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Product vs. Profit: The problem with ESPN

For a long time, ESPN has played an important role in sports journalism. Yes, there have been notable lapses in their journalistic integrity, but on the whole, for the first 20 or so years of ESPN…

Football one trick ponies

The Wall Street Journal points out what we already know: Georgia has one of the biggest discrepancies between it's two major men's sports. Honestly, I would have thought it to be higher than…

Jakeenan Gant commits to...

Missouri. Just got off the phone with Jakeenan Gant. Told me he committed to Missouri moments ago while on an official visit. Big get for Tigers. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) August 18, 2013 Now we …

Tadric Jackson picks Tech

The Process

Come on Saban, you are better than calling a kid medically unqualified . Just kick him off your team for not being good enough (even though that implies you made the mistake in recruiting him in the …

Thoughts on Vandy's #anchordown

You know, we've all been wondering about Vandy's #anchordown thing. I mean @TylerDawgden Has anyone explained to him that the boat goes nowhere when the #anchorsdown ? — Scott Bass (@LawDawg…

Bret Bielema is a hypocrite

There has been something about Bielema's screed against hurry up offenses has been bothering me, but I couldn't quite get my finger on it. I knew, in the recesses of my brain, there had been …

ESPN yells "MORE COWHERD!"

SI's Richard Dietsch made an interesting catch in his Media Circus column at SI.com. ESPN has demoted "Outside the Lines" in favor of "Cowherd on Football." Now OTL will be …

Go #VoteFreddie now

If you are a twitterer , simply use the #VoteFreddie starting now and going until 4pm to cast a vote for Freddie Freeman and America. Stick it to ESPN's open shilling of a player. Oh, and MLB is …

Thanks for the Memories

Where does the time go? We would be remiss if we let Coach Michael Adams' retirement go unnoticed.  We had some good times together. Like this , and this , and this and this and this and this .…

Mike Gundy is a man

Not much of one, though. I get limiting a kid's options if you might have to face him. It is possible Gundy is worried about him by telling him no Tennessee. But Southern Miss? Really? Oh, and lo…

Tennessee Schadenfreude: Non-Dooley/Kiffin edition

Trae Golden leaving UT's basketball program was only a minor shock. After all, players leave programs fairly regularly in hoops, especially when there are allegations of academic issues. Academi…

Diamond Dogs Update: Drop two of three to Vandy; JT Phillips dismissed from the team

Hey, we won one, though. The game yesterday was a masterpiece of poor defense. We committed five errors in the 5-1 loss. I suppose there is some moral victory in only losing by four runs to the numbe…

Mike Hamilton>>That guy at Rutgers about to be fired

The non-sense at Rutgers has the makings of a fun deposition. To catch you up, Mike Rice, the head basketball coach at Rutgers newest wholesale food salesman in Piscataway, got suspended and fined d…

And then Baseball

After being competitive on Friday night against one of the top teams in the nation at Kentucky and winning Saturday's match up, I thought we might be turning a corner. Then Sunday happened. Blank…

But were any of the sources herself?

I know this will shock you, but Freshmen student journalists are still just 18 year old. Time for her to change her major. Or call the AJC. TD

Kentucky Loses to Robert Morris in first round of NIT

Yeah, that about sums up SEC Hoops this year. TD

Go home NCAA. You're drunk.

Dude, really? Nevin Shapiro    (Image: Miami Herald) Former NCAA director of enforcement Ameen Najjar wrote a letter dated June 3, 2011, to U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton, saying that the NCAA — …

Mark Richt can't recruit thugs as good as Nick Saban can

Of course, that is a joke. But it is hard to read this article from the Alabama student newspaper about one  of the instances where football players treated one of their fellow students like [fill i…

The Offseason by another name in Tuscaloosa

What mere mortals call the offseason in other college towns, the folks in Alabama call ' Roster Management Season.' Funny how those things just work out. I'm guessing there is a Mark Rich…
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