Author: bmweiss

Fight On

The San Francisco 49ers lose again. If losing 14 games, a head coach, and a general manager was not enough, the Niners have now learned that they will lose the chance to draft USC quarterback Matt Leinart because the Heisman winning QB will return to play for the Trojans next year. While Leinart’s decision to return to Southern Cal for his senior year might come as a surprising choice, it also happens to be a satisfying choice, especially to the Trojan faithful. Opting to turn down the NFL and the opportunity to be the overall number one pick in the upcoming draft must have been an arduous decision.
But it was a good decision. The right decision.

General Sports

John Doe

They are anonymous. Their faces are unfamiliar. Their teams are not national powerhouses. No major bowl games, no major fan fare. Their names might as well be John Doe. One of them is Mean and Green. Another is a Blazer, and the third is simply a Falcon. Regrettably, Jamario Thomas, Roddy White, and Omar Jacobs are the three best college football players you have never seen play.

All Other Sports

Clean Mud

Boxing has disappeared. And so have its champions. Everything that was good about boxing has faded away. The unique, unmatched Muhammad Ali has all but vanished. The crafty Sugar Ray Leonard has slipped away just like the marvelous Marvin Hagler and the ageless Roberto Durán. Mike Tyson, the youngest undisputed heavyweight world champion ever, suffered a fall from grace that was so quick that nothing could have saved him.

Evander Holyfield’s biggest fight will no longer be in the ring but against the New York State Athletic Commission and their medical suspension. The lonely Lennox Lewis has retired and expectedly will never surface again. All of the great fighters are gone and all that remains is a shadow of a sport left in shambles that has subsequently become influenced by self-consuming, morally bankrupt bosses, manipulated by one-eyed judges, and marked with dubious referees. Boxing is currently fighting for its survival as even its own tradition is in crisis. The need to restructure professional boxing has never been more essential than now.