Every year on the 4th of July I like to tune into Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest at Coney Island. Is it because I’m a fan of competitive eating? No. Do I love watching people repulsively shove dogs down their gullet? Absolutely not. I don’t know what it is but there’s just something about the [...]

I randomly recall heading into another 2nd grade school day many years ago. As I crawled out of the passenger seat of the car, I turned and asked my grandma a simple, yet naively relevant question. It was this: “Will the Royals win this year?” In an encouraging tone she replied “It’s a new year [...]

Though it seems like eons ago, it was just last week we were listening to big speeches during a pompous newsconference in Nebraska and were shrugging our shoulders when Colorado showed their Benedict Arnold flakiness. How quickly breaking news becomes stale. Both schools were duped by the same university that 1 ups them in the [...]

Every four years soccer comes around in full force. To the rest of the world, the World Cup is just the cherry on top of the soccer sundae they eat everyday. For America, soccer is the melted ice cream at the bottom of the bowl. If we’re really hungry, we’ll lick it clean. If not, [...]

With the dawn of the super conference era rising in the western sky, it appears that the sun could be setting on the reign of the NCAA in an ironic turn of backward events. The NCAA’s recent track record has been a bit shaky. Their almighty hammer of justice nails USC into a 6 year [...]

So with sultry rumors of the demise of the Big 12 swirling around like a sundry afternoon soap opera, I decided to weigh in. Let me say straightway, I’ll miss the Big 12 if and when it’s gone. It’s been a great conference. Keep in mind I’m a nobody in the college sports world, just [...]