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This morning on ESPN radio, Colin Cowherd discussed Tiger Wood's continued use of profanity at yesterday's Masters Tournament.  Cowherd and some of his callers expressed disappointment at Tiger's lack of self-control.  A week earlier, ESPN columnist Bill Simmons, along with guest Chuck Klosterman, recorded an episode of Simmons' podcast in which they recapped the NCAA tournament. They also tried to determine what the golden age of college basketball was, eventually deciding on the 1970s and the early 80s. These two events demonstrate a drastic change and a difficult misconception in how we view sports in today’s world.  In the case ...

When Landon Donovan scored in the 91st minute of the USA's world cup game against Algeria, he may have started a revolution.  Donovan and this moment in USA soccer may come to share a place in history with events that occurred in Yankee Stadium on December the 28th, 1958.  On that day the New York Giants faced off against the Baltimore Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship.  As many a wise sports fan knows, the game was a classic. The event became a turning point in the popularity of the NFL.  Much like the USA's dramatic victory in extra time, ...