Last Monday night, while out at a local establishment, a woman approached me to tell me she "can’t stand the Monday Night Football announcers and after 20 years of watching I would rather watch the game with the volume down because these men would have Howard Cosell spinning in his grave." Ma’am, sorry, but some […]
A couple of life’s rules that I learned to be true while growing up: —The only thing in life that is certain is death and taxes. —Life moves fast even though it ticks away at the same momentum every day. —You can fool some of the people sometime but you can’t fool all of the […]
In the blink of an eye, a season could have changed. Hopes could have been dashed and promises could have gone out the window. Fortunately, "hope and promise" just limped to the sideline with a deep knee bruise.A startling revelation occurred three Saturday nights ago at Fed Ex Field when Washington quarterback Jason Campbell writhed […]
Never will I utter the words "talking heads" again. Nor will I knock sports TV anchors for just being pretty people with pea-sized brains who can read a prompter. The big easy: Legendary NFL coach turned seasoned sportscaster John Madden makes being in front of the camera seem like a cinch. Two weeks ago a […]
Tight-end Heath Miller is a UVA sports icon, but even though he’s performed well in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelrs, he’s yet to become a well-known name. Will that change this year 1. The Super Bowl will definitely be played on February 3, 2008, in Glendale, Arizona… ( O.K., O.K., now we get down […]
Two seasons ago, the nation prepared for Reggie Bush to make his Heisman run. Last August, Brady Quinn was the golden boy on the preseason magazines. This upcoming season, Virginia Tech braces itself to become "America’s Team" for more reasons than just a stellar returning defense and a top 10 place in a few polls. […]
At Pinehurst golf course, you can imagine being, if not actually be, Payne Stewart as he drilled a nearly impossible putt on the 18th in the 1999 U.S. Open Gazing out upon perfectly cut green grass and trees that look like they were painted by the late Bill "Happy Trees" Ross, it dawns on me […]
Chapter 1: Suspended Adam Jones. Chapter 2: Suspended Tank Johnson. Chapter 3: Watched Michael Vick be indicted by a federal Grand Jury. Chapter 4: Vomited. Chapter 5: Bought stock in Pepto Bismol.
Does this team have a starting quarterback? “So we would have hoped, particularly with him being at the top of the chart, that he could have thrown 300 or 400 passes in the spring. That’s probably not going to be the case but that’s the reality of it.”—Al Groh, prior to spring practice on his […]
Sing along with the Simon & Garfunkel melody: Where have you gone La-ance A-armstrong? Your spo-ort turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo woo woo. What’s that you say, Mrs. Robinson? LiveStrong has retired and gone away? Hey hey hey. Isn’t it amazing that the Tour de France used to be a staple of the […]