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| English: Baltimore Ravens Training Camp August 20, 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Athletes who abuse the women and children in their lives, and otherwise break the law, should expect their employers to come down hard on them in fines and suspensions. Well, sometimes, depending on how valuable you are to the team and how competent the investigation was.
Whatever happened to Michael Sam?
Just because the World Cup was a huge hit on TV, that doesn't mean soccer has arrived in America yet.
NBC will be televising the Olympic games through 2032. In other words, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Bird enthusiasts want the Minnesota Vikings to put a special film on the glass in their new football stadium, so our flighty friends won't suffer as many concussions outside as the players do inside. Why does this sound like a Windex TV commercial?
Donald Sterling no longer owns the Los Angeles Clippers, thanks to his unrepentant bigotry being caught on tape by his mistress. Who's to say there aren't other Sterlings out there, only they're smart enough to keep their racism to themselves?
Bud Selig is retiring as Major League Baseball commissioner. Time for a checklist of his accomplishments. Labor peace? Records forever altered by steroid use? Rich teams getting richer through lengthy TV contracts? More playoffs? Making the All Star Game a grudge match for a World Series advantage? Interleague play? Being more beloved by owners than players and fans? Check and double check.
Stephen A. Smith, Bill Simmons and other sports media hosts who make a living out of saying stupid things on the air sometimes goes too far and get suspended. Is it too much to ask to think before you speak?
Mo'ne Davis made a big splash as a 13-year old girl who pitched in the Little League World Series. Let's hope her newfound celebrity status doesn't affect her future college eligibility.
Becky Hammon is now an assistant coach for the NBA San Antonio Spurs, following a long career in the WNBA. This shouldn't be a big deal, but it is.
Rory McElroy is the number one golfer in the world, and is getting better. Tiger Woods, because of injuries and related things, is sinking slowly into the sunset.
Maybe someday, Johnny Manziel will become the stellar NFL quarterback everyone thought he'd be. They said the same thing about Tim Tebow, and look where he is now--on ESPN as a football analyst.
The Federal Communication Commission ruled that "Redskins" is not obscene enough to ban it from TV, and have also refused to take away the license of one of Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder's radio stations. By any other name, the Redskins will continue to be a dysfunctional franchise as long as Snyder owns it.
We say goodbye to . . . Tony Gwynn, Jean Beliveau, Ralph Kiner, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Gilles Tremblay, Pat Quinn, Alvin Dark, Orlando Thomas.
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