The Athletics Director, a brusque, somewhat likeable Ohio State alum, had a vision when he accepted the UNM position. In not so many words, he spelled it out.
Way back in October, head football coach Mike Locksley decided he had enough. Lack of on-field production was something he could deal with. Lack of production in the classroom, however, was not. So against his better sense of compassion, he jettisoned tailback Demond Dennis, citing Dennis’ failure to fulfill the academic standards the coaching staff had deemed necessary.
My fellow Americans, this is a call to reason, not a plea of insanity: Give up on soccer promptly. Winning the World Cup is a pipe dream, a fool’s errand, a fairy tale with a reality-show ending.
In an ideal world, Plaxico “Cheddar Bob” Burress will soon go from jail bird to Philadelphia Eagle.
Phooey on you, brainless America. Boy, oh, boy, did the big-wigs hit it big, selling us not only sneakers, burgers, insurance and batteries, but also slinging us the subliminal.
The verdict is in. The Mountain West Conference on Monday suspended five UNM and four BYU baseball players after a heated exchange between UNM’s Quay Grant and BYU’s Chris Capper escalated into a bench-clearing brawl at the conclusion of Saturday’s matchup in Provo, Utah. The MWC reviewed tape of the brawl over the weekend before meting out discipline.
UNM head coach Steve Alford, who in the past hinted that his UNM stay was contingent on continued administrative support, denied reports that he may leave UNM to fill Missouri’s head coaching vacancy.
The Bracketbusters are breaking down college basketball’s classist narrative. Little attention has been devoted to the Connecticut-Kentucky Final Four matchup, so much diverted to the little guys’ coming-of-age.
Long ago, the New York Knicks were an esteemed franchise. They hadn’t won an NBA title since 1973, but the Knicks nevertheless went to two championships during the 1990s.
The NBA arms race is leading us down a path to Cold War. The leveraging of power between players and owners will inevitably lead to a standoff, and we all know what that means.
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