Many months ago my friend Josh Berman, consulting producer on Fox’s hit show Bones, started asking me questions about gay football players for a storyline he was working on. That story hits the airwaves Thursday (Jan. 28) in the Bones episode, “The Dentist in the Ditch.” The story centers on the investigation of the murder [...]
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Prince sings for the Vikings
The Artist Formerly — And Currently — Known as Prince has written a theme song for the Minnesota Vikings. The Minneapolis native was at the Vikings’ 34-3 NFC Divisional Playoff rout of the Dallas Cowboys and, inspired, went home immediately after the game and wrote “Purple and Gold,” which you can listen to in its [...]
Amazing story of trans former high school QB
Details magazine has a fantastic story about a former high school quarterback who is now a lesbian filmmaker. Kimberly Reed was Paul McKerrow in high school: Starting quarterback and valedictorian in Helena, Montana.
Beneath the surface of Paul’s seemingly placid Rocky Mountain life was the feeling that, though he was attracted to girls, he wasn’t anything [...]
Changing Lanes (2010 Edition)
UPDATE: There are reports of riots on the University of Tennessee campus. If you are in the area, please be extremely careful.
The earthquake who’s epicenter was the Seattle Seahawks firing Jim Mora Jr. has now plowed into Knoxville.
The sudden hire of USC’s head coach Pete Carroll (enjoy that one Seattle fans), left a huge vacancy. [...]
Sports Tweet: Jay Feely on Chris Henry
The subject of today’s Twitter lesson: when to keep your mouth shut.
New York Jets’ kicker Jay Feely describes himself, on his Twitter page, as “Christian, with political aspirations.” In a profile for the online Sporting News Today, the number one item on his Bucket List: “Be elected president.” None of this stopped him from the [...]
Go see ‘The Blind Side’
Rocky. The Natural. Hoosiers. Field of Dreams. Million Dollar Baby. Remember the Titans. Sports have given us great movies. Some have been uplifting, others depressing. But whether they’ve been about boxing or baseball or football or basketball, these sports films that have broken through have resonated because they’ve shown how sports teaches us about life.
Enter [...]
Time’s great invention: The no-punt offense
While most of the sports media is falling over themselves to say how stupid Bill Belichick is to go for it on 4th and 2, Time Magazine came out last week with their 50 Best Inventions of 2009. Number 31: The No-Punt Offense…
As Sports Illustrated explained in a recent story, Kevin Kelley, coach of the [...]
World’s tallest teenager plays football
I always find it humbling to see a story like this that puts life into perspective. No matter how bad my day is, no matter what goes wrong, no matter how much back pain I have, my life isn’t nearly the struggle that this kid’s life is. Brenden Adams seems like such a nice kid, [...]
Behind-the-back pass
What’s the worst slap in the face you’ve seen in a high school football game? Mine is now the behind-the-back 2-point conversion pass that took place in Baton Rouge a couple weeks ago. What was the coach thinking? Up 13-0 (en route to 58-0), why is the coach letting these kids go for 2…and throwing [...]
Is holding hands ‘hazing’ in football?
What do high school football parents, players and administrators think of gay people? Exhibit No. 692 comes to us from Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo. It seems two players got into a little shoving match at practice recently. As penance, the coach made them run a lap holding hands. Cute, right? They weren’t getting [...]
Worst way to lose a football game ever
This might be the most excruciating way to possibly lose a football game. I can’t think of a worse one I’ve ever seen, though the commentators said something about an Iowa-Northern Iowa game. To make the play of the year and then to forget one crucial detail…I feel so bad for the white team and [...]
Sports Tweet: NBA’s new rules, NFL dimwit
Sorry, Charlie. Don’t be wack, Shaq. The NBA has instituted a new policy on the use of Twitter and other social media sites on game days. It applies to coaches, players and “other team basketball operations personnel,” and states that cell phones and other such devices cannot be used from 45 minutes before game time until [...]
‘Glee’ football team dances to ‘Single Ladies’
I guess this is progress of sorts. On the TV show “Glee,” the local high school football teams breaks into a rendition of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” to distract their opponent. One quibble: They did not take a timeout prior, so there should have been a delay of game penalty. Video:
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Sports Tweet of the Week: T.O. in Miami
I know you’ve all been waiting for a Twitter update from a sports figure. Since I haven’t been doing this on a weekly basis I’m not sure I should keep calling it “Sports Tweet of the Week,” but if anyone wants to send me links to interesting Twitter pages — or if Jim or Cyd [...]
Sports Tweet of the Week: Pink on Vick
The news that the Philadelphia Eagles signed Michael Vick to a contract shocked just about everyone in the Philadelphia region — not to mention those who have moved on but still have ties to the area. Case in point: Pink. The singer-songwriter was born in nearby Doylestown. She is also a vegetarian and major supporter [...]
