2024-02-10 00:33
It's 16 days until Spring Training, and I'm in a quandary. My owner's given me a few dollar bills to spend on a 5th starter, and I think I'm there, but the injuries were been so damned… Read More
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2024-02-09 21:24
It’s Media Week in Las Vegas this week, where hordes of journalists interact with NFL players and others (sadly, Taylor Swift is in Japan starting her tour) before the Super Bo… Read More
2024-02-05 13:35
Sunday's Super Bowl is going to be awesome. Yes, they'll take about Taylor Swift a lot and pan to some movie star who's there blagging a free ticket while trying to look 'cool' (Why do… Read More
2024-01-25 01:32
The Sports Illustrated House is a little dilapidated right now. Damn. It used to be the place to be seen. There were the times when the cover still meant something. It meant that… Read More
2023-08-17 15:02
Any Yankees fan worth their salt could have told you that this was going to happen sooner or later. There had been enough miracle seasons, where the Yankees had scraped their pinstriped… Read More
2023-03-29 15:23
Christmas is nearly here. The fans are wrapped up, shirted up, capped up, and waiting. The stadiums could not be welcoming. It’s a beautiful time to be alive. &hell…Read More
2023-02-01 16:06
Everyone who loves baseball is talking about Aaron Judge and his upcoming contract, which may reach $320 million by the time it's all over. The fact that he's a New York Yankee makes it… Read More
2021-08-09 17:11
And so ends Tokyo 2020. Some will call it the 'COVID Olympics'. Some will call it "The Olympics That None Saw", because of the lack of fans in the stadiums and arenas. Some will say it… Read More
2020-11-11 05:34
By the end of Wednesday, COVID-19 cases and precautions had taken out three SEC games.First was the one between Mississippi State and Auburn which was postponed on Monday. Then came th… Read More
2020-09-16 22:02
One of my favourite places in the world is Beaver Stadium, home of my beloved Penn State Nittany Lions. It might look like a very large version of high school stadium with its wrap-around me… Read More
2020-09-01 16:38
The New York Times wrote recently that College Football shouldn't be played because school were pressuring players to play during a pandemic.The remarks created a furore, with many fan… Read More
2020-08-14 00:09
$36,070. That's how much the average FBS college football player will cost a school in tuition. 85. That's the amount of scholarships on the table each year for each college football te… Read More
2020-06-29 21:01
College football needs to go again. It's a multi-billion dollar industry - and that's just in terms of TV rights - but it's also a mass employer and a huge resource in terms of income… Read More
2020-03-17 18:20
A week or so ago I wrote an article saying that New England should pay Tom Brady, and get on with it.They decided not to do so, and Tom Brady announced his goodbye to Boston on Instagram.It… Read More
2020-03-11 22:51
Right, so we all about 'The Virus That Will Not Be Named'. It's caused havoc in the stock markets, it's caused havoc in business, and it's causing havoc to the sports calendar.It's cancelled… Read More
2020-03-04 23:58
Tom Brady should retire as a New England Patriot....and the Patriots should pay him the money that means he can do so.But this isn't about money. Brady has more money that God.It's about the… Read More
2020-02-28 04:22
Tom Brady should retire as a New England Patriot....and the Patriots should pay him the money that means he can do so.But this isn't about money. Brady has more money that God.It's about the… Read More
2020-02-18 17:44
It's 5pm on Sunday night. It's a February, but it's Houston, so it's humid.The football season is meant to be over, but for this crowd, it's only just started. This is the crowd that ca… Read More
2020-02-14 22:56
Whether it's stamping on a striker's feet on the football field to pass interference to loading oneself with steroids on the roads of the Tour De France, athletes have found a way to cheat a… Read More
2020-01-28 04:21
--> You kissed your husband and your daughter goodbye. They were going to a youth basketball tournament on a helicopter. Kobe had taken a helicopter a million times before. This was… Read More
2020-01-22 05:11
I've been to cathedrals.I've been to Notre Dame in Paris, St Paul's in London, St Peter's in The Vatican, and The Cathedral of The Holy Cross and St Eulalia in Barcelona.And while New York C… Read More
2019-05-29 14:21
2019-05-01 12:52
Dear NFL Draftees,Welcome to the NFL. Some of you have been drafted in the first round. You are the gods of the new breed. You will be expected to star immediately, or at least push for… Read More
2019-03-06 15:23
It's been a month since my first wedding anniversary to my wife Jane and - less importantly - the last Super Bowl. The Patriots won (again), and Pats fans fought each other during the parade… Read More
2019-02-18 18:38
I've seen Kyler Murray both on the TV and in-person.In person, he's small, and on TV, he's small. He's lightning on TV, and he's lightning in person.He can scramble like Top Gun Tomcats on s… Read More
2019-01-21 15:01
AFC Championship Game. It's overtime. Tom Brady engineers third down shot after third down shot. Rex Burkhead goes in for the touchdown. The Patriots celebrate. They are going to the Super B… Read More
2019-01-17 16:39
The greatest thing about college football is that we see the progression. All over America, we see the players go through the progressions. If they are good enough they go from hig… Read More
2018-11-29 20:37
I am not an Alabama fan. I have no real wish to go to Tuscaloosa, unless someone was paying for the flights and accomodation, and didn't censor me during "Sky Rockets In Flight".When the Cri… Read More
2018-09-06 11:28
This year, our NFL preview would go into long lists about who will win what games in Week 9, but it's the NFL. A predictable team (Cleveland) could be 0-9, or they could be 5-4. We don't kno… Read More
2018-07-02 18:10
When LeBron James moves cities, it normally causes earthquakes.He arrived to an earthquake of expectations in 2003 as the first overall draft pick. He left in 2009 for Miami.The arrival to M… Read More
2018-05-17 17:58
For Dez Bryant, the possibilities are intriguing...When Dez Bryant was released by the Dallas Cowboys over a month ago, this writer thought he would be wearing another team's jersey by the N… Read More
2018-05-16 23:53
For Dez Bryant, the possibilities are intriguing...When Dez Bryant was released by the Dallas Cowboys over a month ago, this writer thought he would be wearing another team's jersey by the N… Read More
2018-05-15 10:14
This year, Saquon Barkley went to the New York Giants as the second round pick of the NFL Draft, and you couldn't help but think: "This division just got better at running back".And then som… Read More
2018-04-27 11:51
Day 1 of the NFL Draft has passed, which means that right now, NFL fans around the world are now either installing their new quarterback into the Hall of Fame, or calling him a Ryan Leaf-lik… Read More
2018-04-25 14:09
Speculation about who's going where in the NFL is about to stop. We'll find out who will be the first quarterback taken in the NFL Draft. We'll find out if Saquon Barkley will go No.1. We'll… Read More
2018-04-15 14:02
We can talk New England's pick of Tom Brady or San Francisco's third-round pick of Joe Montana all we want, but the fact is this: In the NFL Hall of Fame there are more first rounders than i… Read More
2018-03-21 23:32
Dear Future NFL Player,I've probably seen you play a million times in college, either loved you or hated you depending on what school you've played for, and you've probably won or lost me br… Read More
2018-03-04 14:14
The Heisman Trophy winner is given out to the best player in college football. You might not like who won it (like Charles Woodson over Peyton Manning in 1997), but the fact is this: They wo… Read More
2018-03-02 12:12
If you think about the NFL Draft, it shouldn't draw nearly five million people to watch it. After all, it's just a rich dude who no-one seems to like (outside of his owners) too much (NFL Co… Read More
2018-02-13 16:56
REFLECTING ON 2017...In 2017 we didn't like the Chicago Bears' decision to draft Mitch Tribisky from North Carolina. We're still on the fence after the player's 2018 4-8, 7 TDs and 7 INTs re… Read More
2017-05-22 09:39
Last weekend was Derek Jeter Night in Yankee Stadium. The tears flowed, the celebrations seemed to go on and on...and it was a beautiful, made-for-TV moment. Hallmark could not have done any… Read More
2017-04-20 14:25
The NFL 2017 Draft will be a piece of comedy. It really will be. Not because of fans continually booing Roger Goodell (it actually gets old pretty quickly), or fans screaming “What?&rd&hell…Read More
2017-03-09 00:03
The NFL's database on arrests by USA Today and domestic violence is frightening. Since the database was started in 2000, there have been nearly 100 arrests for domestic violence, with player… Read More
2017-01-12 13:57
A good friend of mine told me about his divorce a few years’ ago, and he said to me stoically: ‘There was my truth, her truth and the actual truth’.Well, as the San Diego C… Read More
2016-12-06 23:19
As soon as Penn State won the Big Ten Championship Game, I pumped my fist and screamed into a pillow. I would have screamed into the night, but it was 5am and I didn’t want to wake my… Read More
2016-11-04 00:17
I’m not a Cubs fan by any stretch of the imagination, but when it sank in a couple of minutes after the Cubs celebrated their first World Series since 1908, I cried. I cried for the m… Read More
2016-02-24 23:18
"Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate" - Thanks, Taylor Swift.While Taylor Swift - unless she's coming up to Ole Miss to go College Gameday and try and eclipse the performance of the truly wo… Read More
2016-01-08 13:12
When a supermodel walks down the runway at a Burberry runway, the fashionistas clap their hands and talk about the clothing's elegance, the model's elegance, and everything else being "elega… Read More
2015-07-07 13:34
I didn't know how to put this is nicer terms, so I haven't: Rory McIlroy is an idiot. And don't get me wrong, Jason Pierre-Paul, who is currently in hospital after playing with fireworks&nbs&hell…Read More
2014-05-23 03:17
If there's something that we sportswriters love talking about while having a cigarette with each other or in the pressbox or at parties where we think no-one will hear us, it's other parties… Read More
2014-04-10 14:43
With Wrestlemania XXX now an afterthought, and the death of The Ultimate Warrior sitting on our minds and the NFL Draft upcoming, we at the 'View From America' thought it was high-time to gi… Read More
2014-01-06 22:58
Tonight, it's our time.This weekend, all we've heard about is NFL this, NFL that, NFL everywhere. And rightly so - two out of those three games were settled. One was wilder than a SEC game… Read More
2013-12-02 23:52
On Thanksgiving, America gets delivered a lot of turkey, a lot of pumpkin pie, and an awful lot of American Football. In college, the outcomes were pretty darned crazy. “Oh my God… Read More
2013-11-20 15:00
With regards to the current furore going on with the ‘Redskins’ part of the Washington Redskins, with critics calling the last name offensive to the Native American people, we de… Read More
2013-10-20 13:34
Every time you meet a SEC fan, you get them droning talking about the 'awesome power of the SEC'.Now, don't get me wrong, I love the SEC. From Georgia's beautiful stadium to the roaring part… Read More
2013-10-09 22:12
The people of Bristol are getting what they've always wanted: Tennessee playing Virginia Tech at Bristol Motorspeedway.Per CBS Sports' college football writer Bruce Feldman:Bruce Feldman&nbs&hell…Read More
2013-10-07 13:22
When I saw the news that Condoleeza Rice had been put on the BCS Committee, I felt a little (to put it mildly) annoyed.I wasn't annoyed because Condoleeza Rice is a woman, and I think women… Read More
2013-10-03 01:59
We don't normally praise people for their social media efforts on this blog, but this time, we're going all....the....way.Don't worry, we're not going to go crazy on Chris Berman, the ESPN h… Read More
2013-09-21 01:29
As much as writers should plead neutrality when it comes to college football programs, I’ll be honest about it from the start: I’m a Penn State fan.I’m not a Penn State fan… Read More
2013-09-06 18:45
After a first weekend of College Football which proved fairly uneventful in terms of the biggest teams - unless you're a Georgia fan, who lost the day's biggest game of the week to Clemson b… Read More
2013-09-03 17:13
1) Alabama (58)2) Oregon – Apparently beating Nicholls State convincingly is better than beating Buffalo uncovincingly.3) Ohio State (1) – See Oregon4) Clemson (1) – Should… Read More
2013-09-03 06:55
For years this blog talked about who we were impressed and depressed with during the college football season, so there's no reason not to do it this year.TOP 10 IMPRESSED1) Clemson - Beat No… Read More
2013-08-29 19:37
I woke up this morning with a quickened heart, a smile on my face, and an enthusiasm I hadn't felt in months.I wanted to hug everybody. I wanted to tell everyone how happy I was, and how bea… Read More
2013-08-06 16:29
As a writer for a small TV company, I sometimes get asked to do the odd podcast, which is an honor and a really cool thing to happen.Honestly, I love it. It's a chance to speak my favourite… Read More
2013-08-04 23:18
I'm sure you've all heard the news by now, but apparently, Johnny Manziel, the superstar Texas A&M quarterback who might just be the most talked-about thing in sports since Tiger Woods'… Read More
2013-05-17 02:03
Every time I watch college football, we go crazy at the amount of missed tackles that happen.OK, we can understand the beautiful little juke from Johnny Manziel that leaves two in-momentum… Read More
2013-04-20 01:07
On a week where a lot of Americans are scared of people who hate their country, I want to say this clearly and strongly: I love it.It's not a political expression. I'm not saying that I'm co… Read More
2013-04-15 21:36
I would like to point out that my piece is about fan-on-fan violence and rioting, not senseless terrorism at the the Boston Marathon bombings.On Saturday in scenes that can only be described… Read More
2013-03-05 14:19
This has not been the best few months for Nike.First there was Lance Armstrong. Then there was Oscar Pistorius. And now, there's Rory McIlroy.Look, Rory McIlroy stomping off a golf course is… Read More
2013-02-18 01:46
Barry Alvarez sent a message over to the SEC that the Big Ten was going to be doing its best to clean up its non-conference schedule last week by saying:"So we've made an agreement that our… Read More
2013-01-27 01:29
A lot of people will be charging around telling you that Lane Kiffin and the University of Southern California was the country's most disappointing team.After all, they were pre-season ranke… Read More
2013-01-17 00:49
ALSO: I've written about the story here for Sky Sports.On September 11th 2012 Manti Te'o's world collapsed. His grandmother and his girlfriend died on the same day.But he got up, he sol… Read More
2012-06-25 07:00
War Eagle Damn: Auburn QB arrested
Auburn quarterback Zeke Pike has been arrested for public intoxication, WLTZ has reported Read More
2012-05-28 07:00
2 Huge Leadership Lessons from JPMorgan - Forbes
Poorly managing risk and refusing to learn from your mistakes do not constitute an effective leadership style. Just ask JPMorgan's Jamie Dimo… Read More
2012-05-25 07:00
If College Football is Our Religion, the SEC is Our Church | SEC Football Blog
Writer talks about his love affar with the SEC Read More
2012-01-23 08:00
A picture is worth a thousand words
Penn State, Joe Paterno and lovely hat Read More
2011-12-28 08:00
All The Great Guys Are Here: 2011 College Football Awards
The Awards for the best players in College Football this season. And yes, there were some lights amid all that gloom.
2011 US Sports… Read More
2011-12-13 08:00
Top 10 Things That Made the 2011 College Football Off-Season Suck
A run-down of the off-the-field nightmare that was the 2011 College Football season Read More
2011-11-03 07:00
The View From North America: Ten reasons why the LSU-Alabama Game Is So Important
Ten reasons why the LSU- Alabama game in Tuscaloosa is too important for anyone in their right mind to miss… Read More
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