tank
Upon first glance, there seems to be no issue for a team to strategically sacrifice the present and invest in the future. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: Leave the safety on
Movie theaters, nightclubs, music festivals — could a stadium or an arena be added to the list? It could be, but that isn’t the point. Read More
MLB
Roy Halladay and the stakes of sport versus reality
Roy Halladay was a great pitcher. It sounds sort of banal to say, but it’s the number-one truth of his career. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: A storm is brewing
Last Thursday, ESPN released its revised social media guidelines for all employees, which states all social network use should be “civil,” “responsible,” and “without overt political biases. Read More
MLB
Fell asleep during the World Series? Hard to blame you
Five hours and 17 minutes. That’s how long game five of the World Series took. Read More
NFL
Which NFL coaches are on the hot seat, and who will replace them
The NFL season is now about halfway over. That usually means that we are entering the time when head coaches get fired mid-season, interim coaches will step in, and come January, the frenzy to interview successful assistant coaches will begin. Read More
MLB
MLB playoff preview: In the postseason, pitching is pivotal
The MLB playoffs are starting, and the time has come to predict the winner. Read More
Everybody Talks
Everybody Talks: Black opinions shouldn’t have to take a knee
The main takeaway from this weekend’s Twitter storm is that the president continues to manifest his apparent issues with people of color. Read More
Trump
Trump, ‘U Bum’
Over the past few days, President Donald Trump has gotten the attention of the sports world with comments and a tweet aimed at athletes that, to no one’s surprise, were unrestrained, largely inaccurate, and showed the public servant’s proclivity to taking things personally. Read More