Lax Finals In Boston and WNBA Preseason Starts

. We’ve already made our point about lacrosse trying to be a major league sport. The Wall Street Journal did its best this week by running a story on Wednesday citing the sports’ popular growth. It’s an old story. The best thing about lacrosse occurs this weekend when over 40,000 fans converge for a doubleheader on Saturday pitting Syracuse against Duke followed by Virginia against... [Read more]

Center Of Sports Universe – Boston

Jackie McMullan of the Boston Globe and ESPN’s ‘Around The Horn’ actually defended yesterday, that the leading national sports story was, David “Papi” Ortiz hitting his first home run of the year. To the formerly respected writer from Boston, it wasn’t Jake Peavy’s non-trade to the White Sox, Amy Mickelson’s cancer, Michael Vick’s Range Rover ride,... [Read more]

Which Way to Rome?

Welcome. What is Up? It certainly isn’t a major improvement from Roy Firestone, because watching Jim Rome daily on his ESPN show is like watching a chameleon change colors, or Eddy Haskell say whatever it takes to remain Wally’s coolest friend in the eyes of Mrs. Cleaver. On his “Here’s what I’m burning on,” openers, Rome continues to report after-the-fact, that... [Read more]

Cancer Stories: Try And Not Let It Touch You

There was a story this week about the abrupt change in the Indianapolis Colts coaching staff, where Tony Dunghy has left the reins to Jim Caldwell and now offensive coordinator Tom Moore and o-line coach Howard Mudd have resigned. My mind jumped directly from Moore to the Philadelphia Eagles’ greybeard defensive coordinator, Jim Johnson, as equally adept at stopping offenses as Moore is at creating... [Read more]

Ron Mexico Heads Home

In the darkness just before dawn on May 20th, Michael Vick, his fiance, Kijalfa Frink, a videographer and some other “advisers” set out from Leavenworth, Kansas for the 1200 mile ride home to Hampton, Virginia. It’s our guess that they are in the Range Rover that Vick had stashed in Kansas for transportation when Kijalfa came to visit. He seems to have a road trip to film, an... [Read more]