As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, news broke that a clinic in Miami has records showing the distribution of performance enhancing drugs to some very notable MLB stars. If true, this is very unfortunate news, and it brings this admittedly tired topic back to the forefront (but please don’t stop reading just because it’s a retread … Continue reading
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Facelift For Clemson Basketball Could Be Bigger Than Previously Planned
If you haven’t already caught wind of the news, let me catch you up. It has been well-known that Clemson plans to keep pace with ever improving, ultra-competitive ACC by building a basketball-only practice facility across from Littlejohn Coliseum. An official rendering of what it may looks like is shown below. New practice facility for … Continue reading
Lakers Win Over Thunder the Turning Point?
The Los Angeles Lakers will make the playoffs! After every win, no matter how few and far between, it seems someone is calling it the turning point, that “fulcrum” in the season when the Lakers pivot from the mess they have been, to what they were supposed to be. HoopsWorld wondered if their January 13th … Continue reading
Upton Brothers Unite in Atlanta – Best Outfield East of LA?
The Atlanta Braves join the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays as teams that made a splash this offseason. After signing B.J. Upton to a 5-year $38.5 million contract, the Braves have completed a trade to bring his uber-talented younger brother to town. Brothers, B.J. and Justin Upton, will join Jason Heyward to compose … Continue reading
Full Chick-fil-A Bowl HD Video – College Football Withdrawals Have Begun
It began faster than expected. I called IPTAY this morning for information on UGA tickets (Clemson opens 2013 at home against the Bulldogs) and found myself browsing TigerNet and Shakin the Southland over dinner. The college football withdrawals have surely begun. Luckily, I ran across this beautiful HD video of the Chick-fil-A Bowl posted on … Continue reading
Sports-Kings: Baseball Socialism Choking Its flagship Franchise
With a quiet off-season coming on the heels of a very disappointing ALCS for the New York Yankees, their fans are growing more and more restless with each giant contract given out by the suddenly wild and crazy Dodgers. Used to being the headline team, New York’s austerity measures haven’t exactly been well received by … Continue reading
Thanking Our College Athletes – Guest Blog Post
I was recently contacted by DegreeJungle.com and asked if one of their writers could compose guest post on my blog. Always looking for more content, I jumped on the idea. They’ve contributed a piece on college athletes and the challenges and stereotypes they face. Of course, let’s be fair and note that these stereotypes don’t come from thin … Continue reading
Seven Reasons Clemson Could Play For The 2013 National Championship
Next season marks the final year of the BCS as we know it. In 2014, the National Championship will be determined by a four-team playoff. I’m not staunchly opposed to the move to a playoff, but it will surely make some of the games (see Orange Bowl potentially getting SEC #3) less special and packed … Continue reading
Ranking the SEC Football Programs: The Decade Ahead
Just after my post reminiscing of the days of yesteryear, when I had a co-blogger, it appears as though I may have a regular contributor now. As promised, our SEC expert, Big Fudge, is back with his look at the “Decade Ahead” in the SEC. Enjoy the read, and please notice just how low those pesky, vile, appalling despicable, … Continue reading
The ACC Figured It Out Just In Time: Time To Plunder The Big East Again
It’s always a good day to plunder the Big East The slow and gradual collapse of the Big East, which was caused in no small part by the misguided basketball-only schools who never realized that football must come first, leaves plenty for the plunder. 20 years ago, not realizing how much more important football would be … Continue reading
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