Sportswriters Know So Much More Than Us

March 9, 2010 - Because they dress so bad and are recognized and revered in the streets and bars by fans who think PSLs are a bargain, sportswriters think of themselves as special. Just observe Mike Lupica for a few minutes. The truth is that most athletes don’t like them. That when writers fall over certain players it means they are in the inner circle and far outside the boundaries of objectivity.... [Read more]

MJ The Owner: Good News? Bad News?

March 6, 2010 - I can think of three off of the top of my head, Mario Lemieux, Magic Johnson (whose piece of the pie is tiny) and now, Michael Jordan… players who became owners. None of them jump to the top as earthmovers or conduits for their team’s success. Lemieux comes close, navigating bankruptcy, drafting Sidney Crosby, rebuilding and winning a Stanley Cup last year. But he was... [Read more]

ESPN Writes The Book On Morality

March 6, 2010 - First there was Sean Salisbury, then Harold Reynolds, next Steve Phillips and now the freakiest of them all…Tony Kornheiser. TK gets two weeks for calling out Hannah Storm’s gaudy outfit. And it was gaudy. Oh, oh, better watch out for hubby Dan Hicks punching someone in the nose. So what was the hubbub about? Was it ESPN backlash for treating women so poorly for so... [Read more]

What If Earl Woods Were Still Alive?

March 5, 2010 - The first thing to note would be that even though Earl Woods was a noted player off the golf course, if you know what I mean, he’d probably of known about Tiger’s sexploits and got his burly arms around them. Secondly, he’d have plenty to say to the media about what happened, Tiger and Elin, how to compose a mea culpa, Tiger’s so called “handlers”... [Read more]

Best Wings In New York: Forum on Fourth Ave.

February 24, 2010 - Sportscream is now letting you in on one of the best kept sports bar secrets in Manhattan. Forum, at 127 Fourth Avenue, is mostly known as a one of the NYU area’s top hook up bars, perhaps boasting the city’s best looking bartendresses, and resplendent with multiple screens that any service provider in the place will gladly tune to your liking. For University of Michigan... [Read more]