My Five Minutes

So NBA commissioner David Stern wants his players to stop wearing their jewelry and throwback jerseys when out representing their teams. Never mind that the league wed itself to the hip hop culture and young people long ago. I can not knock the players who are against the dress code, because I was... Sign in to see full entry.

The Houston Astros are going to their first World Series in the 44 year history of the club. Never mind that they finished 11 and a half games behind the team that they beat in the NLCS, the St. Louis Cardinals. For the fourth consecutive year, a wild card team is going to the World Series. No knock... Sign in to see full entry.

Whew! Time for this SC fan to exhale. The Trojans dodged a major bullet in South Bend, beating Notre Dame 34-31 on a quarterback sneak by Matt Leinart with three seconds to play. Some would call it luck, but good teams make their own luck. And here's how SC made theirs. Lets' not forget that Notre... Sign in to see full entry.

That's the sound that TV's across the east coast made last night after the Yankees were defeated by the Angels in game five of the ALDS, thus ending the baseball season for the casual fan. Don't think that the Fox network and MLB doesn't know this. (A quick commercial break. Fuck Peter King of... Sign in to see full entry.

Alright Red Sawx fan your reign as world's champions is over. Teams like the Sawx just don't repeat. Take it from a Maryland basketball fan who told you so last year, so I know how you feel. No, you probably feel more disappointed and upset than mad, because the "curse" was dispelled last year. You... Sign in to see full entry.

A look back at last weekend in the sports world: All week long we heard the hype by major league baseball about if the Yankees do this, or the Red Sox do that or the Indians do this and what did we get. Nothing. Indians tank, Yankees clinch on Saturday taking away all of the suspense of Sunday in... Sign in to see full entry.

If you haven't heard or read the story of what Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weiss did for a ten year old terminally ill boy named Montana, please find it somewhere. If you saw any of the game, the first play that the Irish ran was a pass right while on their own one yard line. The play was... Sign in to see full entry.

Alright gang, I am three weeks into my first year as a football referee. In that time I have been told that I need to go to referee's school, yelled at, told to do what I get paid for, sometimes totally ignored while they went to talk to a more experienced member of the crew and broken up one fight.... Sign in to see full entry.

Is the name of the USC Trojans horse that runs around the field after they score a touchdown. Threepeat is what the Trojans are after this year in college football. As a USC fan I am overly cautious, because I know that they have to lose sooner or later. Right now, despite their loss to Michigan... Sign in to see full entry.

Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was accused of domestic violence for an altercation involving his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend on Monday night. The AP reported that Johnson was out with a woman when his ex showed up at the same club. The report says that Johnson saw his ex and text... Sign in to see full entry.