In these holiday times of seasonal drinks (ah, pumpkin latte and peppermint mocha, my good friends) and overbearing consumerism, the thing I’m most thankful for in sports is a Web site called footytube.com. While my non-existent avid readers would likely have expected me to laud UNC’s basketball championship, the joy
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Disgraced NBA Referee Tim Donaghy Makes Outlandish Conspiracy Claims
Tim Donaghy, the former NBA referee who just finished a 15-month sentence for his involvement in fixing games, spent his time in prison quite productively. Donaghy used his months in the joint to pen a book revealing the nefarious underbelly of the NBA. Forget for a minute that this is
If You Think Anyone Other Than UNC Will Win March Madness, You’re Wrong
I grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From the time my family moved to Chapel Hill when I was three until we moved again when I was 14, I attended almost every University of North Carolina home basketball game. UNC basketball is my “religious views” on Facebook. You could
The Battle for Ineptitude: The 2009 NFL Season
In the past ten years, so the saying goes, the NFL has seen a vast increase in parity. Popular belief holds that every team has a chance to win any given week, in part thanks to free agency, the salary cap, and the league’s ability to draw from a vast
NFL’s Worst of the Worst Stumble Through the Season
In the past ten years, so the saying goes, the National Football League has seen a vast increase in parity. Popular belief holds that every team has a chance to win any given week, in part thanks to free agency, the salary cap, and the league’s ability to draw from