Burning Questions

English: Hope Solo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

How can we miss Derek Jeter when he won't go away?

Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson aren't playing football because of allegations of domestic abuse.  What about Hope Solo?  Why is she still playing soccer when she's charged with doing the same thing?

When is Jameis Winston going to grow up?  And when is Florida State going to stop enabling him?

Is the Big Ten a bigger conference or a bigger mediocrity?

If Major League Baseball is serious about shortening games, why put those with connections to the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox (the game's version of "War and Peace") on a committee to study it?

Is Bud Selig really going to retire as commissioner of baseball?

Where has Roger Goodell been hiding?

How long will it be before it becomes less fashionable for commentators to refer to the Washington Redskins as "the Washington NFL team"?

How can the 49ers claim to be San Francisco's team when their new stadium is closer to San Jose?  Shouldn't they be called the Golden State 49ers?  And why don't we ever hear about the New Jersey Giants and Jets, or the Fort Worth Cowboys?

So when are London and Los Angeles going to join the NFL?

After Donald Sterling, is there any NBA owner who doesn't have a racist bone in his body?

Has a certain brand of toilet bowl manufacturer bought the naming rights to the proposed Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco?  Will the name still be "Golden State"?

When is the NBA returning to Seattle?  And when is it leaving Minnesota?  Or has that already happened?

Why would the NHL want to expand when there are a number of teams on thin ice?  If there's a second Toronto franchise, what happens to the Buffalo Sabres?

Shouldn't Major League Soccer and its teams forge their own identities instead of copying the European leagues?  Or don't they have one?

With TV rights for major sports events locked up for the next decade or so, how can networks like Fox Sports 1 and NBCSN expect to survive?

Should commercial broadcast TV bow at the feet of the NFL for keeping them in business?

Should Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers be credited or blamed for bringing back every third-rate "Saturday Night Live" character in those State Farm insurance commercials?