You've likely heard of the Madden Curse, where an NFL player that appears on the cover of the video game suffers a subpar performance the following season. Is there such a hex for NCAA Football?The blog Bears With Fangs tackles the question, [...]


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You've likely heard of the Madden Curse, where an NFL player that appears on the cover of the video game suffers a subpar performance the following season. Is there such a hex for NCAA Football?
Reggie Bush and his family made hundreds of thousands of dollars while he was a star at USC from 2003-2005. To date nothing has happened to the Heisman Trophy winner or the athletic department for his receiving of improper benefits as a college athlete. Now on [...]

After losing on Friday and winning on Saturday, the Diamond Dogs came into Sunday’s series-settling outing at Vanderbilt knowing that everything was on the line. With the opportunity before them to clinch the conference crown, the Red and Black managed to outduel the hard-charging Commodores, although [...]
This is probably the most positive column I've read on Matt from the local media.
Ryan Poles is one step closer to making the Bears roster.
One of the pluses of Silva signing with the Colts is the team's track record of keeping [...]
Filed under: Lakers, NBA Playoffs, NBA Videos, Jazz
There's no question that this foul (at about the :35 mark) from the Lakers' Ronny Turiaf was a little harder than necessary, and to put a stop to excessively physical play, the referees felt the need to [...]
It's a time honored tradition: claiming ESPN is biased against your favorite team. Members of this community indulge in this on a regular basis. For instance, there's the "ESPN is biased against Texas" sentiment, frequently accompanied by the more severe "ESPN hates Texas" accusation, occasionally complimented backhandedly [...]
Happy Mother's Day from the heart of Bruins Nation:
Photo Credit: karanmahta (flickr)
To all those Bruins - who are fortunate to spend this Sunday with the Moms in your family - enjoy a Happy Mother's Day.
And if you can't visit your Mom [...]
Filed under: Dallas, Detroit, General NHL, Wings, Stars, NHL Fights
Much has been made of the end-of-game incident Saturday involving Mike Ribeiro of the Dallas Stars and Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings.Filed under: Hornets, Spurs, Western, NBA Playoffs, New Orleans
Home court matters. That much is evident in this conference semifinal round, and every team that did not sprint for the higher seed has failed. Tonight we see how much the difference makes in what is unarguably [...]Mike Greenberg, in this month's ESPN The Magazine:
I may be the lone holdout who likes the current system. A college professor once told me the only interesting questions are the ones with no answers. Every other sport wraps things up, but debates about which team was best continue long after [...]