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I was just watching a program titled "20 Acts Of love Gone Wrong," on the "E" Channel. An LA Times Columnist named Bill Plaschke, called Tonya Harding the "Redneck Athlete of The Century." Another commentator said that she had "never seen an athlete make so many mistakes and get so many second...

I once read that NFL interest in Boston wouldn't amount to anything without gambling. Overall, gambling does account for much of the NFL's prominence. Before the 1950's, believe it or not, pro football wasn't that big a thing in America. When people (especially those who didn't live in a...

Yes, Lapchick always shows up in these situations. I have written posts before about an incident in the late 1970's. Lapchick showed up to protest a South African tennis (I believe) team playing at Vanderbilt. He went to the police claiming that some racists had attacked him. Medical examiiners...

A little while ago, I saw the end of Chris Mathews' post-debate Hardball show. A Weekly Standard writer, Stephen Hayes, said that "Ron Paul sounds crazy." Hayes added, "Rudy really smacked Paul down." Chris Mathews agreed with Hayes. Mathews said, "Rudy listens to what his opponent says, and...

We had a lengthy thread on this subject a couple of years ago. I wrote at the time that Michael Vick would have won a Super Bowl if this was true, as White Shogun just said.

Watts' trial was covered on Court TV several years ago. He is well-known to people who study the Crime News, but not like Ted Bundy.

I don't recall any racial angle to the 1987 strike. In the early 70's, there were around 3 strikes. It was sometimes reported that black players were more pro-union than white players. Getting back to the movie, I would advise CF members to ser their VCR's to tape "Saturday's Hero."

Today at 6pm ET, Turner Classic Movies is showing "Saturday's Hero", a 1951 film about college football. It presents a negative view of the sport. This opinion was quite common at the time, as the West Point cheating scandal was big news. The hero, played by John Derek, is named Steve Novak...

Steve Sailer has some information on this story at his blog and on Vdare. Below is the thread: http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2007/09/21/jena-what-the-nati onal-media-has-gotten-wrong/

Your Bulgarian friend is the one who is misleading. America did not claim to have shot down "several thousand Bulgarian aircraft during WWII." The US 15th Air Force flew many missions over Southeastern Europe. They often encountered Hungarian and Rumananian-flown aircraft. Sometimes Bulgarian...

In Bernie Parrish's book "They Call It A Game," there was this passage concerning Paul Brown: "When I was a rookie, the old heads on the team told me, 'Paul doesn't criticize Negro players the same way he does white players. He doesn't think they can take it as well.' I can't say that I saw...

Peyton Manning is on MNF only once? And Manning is the No.1 player in the game. During his playing days, MNF had O.J. Simpson on as much as possible.

The problem is not that the Tuskegee Airmen get so much attention now, but that the best American fighter pilots of WWII have been forgotten. When I ask people to name an American WWII fighter pilot, the name they usually come up with is Chuck Yeager, or sometimes Pappy Boyington. Yeager had 11...

These lists are always hard to make without leaving out someone, and they are weighted toward recent players. I don't think O.J. Simpson was on the list.

Sammy Baugh was considered the best QB of his time (1937-52). Otto Graham (1946-55) won 3 NFL titles plus all 4 AAFC titles. But Graham was often downgraded for having Paul Brown call his plays. It might surprise some younger fans, but before the 1970's, nearly all pro QB's called their own...

At his View From the Right site, Lawrence Auster doesn't think this will be played up that much. He thinks the media needs a Rich White Criminal for the "Great White Defendant" role.

Thanks for the compliments. I can remember watching pro football on TV from 1958, age 8, and have vivid recollections of games I saw in 1960. I also read the sports press from childhood, and have collected sports magazines and books. For example, I recall watching the Steelers on TV when...

I recall when Hank Stram had the first pro football team in which over 50% of the players were black. This was in 1968, as I remember. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl the next year. Stram was always lavishly praised for this, as it meant he was "colorblind." If Jack Del Rio ever has 22 black...

Al Davis used to like white "street kids" from the Northeast. Examples were Phil Villapiano, Mike Siani, Howie Long, and Lyle Alzado. He drafted many players with this background, while picking up Alzado toward the end of his career.

I have seen several people who defend Vick say that dogfighting comes from the "rural south." Some commentators, however, have said that dogfighting is growing in "urban areas."

I have a nephew, age 9. His favorite NFL team is Jacksonville, and he says his favorite QB is Byron Leftwich. At least Michael Vick isn't one of his sports' heroes.

What would the Falcons have done this year if Matt Schaub had stayed?

Many media types pray for a Great White Athlete Defendant.

Would any NFL team want Vick 2-3 years down the road if none of the corporations are willing to use him for endorsements?

The starting time for the 100 meter race was announced as "1620." This was military-style time which the olympics were using. It meant "4:20 pm." The American sprinters, Eddie Hart and Reynaud Robinson, thought it meant "6:20 pm." So did their coach, Stan Wright. Since they rhought the race was...