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Does the NBA Need a Rooney Rule? 21 Jan 2013 | 11:22 am
So far this season, four NBA coaches have been fired or “mutually agreed” to be fired–Mike Brown (Lakers), Avery Johnson (Nets), Scott Skiles (Bucks) and Alvin Gentry (Suns). Three of the four are Afr...
How Will the Te’o Madness End? 17 Jan 2013 | 11:28 am
I have no idea how this Manti Te’o madness will end. Right now, all I know is that I feel as if I’m being duped. I don’t know by whom, or by everyone (including my sportswriter colleagues who are no d...
Time to Give College Football Players the Same Leverage as their Coach 11 Jan 2013 | 03:23 am
Maybe it’s the timing that got under my skin. Had the jet carrying beaten and battered Notre Dame even touched down back in South Bend before Irish head coach Brian Kelly was straightening his tie and...
Writers Got It Wrong 10 Jan 2013 | 02:07 am
Baseball’s writers got it wrong. And now maybe it’s time to bench them, as well. We just learned that baseball’s 2013 Hall of Fame Class will include….no one. (Except for three members posthumously el...
Griffin a Victim of NFL’s “Win Now” Mentality 9 Jan 2013 | 11:42 pm
Robert Griffin III (I’m not calling him RGIII again until he’s healthy) had surgery today. According to various reports doctors repaired a torn LCL and examined at previously injured ACL. Rehabilitati...
Gabby: You’ve Done Enough. 7 Aug 2012 | 08:39 am
If I was advising Gabby Douglas I’d have told her to pack her leotard and two gold medals right after the all-around and told her to become the most famous prime-time cheerleader on the planet. I woul...
Twitter Takes Out First Olympic Competitor 26 Jul 2012 | 01:31 am
Did you hear the one about Voula Papachristou, the Greek triple jumper? No? And you won’t either because she’s no joke. She’s also no longer an Olympian. Kudos to the Greek Olympic committee for boun...
Hey, SI, What are you waiting for?! 24 Jul 2012 | 11:25 pm
It was a different time, or maybe it wasn’t. In 1986, Sports Illustrated dispatched the talented Rick Reilly to chronicle the life and times of Joe Paterno, already an iconic figure in sports. Paterno...
Fitness Videos: Not all about Fitness… 24 Jul 2012 | 10:40 am
Fitness videos are as old as videos themselves–although the early videos were less about fitness than, ahem, sex. They showed scantily clad ladies during basic moves, and shot them from provocative an...
Use Your New You for Others 5 Jul 2012 | 11:25 am
Being self-centered isn’t a good thing. But being self-focused can certainly be. Indeed it’s at the heart of what motivates those among us who are passionate about leading fit healthy lives. It’s wh...
