A few commonsense lessons that we seem to be forgetting these days, at least in lieu of the Tiger Woods situation:

Imagine what professional baseball would be like if it was commonly accepted practice for teams to schedule a dozen games every year against AAA minor league teams–and that those games would count when it came time to determine who made the playoffs. Or what the NFL would be like if the Patriots, Giants, Cowboys, [...]

As you probably heard, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez just admitted to using steroids. It seems to me that everyone is in the wrong here: A-Rod is certainly in the wrong for taking steroids, but the blame doesn’t end with him. The testing lab, the Justice Department, Sports Illustrated, the Players [...]

The NFL lost one of it’s greatest coaches yesterday, as Colts coach Tony Dungy retired. Dungy ought to be a sure-fire Hall of Fame coach–but I’ll get to that in a moment. What really sets Dungy apart is his quality as a human being. You didn’t have to be told that Dungy [...]

It’s a New Year, we just swore in a new Congress yesterday (or most of one), there is a new conflict in Israel/Palestine, we are about to have a new President, and as of this evening College Football will have a new crowned champion (although not without the usual controversy). It’s like Springtime in [...]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the this year’s college football turmoil has nothing to do with the BCS–and wouldn’t be solved by a playoff (and yes, I’m a big fan of a playoff; I knew that Obama fellow had a couple good ideas!)

I saw an interesting article today on college football coaching perks and salaries, in which the author broke down the incentive clauses of a couple of the highest paid coaches in the country. He focused on Nick Saban’s contract with the University of Alabama. Coach Saban, entering the second year of his contract, [...]

I am constantly flabbergasted by how “common knowledge”, even and especially among experts in a particular field, can so often be so wrong. And I don’t even mean “wrong if you really know what you’re talking about”; I mean “illogical at face value”. I’ll start with a couple examples from football (it is [...]

There’s been quite a lot of controversy lately over the age of the Chinese women’s gymnastics team. In particular, most of the controversy has revolved around He Kexin, who was reported last year by the Chinese state-run media as being only 13, and yet who now claims to be 16. She has a [...]

The public doesn’t have a right to know anything about private citizens. Anyone who says differently is selling something (probably a newspaper).