Sorry, Talking Heads: Quarterbacks Are Cockier Than Everyone

After Seattle Seahawk defensive star Richard Sherman’s “I’m the best” rant gave the sports world something to chew on, following the ‘Hawks 2014 NFC Championship victory, an interesting theory popped up. Sports talking heads (radio and television experts) started rehashing a fairly old idea that football cornerbacks, safeties and wide receivers were the most confident…

NFL Finally Ends Film Production on “The Replacements 2”

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…

Violence and sports going hand-in-hand: DUH moments

“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…