The Mitchell report was released and players were named. Was this enough and where does this leave the sport? Will Burge asks the questions…..
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Top 10 Upsets of the Last 28 Years
The perfect way to start off my 2008 Sportscolumn writing season is to create one of my favorite things in the world: a top ten list. I decided, what with all the upsets in college football this year, that a list of the top ten upsets would suffice nicely this article. But then I thought, “There’s no way I can handle the pressure of narrowing all the upsets in sports history to a top ten list!!”
So I made my own job a little easier by narrowing it down to the ten greatest upsets of the last 28 years. Why? First of all, I’m barely 19 years old so I prefer to make a list out of things I know well and secondly because it sets the stage for the year 1980 to be included in my countdown. Foreshadowing? Hmm…
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Who Framed Roger Rocket?
Ever since the day the Mitchell Report was released the baseball world has dealt with constant drama. Admissions and apologies have been offered and denied. Fingers have been pointed and judgments have been passed. Reputations have been thrown into question and fans have been thrown into unrest. But one quality of the report has reigned supreme over all others; it’s entertainment value.
It’s no secret that America loves a good Soap Opera. Not a drama, but a Soap Opera. As in a drama where all rationality and reason disappear and the story becomes a delightfully hilarious mess of childish idiocy… and for whatever reason, it’s enthralling!
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The American Game
Picture this. You’re twenty three years old, a third round draft pick, skipped school to grab that bonus, nothing to fall back on. This competition is fierce, and you’ve been left behind, lapped in fact. In an idyllic youth, a minor celebrity in a small town, you were the special one. Gifted. Bigger, stronger, faster, beloved by all, took pride in the popularity, destined for greatness.
Desmond Reed’s head-over-heels flip into the endzone for USC in the Rose Bowl, and subsequent celebration, drew a fifteen yard unsportsmanlike penalty and the token ire of Pete Carroll. But what if it didn’t? What if blatant self-aggrandizing meant the difference between a win and a loss? An extra extra point.
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Unanswered Questions of 2007
2007 is almost done and sports fans around the globe have questions that remain unanswered.
One question has a chance of being settled in 2008 if the New England Patriots manage to finish the season and run through the play-offs to a Superbowl victory without a defeat. Unfortunately, many others will never be answered on the field of play and we are left to speculate on the hypothetical.
I hate NASCAR. Hate it. I can see cars driving anywhere and at any time. The last thing I want to do is watch 500 miles of it on a track that goes nowhere. Yes, I have heard it all, “It’s the environment and the people surrounding the race”, and “THEY ARE JUST SO FAST, IT’S AWESOME”. I get it. Not to knock these…drivers? I certainly can’t call them athletes, though what they do is very dangerous. But I just feel that it takes no athletic skill to drive a car at high speeds. Maybe I just haven’t done it, but I feel that it has more to do with mental awareness and attentiveness.
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What I Hate About Football
Yeah I know, the title startled me too after I wrote it. But as the old biblical saying goes, “You can’t truly love something until you hate it and point out all its flaws”. Now don’t get me wrong, football is the best thing since sliced bread, even Canadian football (which I would still watch over baseball), but there are definitely some things that I would change. Enjoy.
If I’m to believe a recent survey, and I’m not, then 20 percent of sports fans believe that their actions influence their team’s performance. Do you know how silly that sounds? One-in-five think that they have an impact on the game?
Firstly, only one-in-five admits this; I know an additional one-in-five are too embarrassed about it and another one-in-five can’t mention it because speaking about it would jinx their team. And secondly, we don’t think that we alter the event; we know it.
Dear Joe,
First off, I want to congratulate you on your 42nd year as head coach of Penn State and 58th overall. You have stood the test of times and even told NFL teams to look somewhere else because of your commitment to Penn State. You are the definition of class, on and off the field. You are a living legend with 366 career wins, second all time and you just happen to be at the ripe old age of 80.