University of North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora is under fire. During an interview at the ACC media day in Charlotte, he questioned the relationship between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and football. I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE. We don’t really know that. Are there chances for … Read more
In 2014, I was watching the University of Virginia (my alma mater) win its first NCAA tournament game under current coach Tony Bennett. In the post game interview Bennett opened by thanking “his lord and savior Jesus Christ” after which I wrote to UVA president Teresa Sullivan and suggested the institution’s founder and author … Read more
Anyone who knows me will tell you I used to be Tiger Woods’ #1 fan. His book How I Play Golf has a prominent place in my book case. In 2006-07, I was so confident of Woods’ links superiority, I took Tiger against the field in seven straight tournaments. The stakes being a free lunch. I … Read more
Now there are a lot of reasons one might think Mike Pence is a MORON based on his 15 minutes of infamy at the Colts/49ers football game yesterday. You can point to his scheduling an itinerary which took him from Washington, D.C. to Indianapolis via LAS VEGAS! (He must have been sleeping in Geography … Read more
There was quite a fight this weekend. Two of the biggest names in their sport going head to head. It was the kind of athletic affair portrayed in movies like Rocky. No, I’m not talking about the Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor boxing match in Las Vegas. That was more akin to Aesop’s “Tortoise and the Hare.” … Read more