Why do we act as if Eli Manning has been getting away with something? For some reason, sports media are smug when discussing the New York Giant quarterback. They want to point out that Manning’s play has declined, and was never that great in the first place. Pricking Eli Manning’s good-not-great QB career is not…
A lot was made of Eli Manning’s response to ESPN Radio host Michael Kay’s question, Are you in the same class as Tom Brady? Eli hemmed a bit, then admitted that, yes, he considers himself on that level. It is true that Brady’s statistics, quality wins, and titles outweigh Manning’s. The numbers come first in…
Is every televised athletic event required to have a female sideline reporter? In basketball and football and other major sports, it’s more often the case than not. This is not news, but only a few mention it. Freakonomics asked this question a few years ago. Commenters to that story circled the same explanations, in general:…