by Kent Sterling Julie Hermann is accused of calling her University of Tennessee volleyball players “whores, alcoholics, and learning disabled,” before she resigned as coach 16 years ago. People aren’t perfect, but at a place trying to emerge from scandals, the behavior she displayed should DQ her as a candidate for an AD job at […]
by Chip Balma The Best Three Rookie Running Backs In 2013 The 2013 NFL Draft certainly won’t go down as an all-time classic, but there will still be some solid players who contribute right away. Here are the three top running backs right now as far as fantasy value goes for this upcoming season. Montee […]
by Kent Sterling My favorite part of the new College Football Playoff is that the official name for it is the College Football Playoff. No one got all Jim Delany clever, as the Big Ten commissioner did with the soon-to-be-abandoned names of its two divisions – Leaders and Legends. Just say what it is, and […]
by Kent Sterling Former Auburn football coach Gene Chizik is busying himself this week by defending his brief and erratic reign against a report by Selena Roberts that quoted former players as saying that players were paid, grades were fixed, recruits were excessively entertained, and that a significant number of players tested positive for synthetic […]
by Kent Sterling The buzzards are circling at Auburn University. Selena Roberts authored a report with quotes from former players who allege grade altering, cover-ups of dirty drug tests, payments to top players, and spending on recruits during official visits that exceeds NCAA rules. The school and former coach deny everything. Of course they do, […]
by Kent Sterling The Big Ten doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. It serves it member schools very well, and has pioneered the use of its own network as a significant revenue stream. But the Legends and Leaders monikers for the two divisions was mocked immediately and relentlessly from the moment they were announced in […]
by Kent Sterling This week, I spent a little time with two excellent high school basketball players who will move on to big time collegiate programs. I told them both the same thing, every chance you have to talk to the media, take it with a smile. Given a base level communication skill set, the […]
by Kent Sterling Physics is impossible to resist, and consistent gravity drawing the University of Texas to the Big Ten. Commissioner Jim Delany will announce the expansion of the conference to 16 teams within the next three years, and Texas will be the 15th member. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter What will happen […]
by Kent Sterling There is nothing better than a subversive idea that could cripple a hopelessly pompous and archaic operation like the NCAA. Mike McCall posted a magnificent piece today on Outkick the Coverage that asks for college football and basketball fans to walk up to their favorite athlete, and hand them some cash. Videotape the […]
by Kent Sterling Rutgers president Robert Barchi’s performance in his ill-advised press conference demands his removal as president – not because he behaved in opposition to the expectations of the board of governors, but because he delivered upon them. Anyone who has spent a lot of time talking to publicly compensated bureaucrats watched Barchi with […]