Katherine Webb @ Hangout Festival 2013 (Photo credit: ConcertTour) |
Manti Te'o made news for having an imaginary girlfriend. Last we heard, he was playing football for the San Diego Chargers. Or, to paraphrase the Temptations, was it just our imaginations running away?
Brent Musburger of ESPN drools all over Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron's real-life girlfriend Katherine Webb during the BCS Championship Game. Was the game that boring?
Concussions have become such a big issue in sports that the NFL now penalizes helmet-to-helmet contact, and Major League Baseball has outlawed home plate collisions. Good luck enforcing both.
The "Frontline" documentary "League of Denial" ensures that PBS will not be in business with the NFL any time soon. And that ESPN should check its credibility at the door.
Minnesota Gophers football coach Jerry Kill should spend more time in the press box during games.
If you're going to help pay half the cost of the new Vikings football stadium, we should at least know where the money's coming from. Isn't that right, Zygi Wilf?
For Chris Kluwe, speaking out on social issues is a sure-fire way of getting booted out of the NFL.
By the way, what ever happened to that NBA player who declared himself gay?
Thirteen MLB players were suspended for using performance enhancing substances, including Alex Rodriguez. So how come Rodriguez is still playing?
Johnny Manziel (aka Johnny Football) of Texas A&M proved to be too young and immature to handle being a Heisman Trophy winner. So how come the award this year went to Jameis Winston of Florida State, a freshman who was recently acquitted of sexual assault charges?
For all the passing records Peyton Manning has accumulated during his career, why is it that brother Eli has more Super Bowl rings?
If Major League Soccer wants more American fans, they should stop confusing TV viewers who mistake the home side with the visitors, and vice versa. This isn't European soccer.
After leaving MSNBC and Current TV (now Al Jazeera America) high and dry, Keith Olbermann is back doing sports on ESPN. Now if we could only find out which channel his show's on . . .
According to the tabloids, Lindsay Vonn and Tiger Woods are a couple. Vonn is having trouble getting healthy for the downhill competition at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Woods is having trouble remaining relevant in golf's majors. So you could say they have something in common.
The Minnesota Twins are trying to buy their way out of three losing seasons, signing whatever free agent who is desperate enough to play here. They'll need to spend more than that to field a competitive team.
The Minnesota Timberwolves would have a better shot at making the playoffs if they moved to the NBA's Eastern Conference.
If Lance Armstrong has to go on TV to defend himself to Oprah Winfrey, then he really is in trouble.
Women's sports are alive and well in Minnesota. The WNBA Lynx and the University of Minnesota women's hockey team won national titles. Which means Rachel Banham now has to step up.
Will Ferrell certainly went the extra mile to promote his movie "Anchorman 2". As Ron Burgundy, he's hawked cars, co-anchored a real newscast in North Dakota, and interviewed Peyton Manning for ESPN. When does Ferrell get back to being himself?
Does anyone miss Tim Tebow?
Marion Bartoli won the Wimbledon women's singles championship, then retired from tennis. Now that's quitting when you're ahead.
Diana Nyad swam solo from Cuba to Florida. If only people believed she didn't get a little help.
The blackout that delayed the Super Bowl was an excellent example of what the NFL could do in a crisis situation, and of how CBS needed a Bob Costas of its own. As it was, the delay was one of the most-watched TV shows of the year, just behind the game itself.
Bud Adams, Bum Phillips, Ken Norton, Jerry Buss, Pat Summerall, Earl Weaver and Stan Musial were among those who died this year.
2014 can't come soon enough.
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