In a game played in front of about 70,000 rabidly partisan Spartan fans in Detroit (and roughly a couple dozen Husky fans), Michigan State outran, outmuscled, and outhustled UConn en route to an 82-73 victory. The leading scorer for the Spartans was Kalin Lucas with 21 points, but every time we looked up, Durrell Summers […]

Is it time to talk about race in college athletics? No, not really. What purpose would it serve? What territory are we supposed to be driving towards by noticing that there’s only one white guy playing meaningful minutes in this Final Four game between Michigan State and UConn, and he’s not even from America? That’s […]

The age-old question has finally been answered. How much do you have to drink to get kicked off the Scottish national team?

Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor began their celebration consolation for beating losing to the Netherlands in World Cup qualifying by hitting the bottle beginning at 4 a.m. last Sunday. They didn’t stop the […]

Just three years removed from being named league MVP, this former superstar is now stocking shelves at Sam’s Club. No, it’s not Shaun Alexander. He’s at BJ’s Wholesale.

Emmanuel Rodriguez was a star playing Dead or Alive 4 in the Championship Gaming Series, and made a full-time job of it, complete with salary and endorsement […]

Former top pick Matt Bush found a second chance with the Toronto Blue Jays two months ago after being released by the San Diego Padres following his last escapade: attacking high school lacrosse students while shouting, “I’m Matt (naughty word) Bush!”.

(If you do this to Matt Bush, he will end you)
He will now get to […]

Roger Federer is not used to losing. Ever. So his ongoing struggles to push above mediocrity are understandably trying not only to Federer’s tennis, but also his mental health. The most glaring proof of that came Friday in Miami, where Federer went Andre Agassi on his racquet, then decided his water cups were better suited […]

We’re just hours away from the Final Four, and right on cue, we’ve got an NCAA ethics scandal. According to the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson has been hanging out in Detroit casinos, though it’s not known whether he’s been doing any gambling or not. The Inquirer piece comes complete with an […]

As the media furor over the mistreatment of Texas player Ryan Moats by a Dallas police officer dies down, there’s a new case popping up of an athlete getting the shaft by law enforcement. The GAINESVILLE SUN says that an officer who arrested University of Florida baseball player Stephen Locke on DUI charges that were […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC says a 29-year-old ex-girls’ high school volleyball and basketball coach in Goodyear, AZ has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with one of her 16-year-old players. Sounds pretty simple, right? But then just like an M. Night Shyamalan movie, there’s a plot-changing twist […]