A Necessary (Re)Introduction
As marquee college athletic programs find themselves sanctioned for infractions involving player recruitment, the answer is unclear but it is definitely a bottom-up (Players-to-Everybody else above them) solution.
Category: Bigger than Me
What if there was no New Year’s Eve?
Most people scoff at religion when it intrudes on their personal lifestyle but few malign the bliss of an ensuing new year. New Year’s Eve conjures up a sensitivity to culmination. I mean, people get pretty inspired as the days grow closer to January. Promises are made and resolutions are decreed with noble intent and …
Michael Vick and Courage not so Ironic
If you played in the National Football League on the same team as convicted dog fighter Michael Vick would you consider him courageous? One step further, would you vote to name Vick the recipient of an award which symbolizes professionalism, great strength and dedication? The Ed Block award represents the essence of sportsmanship and recipients …
Andre Agassi Open
The pressure parents put on children can have adverse effects that lay hidden in the silence of professional athletes like Andre Agassi. How many children are being groomed for the “crash and burn” cycle? Check out Agassi’s candid interview with CBS’ Katie Couric. Watch CBS News Videos Online
Not afraid to divide
If pluralism is a modern watch word, Bobby Knight stopped watching years ago. He’s actually a nice person but anyone who has met him knows that “nice” doesn’t mean blindly cosigning for the status quo that has come to define the culture of NCAA basketball. Coach Knight, who won 902 games as a Division I …
A lesson from Chris Henry
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died early this morning from injuries suffered after falling from his fiancee’s truck bed. Apparently Henry and Loleini Tonga had been having a domestic dispute prior. The sports journalists will cover the details of this tragedy similar to how they did when Steve McNair was murdered on July 4, 2009 …
LA Clippers’ Baron Davis Intervenes via the Screen
Though I never joined a gang in the Inglewood/Los Angeles neighborhoods in which I spent the first 14 years of my life, they played a large role in my decision to pursue and idolize basketball. Two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis (Verso Entertainment) in collaboration with director Stacy Peralta, produced his first feature documentary, Crips and …
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