One of the most prominent basketball players in the world over the past decade is sitting at home without any interest from a single NBA team. How can a 4-time scoring champion, 2-time NBA All-Star MVP, and former league Most […]
Month: September 2010
Oversexed or undersexed, it’s hard to be a female reporter
As an English-speaking female who doesn’t watch TV Azteca and knows only the basics about the world of football, the first time I heard of sports reporter Ines Sainz was last night, when the story of lewd sexual remarks directed […]
Round the ‘Block: 9/14
Not a bad effort on my part – I guess. Still working the kinks out of the show. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. If you missed anything last night, never fear, podcasts below! My Five Cents It’s been interesting […]
Sainz attracts disrespect
A first impression lasts a lifetime. Changing a person’s perception is often the most difficult thing to overcome. But in America, it can be done. Jason Giambi and Michael Vick are proof. Even though we judge books by covers and […]
The [Five] 25: Top 25 and College Football Week 2 in Review
A big-time Week 2 is over and Colt Murray updated his Top 25, BCS Bowl Game Predictions, Heisman Standings, and Games to Watch for next weekend.
Newest members of “Club Gold”
As television analysts and print journalist scrutinized the youth and inexperience of Team USA with “Hater-ade” in their cup, Team USA worked harder than ever under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Team USA grew up and matured, on the court, right […]
Team USA strikes FIBA Gold
The FIBA World Championships came down to a matchup between Turkey and USA with an automatic bid to the 2012 Olympics at stake. Turkey, led by Hedo Turkoglu, was coming off their thrilling win in the semifinals against Serbia, 83-82. […]
I miss the artists
In Thursday’s edition of The Daily Orange, Tony Olivero got it all wrong. And it opened my eyes. After spending about 700 words explaining why the Syracuse defense was going to handle Washington quarterback Jake Locker, he wrote: “There it […]
“Money” Mayweather and The Hurricane
Just watched The Hurricane, one of the all-time feel good sports movies about an imprisoned boxer whose integrity and resolve were more powerful than even his greatest punch. Then I dialed up the web and read a front-page story about […]
Remembering 9/11
A day or mourning is never easy to express in words. Pictures often tell a better story. Today, the pictures are worth more than a thousand words. They are worth a thousand stories. In New York City, at the WTC […]