On July 31, venerable SALT LAKE DESERET NEWS columnist Dick Harmon made a compelling case that BYU would do well to leave the Mountain West Conference and go independent.

With BYU’s MWC conference partner Utah gone to the Pac-10 and the school stuck in a TV deal worth a paltry $1.5 million per school - and […]

Today Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson not only spoke for me, he spoke for every last, god-fearing citizen living in the United States of America* and our brave, fighting men and women of the United States military serving around the world. (Including nearly 300 ships at sea.)

What did he say, you ask?
From Judd Zulgad of the […]

In a recent, lengthy piece for the PORTLAND OREGONIAN, columnist Steve Duin compares the plight of Jeremiah Masoli at Ole Miss to that of civil rights pioneer James Meredith, who was the first black to enroll at the school in 1962.

After applying to Ole Miss twice and being denied both times, Meredith sued the school […]

Scott Wolf of the L.A. DAILY NEWS reports on how USC’s Barack Obama-inspired head football coach, Lane Kiffin, plans to combat massive, NCAA-directed scholarship losses in the coming seasons.

(So THAT explains B&W media guide)
With scholarship cuts looming following NCAA sanctions, USC coach Lane Kiffin said Monday that two-way players could be common for the Trojans […]

Longtime NFL coach Buddy Ryan was quizzed today on Philadelphia radio about criticism Tony Dungy leveled at Ryan’s son Rex about the Jets Coach’s penchant for f-bombs on HBO’s Hard Knocks.

(Surprising tho, no calls for Dungy to get off Buddy’s lawn)

While needling Rex Ryan about his obscenity-laced presentation during the HBO program yesterday, Dungy also […]

The Japanese League baseball club Softbank Hawks announced today that the Tomi Oh, mother of Japanese baseball legend and team Chairman Sadaharu Oh, died Monday of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital at the age of 108.

Sadaharu Oh said of his mother, who was born in the city of Toyama in September, 1901, and gave birth […]

Tyreke Evans at the Bobby Jackson Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament in Sacramento on Monday showed that his driving ability is still suspect.

Don’t be fooled. If his highway driving is any indication, Evans is just testing the wind for the drag coefficient.

The LeBron James self-immolation parade continues this week as he’s back with more third person, revisionist wisdom in an interview with GQ magazine.

(Pinata endorsement part of the plan?)
Here’s some samples of the remarks James recently made to GQ writer J.R. Moehringer:
“It’s not far, but it is far. And Clevelanders, because they were the […]