Warning: This article is not intended for closed-minded people who have already made up their minds about the issue and are not prepared to budge from their position. It contains scientific analysis, conjecture and pure speculation.
Sub-Warning: At just over 5000 words, this is one of the longest articles you will find on this site.
Before reading any further, please take a moment to study the picture that accompanies this article. What do you notice? If you said "Three horses completing a jumping race without their jockeys," then you can move to the head of the class.
This picture really is ...
In history, men existed who with their way of life have inspired many others to act for something better. Some used words, other actions. But all simply did not quit even when facing enormous obstacles in they way.
The American athlete Jesse Owens was one of those men.
James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens was born on September 12, 1913, to Henry and Emma Owens. In his early years, he suffered from health problems. In fact, he almost died while suffering from a recurrent pneumonia. His mother helped him to overcome his illness and get back to his feet.
It was a difficult time for ...
Speaking on HBO’s Real Sports, which is hosted by Bryant Gumble, Jim Brown said, "There are one or two individuals in this country that are black that have been put in front of us as an example. But they're under a system that says 'hey, they're not going to do a certain thing.' That disappoints me because I know they know better.”
Gumble asked Brown if he was referring to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.
"Yeah, I know they both know better, OK," Brown said. "And I know they both can do better without hurting themselves."
Maybe Tiger Woods missed the memo ...
There exists a fine line between what some call "real sports" and the virtual phenomenon that is fantasy sports.
But they are deeply connected.
Each stem from a passion, a love; for the game, the friends, the fans...the money. Each satisfy the hungriest sport's soul, and enslave us by moments of greatness; trapping us by addiction.
And yet they have such different backgrounds.
One game uses brains, the other, brawn. One uses a computer; an object regarded as holy by its owners. The other uses practice fields and treat them as the battlefield before the war.
Sports have been around since forever; 77 B.C. to be ...
National champion gymnast Keeley Kmieciak interview chat on The Athlete’s Sports Experience blog is tonight, Tuesday, June 30 at 7 p.m. CST.
Hope to see you there. (Note: Don’t Forget 8th-round MLB draft pick interview coming soon)
Link: The Athlete’s Sports Experience
Professional athletes who cheat the game by using performance enhancers should be made as an example of to the general public. They should be shamed to the point of no mercy, be punished for their actions, and serve a certain amount of time for their behaviour.
It seems as if we now live in a society that wants to tolerate such nuances, that the respect of the game and culture no longer applies to the status quo, or that people who are creative find ways to hide their shameful deeds in the hopes that no one would notice their unusual ...
Professional athletes who cheat the game by using performance enhancers should be made as an example of to the general public. They should be shamed to the point of no mercy, be punished for their actions, and serve a certain amount of time for their behaviour.
It seems as if we now live in a society that wants to tolerate such nuances, that the respect of the game and culture no longer applies to the status quo, or that people who are creative find ways to hide their shameful deeds in the hopes that no one would notice their unusual ...
I live in Coral Springs, Florida: Your average suburban city and, as many suburban cities are, there is nothing to do.
What does an 18-year-old and his friends do in a city with nothing to do? Play sports—and do it a lot.
It is the only escape we have to not go completely insane from boredom. Basketball is typically the sport to play. Everyone can do it, not many people are needed to play, and all you need is a basketball to head to the nearest park.
But. with the erratic Florida weather over the summer, it's not easy to get a full ...
About 10 months ago, I stumbled upon a website called BleacherReport.com, partly as a result of mere chance and partly because it was exactly what I was looking for.
At the time, of course, I had no idea it was what I was looking for.
Described as a "fan journalist" site, I had virtually no idea of what I was getting into when I decided to sign up for a membership except for the fact that I wanted to write articles about sports for people to read and discuss.
My passion.
I started with a small article about a player from the Vancouver Canucks. ...
It's not often I'm stunned by a sports-related scandal—over the years, the bar for outrageous conduct has been pushed out of the stratosphere by these millionaire men-children in various states of arrested development.
Alex Rodriguez' steroid revelation, the same about Sammy Sosa, Michael Vick's dogfighting ring, Plaxico Burress' metaphor, the ongoing saga of Jayson Williams—none of these things really moved the needle in my opinion.
They're all ridiculous instances worthy of tip-tapping away on the keyboard for a while (possibly numerous times), but twist the lens a bit. Widen the scope to include the last couple of decades.
Then, you'll see some real ...
