How long does it take the Internet to pierce Mitch Albom’s ivory tower? About a week. The distinguished columnist fired up the old e-mail machine to watch a clip of a drunk Lions’ fan on YouTube. This screamed for context and credentials. We laymen needed someone to comprehend it. Someone with…a master’s in journalism.
Mitch Albom was trained for this. He saw the epidemic, represented by one concrete incident, and has the solution, banning alcohol at tailgates.
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Since this was Stafon Johnson’s last year of eligibility at USC, and we’ve now heard there’s a good chance he’ll make “full recovery”, the question is, will he be able to play for the Trojans next year?
(Johnson has exhausted eligibility, will NCAA grant him another year?)
Ben Malcolmson of USC’s official football blog has potentially good news on that front tonight, reporting that the school’s compliance office determined today that Johnson indeedSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Dodgers (93-62) at Pirates (57-96)
1:35–PNC Park, Pittsburgh
TV: Prime Ticket
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It’s kind of weird. The last home game is usually on a Sunday, but this year it’s tomorrow afternoon. That’s kind of a bummer, since the last game is usually popular and emotional for the fans, even when wrapping up a season like this. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow’s crowd is like inSource: Raise the Jolly Roger! RSS Feed
Well now I feel awful.
Today I wrote of the disingenuous concern over head injuries in football by fans and media.
But how can you react any differently to Tim Tebow’s concussion at Kentucky today? (Kirk Herbstreit reports on ABC Saturday night that Tebow is being held overnight at a Kentucky hospital for precautionary reasons.)
UPDATE: The SPORTING NEWS reports “Tebow had a CT scan that indicated ‘no bleeding on the brain,’ a source close to the team toldSource: SPORTSbyBROOKS RSS Feed
Milton Palacio(1.93-PG) returns to the team that he had his best season with. Partizan Belgrade announced the signing of the american point guard via their official website. Palacio played for Khimki BC last season in Russia but he was released as he wasn't in the plans of coach Skariolo.
Palacio played for Vancouver, Boston, Phoenix, Cleveland, Toronto and Utah in the past in the NBA and in Europe he has only played for Partizan, before moving to Khimki. Last season he avergedSource: The Hoop RSS Feed
#19 THORNTON CRASHES THE NET, #25 DANDENAULT AND #30 STALOCK
SAN JOSE SHARKS GOALTENDER #31 TYSON SEXSMITH
DEFENSEMAN #54 NICK PETRECKI REGISTERED A GOAL, SEVERAL HITS
It wasn't the big guns who put Team White on the board in the 5th annual Teal and White season ticket holder exhibition game at HP Pavilion on Wednesday night, it was the big bodies in 6-foot-4, 235-pound left wing Frazer McLaren and 6-foot-3, 235-pound left wing Brandon Mashinter. McLarenSource: Sharkspage RSS Feed
Lost in the emotional comments made by Jose Reyes, was another clue that the Mets have been disingenuous about the players injuries. The medical staff has been taking a beating for months but more and more signs point to the front office.
Look if the Wilpon's couldn't afford to increase salary this off-season after the Madoff scandal, then it would make sense for them to roll the dice on cheaper but riskier players. It would also explain the troubling trends in regards to injuries, it's
Pirates (54-85) at Astros (69-72)
7:05–Minute Maid Park, Houston
TV: FSN Houston
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Ross Ohlendorf, the Pirates’ best pitcher for the past month or so, takes on good old Brian Moehler tonight at the Juicebox. Somehow we’ll find a way to screw this up.
Considering USC-Ohio State is on, and this game isn’t even on TV in the
