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Fact: There needs to be an immediate increase in non-white coaching figures in every level of football, both amateur and professional. If the NFL really wanted to do something more than a shrewd public relations campaign, they would force every NFL coaching staff to have a certain percentage of minority figures. Fiction: The Rooney Rule helps this happen. For those who do not know, The Rooney Rule (named after Steelers’ owner Dan Rooney) is a policy enforced by the NFL that forces teams to interview at least one minority candidate for any coaching vacancy. The rule is in the news again since Commissioner Roger ...

These are the top 5 Stadiums that are currently being constructed. These facilities can consider themselves very lucky as they crept in right before the banking crisis. I have a feeling that we will not see many stadiums come online after these 5 open so enjoy them. Three of these stadiums kept their respected teams (Penguins, Marlins & Twins) in town. The other two stadiums are over the top in luxury amenities. While Luxurys are great, they don't alway equal a great new stadium.

Everybody ready? Repeat after me: Professional athletes are more important than ordinary people.   Professional athletes are more important than ordinary people.   Ready? Actors and actresses are more important than common folk.   Actors and actresses are more important than common folk.   Ladies and gentlemen, we can kick and scream all we want. We can blog to and fro all the live long day about how it’s not fair. But the answer has always been and always will be athletes that are more important than me.   The sooner we realize that, the less stressful our lives will be. Look yourself in the mirror, have your epiphany. I ...

In a life jam packed by remarkable physical endeavour, Ranulph Fiennes last night took a step beyond even his own many records of achievement.  At 65, Fiennes became the oldest Briton to conquer Mount Everest. With poetic understatement, he described the journey as “the closest you can get to the moon by walking." But only last year he swore, after his second failed attempt, that he would never try to climb Everest again. After all, his first attempt in 2005 had also ended short of the summit with a heart attack. What changed his mind? The spur to this ultimate mountaineering challenge was his ...