Is there anyone capable of playing two sports at the very highest levels in the 21st century? Obviously, when this question is posed by media, only athletes from the most popular sports are considered. Why? Because media knows that they will get eyes and ears when they talk about LeBron James — not the latest…
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:…
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There was an uproar in the Land of Constant Outrage, i.e. the United States of America. A football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay’s Packers caused the anguish. I didn’t see the game-ending play or any of the game. I haven’t had cable or satellite since 2004. All of my sports watching is…
Is Wes Welker a Hall of Famer? Probably not. Yet if you listen to a vocal segment of NFL fans, you’d hear that the diminuitive receiver is a first-year lock for the Hall. Welker’s numbers over the last few seasons are sky-high. When the football comes his way, he usually finds a way to catch…
The NFL lockout is over. Well, at least in practical terms. Barring the return of Jesus Christ, World War III, or an alien assault, the 2011 season will proceed uninterrupted. Men everywhere, and a few women, are sighing in relief. The sports fanatic churches have not been padlocked. All of the backslapping has smeared over…
“If competitive sports build character, it is character fit for a criminal,” said G.B. Leonard in 1972, disputing the theory that athletics embody moral principles. Leonard might have had football in mind when he penned those words. Football is a game of intelligence. But it’s a game of brutality, too. How can a person wrestle…