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If you like “A 6-5, 230 pound quarterback, with a laser rocket arm” maybe Peyton Manning isn’t for you…
Football scenery in Indianapolis has shifted into the apocalyptic over the past two year. The Indianapolis Colts finished the NFL season with an overall 2-14 record; giving them the proud ownership of the 1st overall pick in the NFL Draft. And it just so happens that Andrew Luck, college football’s most highly touted quarterback prospect since (Indy’s own) QB Peyton Manning, will be foregoing his senior season at Stanford, and entering the 2012 draft.
This unique situation wouldn’t be tracking proverbial substance across the ground if Manning hadn’t sustained a severe neck injury that caused him to miss the entire 2011-2012 season, and is currently putting the future of his playing career in doubt. A $28 million contract option bonus due from the Colts to Manning on March 8th would give the Colts financial justification to part ways with the QB. And the strategic advantage of drafting the young Andrew Luck could make the ”rebuilding” phase of the talent-ridden franchise all the more smooth. (Let’s be honest, all the prime-time Colt’s games last year we’re not fun to watch). Read More >>
Politics, Sports and Egypt’s Unrest
Politics has no place in sports. Recent news of the 74 reported dead and 150 injured soccer fans after a Premier League Egyptian Soccer match has been blowing shockwaves throughout the world. The violence that ensued after opposing fans rushed the field with the intent to riot was so terrifying and gut-wrenching that it caused three high-profile Egyptian soccer players from the nation’s most successful club, the Egypt Pharaoh’s, to re-think their careers, and for the time-being retire from the world of Egyptian soccer.
Egyptian soccer fans are known as passionate fans; some circles even considering them the most violent of all soccer fans. What went on last Wednesday though, went beyond the traditional world of soccer hooliganism. A certain inner circle of fans of the Masry Green Eagles soccer team, known as “Ultras”, were also known be a major presence during the Tahrir Square demonstrations that lead to the fleeing and resignation of Egypt’s former dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
Wednesday’s soccer match coincidentally occured on the anniversy of the start of the Tahrir demonstrations, and speculation abounds about an appearing lack of stadium security and presence being purposefully subdued by officials to justify the need to repeal the emergency laws the government partially lifted days prior to the match.
Condemning Them to Be Free
Growing up can be an awkward phase of physical and social development. Many parents find that enrolling their children in a sport early in life can lead to a balanced improvement in a child’s physical coordination, emotional health and mental focus. The National Alliance of Sports estimates 20 million kids in America, between the ages of 5-12 years old, register to play a competitive sport every year; most in sports such as, football, baseball, basketball and soccer. And by age of 13, the N.A.S. also estimates that 70 percent of these children will end up quitting league sports all-together, and never return to league sports again.
Most adolescents cite a loss of fun as the main reason they end up quitting their sport. The sports they enrolled in earlier in their life having evolved into a more competitive atmosphere - the focus centering more on winning than general understanding and competence. And only kids showing the competitive edge, or a sense will and passion, will usually continue to pursue their sports well their mid-teens.
Occasionally, out of these ranks a young athlete will transcend the competition around him, in every sense of ability and physical development. Options narrow, and it seems the only option for the young athlete to continue to develop would be to advance to a more competitive level. In rarest of cases that means turning pro for the growing adolescents. These young athletes that turn pro are usually buffed with choice words; such as, gifted or prodigy. The societal pressure to live up to expectation becomes immense, and many of the prodigies never live up to the lofty expectations handed down on them. Read More >>
The Visible Spectrum
… Another year, another championship featuring a team from New York or Boston. Some years, if we’re lucky though, us spectators get the special benefit of watching two of America’s largest sport markets duke it out in the same championship game. When the right side of this coin flips, this media Supernova can leave us sport’s fans outside the market left behind in the massive glare of the oncoming media onslaught. Outside of the happenings of Upper East Side of the United States, time begins to crawl, in a unobservable manner where our attention slowly, but forcibly, approaches the day of the game. Minor news regarding team’s organizations, player’s injuries, fan reaction and strategic speculation may seem to stretch on for days. From their perspective, everything outside of their market’s big game comes to a stand-still, no passing news surrounding buzzer beaters, college upsets and player trades and signings can penetrate through the realms of their metropolitan pride. When these media Supernovas happen, we’re all subject to a cosmic censorship of the sport. Read More >>
Thoughts on the Passing of Joe Paterno
Not many people will accomplish in a life time what Joe Paterno did for both a University and its football program. In essence, some people will say no college football coach again, in our modern BCS landscape, could accomplish what the affectionately nicknamed “JoePa” has been able to do for Penn State University.
From 1966 to the end of 2011, Paterno spent 46 seasons as the head coach of Penn
State’s football program going out with an overall record of 409-136-3, five undefeated seasons and a 24-12-1 college bowl game record; two of those bowl game wins going for National Championships in 1982 and 1986. Joe Paterno is the winningest coach in major college football history. It didn’t come down to just wins, losses and the money that comes from those accomplishments though. Read More >>
Conference Rankings
Any journalist who’s been through the NCAA’s mock College tournament selection exercise knows conference affiliation is not a factor in the process. Conference association is, though.
In a sense, the company you keep defines you. If you’re in a top College league, you get top teams on your home court and in your conference tournament and thus a better chance to accumulate the quality wins that impress the selection committee. So conference strength does matter.
Plus, it’s a heck of a place to start an argument. So with most teams finished with non-league competition, here’s how we see all 32 Division I conferences stacking up:
1. Big Ten
NCAA title contender: Ohio State
Final Four contenders: Michigan State, Indiana
The Big Ten runs deeper with good teams than any other league, but, as was the case with the football postseason, many are not structured for March success.
2. Big 12
NCAA title contender: Baylor
Final Four contender: Missouri
It’s so tempting to put Kansas in the Final Four category, but the whole Tyshawn Taylor turnover fest makes that seem unlikely. The Big 12 should get bonus points in this ranking for its double round-robin league schedule. It didn’t, but it should.
The New Miami Marlins Mean Business: put your favorite players name on the new jersey and if you put Pujols…your dream might come true
The Miami Marlins aren’t bluffing. According to multiple reports, their latest offer to MLB free-agent first baseman Albert Pujols is for 10 years.
The news first was reported by SI.com’s and MLB Network’s Jon Heyman early Tuesday, and ESPN.com’s Buster Olney also has reported the 10-year deal is on the table. According to USA Today, the offer is for more than $200 million.
The Marlins met twice Monday with Pujols’ camp at the winter meetings in Dallas and will do so again Tuesday. There is speculation that the team’s reluctance to include a no-trade clause in the offer could be an obstacle.
The St. Louis Cardinals also are expected to meet again with Pujols’ agent, Dan Lozano, on Tuesday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In January, the Cardinals offered Pujols a nine-year deal worth between $198 and $205 million. The two sides have vowed to negotiate privately, so few details have leaked about whether a revised offer has been made.
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