He leads one of the NFL’s best teams. But we barely know who he is. What does this brother have to do to get some love? His team remains undefeated which means he’s now 14 and 0 – the best record ever for a first-year NFL head coach. But all we seem to know is [...]
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Can the Head Colt Finally Get Some Love?
Posted: 18th December 2009 by DavidBurnett in Black coaches, Coaches, NFLTags: head coach, Indianapolis Colts, Jim Caldwell
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Bryant Gumbel: Still Cool Under Pressure
Posted: 9th December 2009 by DavidBurnett in MediaTags: Bryant Gumbel, HBO, lung cancer, Media, Real Sports
Bryant Gumbel can really rub you the wrong way. There is something not quite right about him at times. Maybe its the arrogance he sometimes exudes. Despite that, he is also celebrated as one of the most well-prepared and brilliant interviewers of our time. On Regis and Kelly the other day, Gumbel, the erudite TV [...]
Share on FacebookHeisman Trophy: The Biggest Joke in Football
Posted: 8th December 2009 by DavidBurnett in BCSTags: biggest joke in football, Heisman Trophy, joke, Ndamukong Suh
Almost every year I get angry the second week of December. That’s when the Heisman Trophy winner – symbolizing the nation’s best college football player – is announced. It’s rarely the right guy. I’d be shocked if the right guy gets handed the trophy on Saturday. The politics of major college football are often infuriating [...]
Share on FacebookTiger’s Truth and Consequences
Posted: 2nd December 2009 by DavidBurnett in Golf, Tiger, Tiger WoodsTags: Tiger Woods statement, transgressions
As malicious as the tabloids can often be, there is sometimes a grain of truth in those stories. Sometimes there’s a huge grain of truth. And today Tiger Woods came as close to admitting to the affairs alleged by the tabloids as he ever will. He said in a statement released on his website that [...]
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