Jeff On Jocks

USC fired football coach Lane Kiffer. They caught one of his players attending class. Sign in to see full entry.

I wish that eighteen inning Orioles-Rays game had been Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader. Sign in to see full entry.

Time magazine thinks college athletes should be paid. That's what they say on the cover of their September 16 issue. Time says that athletes make a lot of money for their schools so they should be paid for their efforts. I say no. Sort of. Athletes should not be paid by their universities. For one... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been hearing about how NFL teams are now playing their regulars in the third preseason game. I thought they played their regulars in the last preseason game. When did it change? Why did it change? And why does everyone do it the same way? Sign in to see full entry.

I like it that baseball is expanding instant replay but what's this business about one challenge in the first six innings and 2 after the seventh. That seems pointlessly complicated to me. Why not just three for the game? Sign in to see full entry.

Charlie Manuel leads the Phillies to the playoffs like 99 years in a row and then they fire him after a coupla bad weeks? I don't get it. Sign in to see full entry.

If Alex Rodriguez's suspension is upheld he's through. He's no spring chicken to begin with and with a full year's layoff, all the injuries and the damage he's done to his body with the drugs... Sign in to see full entry.

NFL coaches are too durn conservative. I don't remember the last time I saw a fake punt or field goal. I don't remember the last time I saw a team try an onside kick or go for two after a touchdown unless they had to. That's my story and I'm sticking tp it. Sign in to see full entry.

Disgusting Deplorable Depressing Disappointing I'm talking about the MLB network. Specifically the show they've been airing about the 40 best individual seasons since 1940. Four of those 40 seasons were from Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds. (Bonds was ranked #1 for his 2004... Sign in to see full entry.

I think if the Giants win the Super Bowl, my Redskins ought to be declared champions. We beat them twice so we're obviously the better team. Sign in to see full entry.