California Golden Bears: The Ready for Primetime Players?

Published on: 8th September, 2009

Last Saturday in Berkeley, spirits were running high, with the kind of spirit they haven't had, well, one hopes, since 1959.  Maybe it was a result of what is usually the longest offseason in all of major American sport, producing an effect on the opening day of college football akin to, ...

Philadelphia Eagles Signing Michael Vick Gooses Dog Days of Summer

Published on: 14th August, 2009

One thing the average sports fan can't complain about this summer—usually a time reserved for languorous days at the baseball stadium and poring over reports from pro football camp and college football practice—is that it's been boring.  Yesterday, the Philadelphia Eagles unleashed the perfect storm of this bizarre sports summer, making ...

USC Football: The Unbearable Lightness of Pete Carroll

Published on: 3rd August, 2009

Damn you, Pete Carroll.  You heard me, Coach.  Damn you.  Damn you for making it so hard to hate you. In case you missed it last week, the Pac-10 held its annual media day in one of the many hotels near LAX (an appropriately Los Angeles-centric venue), and, as usual, Carroll ...