Out of Bounds Show PodcastRanking nation’s 10 most-talented teams I appeared on a radio show earlier in the week, and the hosts reminded me that there are only about 100 days until the college season begins. We can make it, right? Along with the approaching season, more and more top 25 rankings will begin popping up. Heck, I’m…
Michigan’s Brady Hoke: Notre Dame ‘chickening out’ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch. Hoke made a crowd chuckle on Monday at West Michigan Sports Commission luncheon by saying the Fighting Irish are ”chickening out” from the storied series. Associated Press 5.13.13
Of course Jay Paterno believes in his dad, but in no way should you Jay Paterno is speaking nonsense, but he’s allowed. And I’m being serious. There are six people in the world who have the right to speak utter nonsense in support of Joe Paterno, the former Penn State coach who either did…
The press conference the NCAA held on Thursday in Atlanta before the Men’s Basketball Final Four was not a good one. NCAA President Mark Emmert was agitated and it seems he has been reading all of his press clippings. He took time during the press conference to single out Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports and…
The compensation formula for collegiate athletes is deeply flawed, and the entire system could drastically change in the not-too-distant future based on one court ruling. The business model, which has banked on amateurism staying constant, could very well be turned on its side. Most importantly, no one’s really quite really sure what to do next. There’s an…
The tide is coming fast now – an orange sea rising, crashing, rolling, licking at your feet, flying at your head. You look up and see a forest of hands. You look down and see hands, too. And you wonder how this is possible. You ask how this is happening. And this is when they…
The Forbes Fab 40 comprises the 10 most valuable sports brands in the world in four distinct categories: businesses, events, athletes and teams. What does it mean to be one of the 40 most valuable sports brands in the world? The brand commands a big monetary premium to comparable rivals due to a combination of…
Get a mop. Brent Musburger is slavering on the floor again! After Alabama quarter AJ McCarron’s girlfriend Katherine Webb stole the show at the BCS Championship game this January, no one expected another sideline beauty to step onto the scene. But much like her husband’s basketball team, stunner Amanda Marcum came out of nowhere this past week and boom—#DunkCity looked more like #SmokeTownUSA. Andy Enfield’s…
Presidents and regents from colleges off the beaten path had to be blowing up their text messaging Sunday night. If Florida Gulf Coast University can do it … In an NCAA Tournament opening week that produced dominance by No. 1 seed Louisville, a Big Ten party and a Mountain West retreat, the biggest buzz was supplied…
Marshall Henderson came to Ole Miss last fall with an itchy three-point trigger finger, a reputation for flamboyance on the court, a tiny rap sheet and a résumé that showed he had played at three schools, including a junior college last season, in three years. The 6-foot-2 junior, who revels in taunting opposing fans and…
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