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I remember reading the autobiography of the late LA Times columnist Jim Murray. Murray had a chapter on each sport. In his chapter on college football, Murray wrote that many coaches prefer a player who has some off-field violence in his background. They think this type of player is "tougher"...

On New Year's night 1989, O.J. beat up Nicole and was (surprisingly to him, especially) actually arrested. Nicole swore a complaint, but quickly recanted. The incident appeared on a back page of the LA Times, but nowhere else in the MSM. NBC signed O.J. to a new contract later that year. The...

Well, where to begin. I remember years ago, when Vanderbilt (of all places) was having disciplinary problems with a black athlete, the concern in the Nashville press was that it would "hurt recruiting." This becomes the primary concern at a school that is athletically ambitious, whether "it...

At age 42, Stan Musial hit .330, and Ted Williams hit .316.

Sailer isn't one of The Tribe. See the comments on his blog about the Middle East, and about Jews in the Soviet Union. Also, see his latest artice in the 7-31 issue of TAC. The subject is why the Democrats lose Middle America. Guess which group Sailer describes as "the demographic segment that...

Perhaps ironically, Sailer is Persona Nongrata with much of the System press. He has repeatedly written that black IQ's are lower than those of whites, along with writing that blacks are athletically superior. Establishment writers will say that blacks are superior athletes. Then, in the...

Did you know that the Navy Court martial of Lamar Owens is now in it's fourth day? Wonder why the System Media isn't all over this case? Why doesn't it get a fraction of the attention the Duke Travesty gets? One of the few outlets covering the case is the Baltimore Sun at www.baltimoresun.com

It was not thought to be anything out of the ordinary for Owens and Cappelletti to win the award.

Don is right. Through the 1960's, the fullback got more carries than the halfback on most teams in what was called the "pro set." The Raiders featured the fullback as the main runner until they drafted Marcus Allen in 1982. This changed when the "I Formation" became the favorite formation in...

I expect my Tennessee Vols aren't a big favorite on this Forum.

I remember Dwight having a big Monday night game on the last weekend of the 1999 season against the 49ers. He scored on a 70+ yard punt return. Then he made a good catch for another TD. In the 4th quarter Dwight took a short pass over the middle while a 240 pound linebacker grabbed him around...

Probably a good move on his part to transfer from Duke.

It's almost a month since my last post on this subject. In that time, the case has become more unsupportable with every passing day. Most of the legal shows have turned against the DA after eagerly supporting him initially. Several black members of the punditocracy are still praising Nifong...

The above post is wrong. The 6-hour Marciano special repeats only at 12am ET.

ESPN Classic is showing a Rocky Marciano Marathon on ESPN Classic. It repeats at 6pm ET and 12am ET. Also on Sunday at 8amET and 2pm ET.

Razor, I have heard of John Roderick, "the fastest white receiver to ever play in the NFL." Technically, Roderick played in the AFL with Miami and Oakland from 1966-68. You can find his stats at databasefootball.com. I don't remember any mention of him in the sporting press of the time, except...

In recent days, several establishment journalists and commentators have been severely criticizing the DA in the Duke Lacrosse Case. Stuart Taylor, of the National Journal, blasted Nifong and the Duke administrators in terms that could have come from this site. Taylor wrote; "...more than 90...

Baseball's corporate sponsors are said to not want Bonds around. Warner Wolf said this on CourtTV before the season.

Today, May 18, Ricky Manning and two former UCLA football players were charged with assault after they allegedly attacked a man in a Denny's restaurant in Westwood on April 23, the LA County District Attorney's office announced. Manning had recently signed a 4 year contract for $21 million...

We should remember that Bum Phillips didn't think Largent could play in 1976. He was fortunate in going to Seattle, an expansion team at the time, who didn't have anybody else. Without expansion that year, Largent might well have never got a chance.

I have Joel Buschbaum's "Scout's Guide to the NFL for 1978." He gives Steve Largent's 40 time as 4.7 and describes Largent as, "a young Biletnikoff with great hands, body control, leaping ability, and cunning routes." I recall a piece by a Seattle writer in Pro Football Weekly about that...

I remember a pocketbook pro football preview that used to come out during the 1970's and early 80's. It would give a preview of each team and a thumbnail sketch of the top players. Sometimes the preview would tell who was the team's most respected player. They would almost always name a...

Floyd Patterson was the first Heavyweight Champion I remember (I was 5 when Marciano retired). The Patterson Johansson fights were very big stories at the time. I remember listening to Patterson-Johansson III on the radio. Ingo knocked Floyd down twice in the 1st round, then Ingo went down...

A while ago, I posted on another thread the fact that Mickey Mantle was the last white man to be the America's No.1 pro athlete in both performance and popularity. As Don says, Mantle was idolized by boys in those days. You would have to have been a boy at the time to know how big a star Mantle...

On April 28, it was announced that Lamar Owens will be court-martialed. This is after the Naval equivalent of a grand jury hearing. Owens was the MVP of a 8-4 Navy team, in other words, a prominent college football player. He's going to be tried for raping a female cadet. Yet, there is almost...