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I did a yahoo search for Phil Mickelson and found a piece titled, "The Dull Phil Mickelson" at something called deadspin.com. It called Phil a "tanned white guy with a dopey grin." Another piece at SI said that the story was the lower ratings Mickelson got compared to Woods last year.

During my childhood, when I would read an article about the great college football players of the past, Marshall Goldberg's name would be mentioned. Speaking of Byron White, I once heard an interview with a writer who had written a book about the Supreme Court. He stated that if you had met...

One reason that the Heavyweight Title isn't what it used to be is the multiple belts. This state of affairs prevents one fighter from becoming a "major star." Speaking of the idea of a White Champion, I remember when Gerry Cooney was approaching his fight with Larry Holmes, now a...

Last week, I saw sportscaster Warner Wolf on CourtTV. Wolf was discussing Barry Bonds. Wolf said that MLB's Corporate sponsors don't want Bonds around. They see him as a liability because he turns off the fans. Wolf said that the Powers That Be want Bonds to admit his guilt and express...

Check out this URL from vdare.com's blog: http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2006/04/02/bush-reconquista/

First of all, the QB is the most important player in the offense. If the QB is not the key player, the team has an inadequate QB. On the NFL level, the winning QB is able to stay in the pocket, read the coverage, and get the ball downfield to the receivers. This means that most of the time the...

It appears that Bonds is going to deny everything and say that "they" are out to bring him down. Incidentally, Bonds had a more changed appearance than the other "users." He must have shot himself up more than anybody else did.

I wasn't aware of this. Joe Ferguson always was a player who didn't get a lot of national publicity. When he came out of high school in 1969, he was considered the best high school passer ever. See the thread below: http://www.rustonleader.com/sports.php?id=788

I posted earlier a scouting report by the late Joel Buschbaum on Alstott. Buschbaum wrote that Alstott would "bring back the days of Larry Csonka and John Riggins." The thought was that Alstott would be a featured TB as he was at Purdue, which didn't happen. Incidentally, most long runs are...

Moon did throw for a lot of yards over many seasons. It should also be said that many white QB's had great stats in the regular season, but didn't win in championship games. Moon is one of those players whose career was just good enough for the Hall of Fame, but not really among the greatest of...

The Army is launching another investigation of Pat Tillman's death. The probe (the 5th) is to see if there was "Negligent Homicide." This news is on the internet today.

Soon, we may see the Wonderlic test banned entirely.

This may mean that the Titans are going to draft a QB.

Allow me to throw out this question. Why does the NFL bother with the Wonderlic test at all? Aside from Quarterback and the Offensive Line, how many positions require high intelligence these days? Regarding the Wonderlic, an Auburn RB named Brent Fulwood was drafted in 1987. He lasted 4...

Today's Nashville Tennessean had an article saying that Cutler's stock had gone up, and hinted that the Titans might draft him instead of Young. Yes, Young's score of 6 on the Wonderlic was mentioned, but the writer assured us that it must be a mistake. Don is certainly right that a white...

It is notable that Hass is describing himself as a "Ricky Proehl" type receiver. As I mentioned in a post above, Cris Collinsworth (in 1981) insisted on being compared to the top (black) receivers. It's not a good sign that Hass is already resigning hinself to second-tier status.

Let's see, Navy's QB is charged with rape, and we don't think news like this is really out of the ordinary. Also, the victim is a female midshipman. See how wonderful The New Order is?

Some twenty years ago, I read something in National Review (I think) about the problem of black American GI's raping women in Germany. The writer said something about not having so many blacks in overseas locations, which is rather unworkable. I remembered this about a decade later when I...

Speaking again about Collinsworth, a black reciever named David Verser was taken in the 1st round by the Bengals in 1981 ahead of Collinsworth. Verser held out, as I remember, and Collinsworth got the starting assignment opposite Isaac Curtis. Collinsworth got a lot of good press that year...

Don: Yes, Randy Burke was white. The late Joel Buschbaum rated him this way, "A great hands and move type who works the sidelines to perfection. Looked excellent in the Senior Bowl, but still didn't prove he can be a good deep threat." Buschbaum had Burke's Triangle numbers as 6-1 3/8, 184...

In 1981, there was a cover story in SI on then-rookie Bengal WR Cris Collinsworth. I remember Collinsworth complaining in the article about always being compared to Lance Alworth because he (Collinsworth) was white. In those days any white WR with some speed was compared to Alworth in the way...

I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh very often, but today I was driving and turned the radio on. Limbaugh mentioned Gumbel's comments with his usual belly laugh. Rush criticized Gumbel for attacking the Republican Party by calling the Winter Olympics "like a GOP Convention. This upset Limbaugh, NOT...

The 1980 Winter Olympics were noteworthy because the US ice hockey team beat the Soviet team, plus the Finns to win the Gold Medal. This was big news at the time with the American ice hockey team receiving much praise in this country. However, I remember one columnist (don't recall his name)...

Thanks Don. It's also true that a pro football player could have a large bet on a game against the Cowboys, but not on the next game against the Rams. It would be impossible to keep from concluding that he was more interested in winning on certain Sundays than he was on others.

Paul Hornung and Alex Karras have often said that many players besides themselves had bet on pro football, though NOT against their own team. I remember some years ago, Alan Page said that many players would bet. There IS a problem with a coach or manager betting on his own team. Suppose...