Category: Sports

(Editor’s note: All ratings used in this article come from the AP Top 25 survey and all team ratings used are from Sagarin, the gold standard among rating services.) In the world of college football there are pretenders and contenders. Nine of the top 25 AP teams and 3 of the top 5 received a reality check over the weekend. […]

This was one of the most significant upsets in Super Bowl history. The New York Giants, who had a winning record of 14-6, were playing the New England Patriots, who had a winning record of 18-1. Everything pointed to the Patriots winning the game. Well, it’s not over until it’s over! In a surprising upset, the New York Giants beat […]

The 2009 Kansas City Chiefs will sport a completely new look from 2008 and those changes start at the top. Gone are Carl Peterson and Herman Edwards and in their place came former Patriot Scott Pioli and former Cardinal offensive coordinator turned head coach Todd Haley, respectively. Also, the Chiefs have a new starting quarterback in ex-patriot Matt Cassel and […]

There has been a lot of speculation about the Tsavo Man-Eaters with a fair amount of sensationalism and dramatization, especially in the movie based on the story. “The Ghost and the Darkness” was an entertaining movie but definitely a spiced version. “tsavo” translate to “Killing Place” which is aptly named if true. Between Lieutenant Colonel John Patterson, who was building […]

Like many people in the early ’70s, trauma forced me to question what life meant to me. My particular trauma at age 27 was being left with two young children after the death of my first husband, David. This was during a time of consciousness expansion when events like the war in Vietnam, the shooting of students who rebelled against […]

Matt Fargo takes a brief look at each game this Sunday and offers some thoughts and trends. CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE 1 p.m. This is Cincinnati’s last game before their bye week. The Bengals sit atop the AFC North thanks to an easy schedule in which all six of their wins have come against teams that now have a combined 12-31 […]

It’s what we do to start the game; it’s what we do between quarters, at halftime, on third-down conversions and when scoring touchdowns; it is what we do that makes us proud of our university and our team. It sets us apart from everyone else in our league and gives us a unique brand of who we are and all […]

Josh Hamilton is a true success story. You’ve had it all, you’ve hit rock bottom and now you’re truly back on top of the mountain. As a child, he became interested in baseball at a very young age and was so good at the game that he was placed in much older leagues before he was ten years old. He […]

I’m not a fan of LeBron James. In fact, from The decision last summer, I don’t recall writing anything positive about him. Regardless, I feel compelled to defend LeBron. This is why. Following the Miami Heat’s victory in Game 3 of the 2011 NBA Finals, a CBS Sports reporter (Gregg Doyel) beat LeBron in his post-game press conference. Essentially, Doyel […]

Have you ever had a problem that you couldn’t solve? A project you’ve never done before? Did you have no idea where to start? I know I have We all have. So what do we do? We are looking for someone with experience and knowledge. Someone who “been there, done that.” Most self-help gurus and self-improvement coaches agree. You want […]