It's okay to foul...
Yesterday, I was watching UAB basically shit the bed at the end of the game while leading by 3 against New Mexico… …TWICE! So, I had to opine. Basketball coaches have to be smarter than this.
And how I make super-hypothetical sports leaps...
I’ve always been interested in how singular events change the course of history. Especially in sports. For example, with the St. Louis Rams, what if Mike Jones didn’t make “The Tackle” at the goal line against the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV? The Rams may not have won the title without it. Dick Vermeil,...
I bet the chicken taste better after this...
Here’s the security camera footage, via @SportsCallAU, of a Locos restaurant in Alabama as the Auburn Tigers won in one of the most improbable pass completions ever last week. Hostesses: please do not handle the silverware while watching the Auburn game.
From Little League to World Series in two years
Of my time in St. Louis, I believe my biggest public mea culpa has been reserved for Mike Matheny. When Tony La Russa retired and John Mozeliak hired the former St. Louis Cardinals’ catcher to take over one of the most prestigious managerial jobs in Major League Baseball, I was astonished. Matheny, while apparently being...
What a wild three weeks this could be for the Tigers
Missouri football, an SEC team, controls their own destiny in the SEC East. But that’s not the only place where they control their own destiny. Back to that in a moment. I was doing a radio interview today (which is weird, because who wants to do a radio interview with an unemployed guy?) in which the...
For the Louisville-area followers...
There are a number of things that irk me about the Kevin Ware story of him getting a speeding ticket awhile back, in a car that wasn’t his, and missing his court date. This isn’t anything real in-depth. It’s just a couple of things that are top of mind right now. Here they are in...
We're missing the point with the Panthers-Patriots finish Monday Night
The following is a sentiment I’ve seen in a lot of places over the last 18 hours regarding Monday night’s finish in Carolina between the Panthers and the Patriots: If the ref had not thrown a flag, no one would have ever mentioned it. — Dan Le Batard Show (@LeBatardShow) November 19, 2013 First, Dan...
A lot about myself and a lot about this industry
There have only been two times I’ve truly been without a job in sports radio. The first time was when the sports radio station I worked for was sold to a Christian radio company and was flipped. The other is now. The first one doesn’t really count in my mind. This one, obviously does. Here...
You got played...
I am a huge John Groce fan. To me, he makes Illinois basketball about as likeable as possible for an Indiana fan like me. So it is with great sympathy and hilarity that I watch this video and share it with others. I’m so sorry, #IlliniNation.
Do you dance with who brought ya?
James Franklin was the quarterback for Missouri football before he was injured. But should he be now, when we don’t know how is throwing shoulder is going to be upon his return with the two biggest regular season games in the Mizzou program’s history coming up?