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You hired the Domino’s guy to be your new Athletic Director. Not the delivery guy – he was too busy making house calls – but Chairman and CEO David Brandon. He sounds qualified enough, having played football for the Wolverines, worked as finance chairman for the Republican Party and run a multi-million dollar business based [...]

Will you be making any roster additions this offseason? You can’t re-sign players (John Lackey, Chone Figgins). You can’t trade for players (Roy Halladay). And you can’t sign players (Adrian Beltre). Sure, manager Mike Scioscia is good for about five wins a year — assuming you give him nine names to put on a lineup card — but [...]

Wipe that stupid grin off your face. The serious knee injury suffered by New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker in the meaningless season finale doesn’t justify what your Indianapolis Colts did during the previous week. As team president you encouraged resting healthy players and throwing away a shot at a the immortality of a [...]

Gilbert Arenas was one of the most entertaining and beloved players in the NBA a couple years ago.  Arenas aka Agent Zero aka Hibachi, because of his sharp shooting style and ability to become “on fire” at any time and basically just take over a game, was always looked at as a good scorer but [...]

If, at this point, you’re trying something that’s never been seen before in NFL history, it’s because it’s a stupid idea and not because you’re an innovator.
How is it possible that trying an onside kick with your team leading in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter — as Steelers coach Mike Tomlin did [...]

Read a dictionary.  The word retires means “to withdraw from one’s occupation, business, or office; stop working”  That means you were currently working, and decided you no longer wanted to work.  It is a decision that you make, not one that’s made for you.  Thanks for announcing that you are now retired.  I would like [...]

Did you lose your personality with all that weight?  What is this poilitically correct talk about Tiger Woods.  “He will get through it – I wish them the best”  “he raises the bar for all of us to play better golf as well”  “hopefully he and Elin can work it out”   The John Daly we [...]

Stop talking just to hear yourself talk.   You really think LeBron should be coach?  When’s the last time that worked?  Lenny Wilkens in 1975?   Oh, it worked?  Should we bring back bell-bottoms, bean bag chairs and disco too?  They were awesome in 1975.  Well, bean bag chairs are still pretty awesome, but disco can stay [...]

It’s December and you’re team is unraveling again. There’s a saying that money can’t buy success in sports, but whoever said that obviously never saw your bank statement. Get a new coach. Get a new quarterback. Get a new defense. Get whatever it takes so that history stops repeating itself. In fairness, you did get a [...]

Stop tweeting and make up your mind already. We get it. You know how to market yourself. Most coaches dodge interviews when they know they’re going to be asked about potentially leaving their current job. Meanwhile, I swear I saw you on the Discovery Channel and Food Network this week. Your Cincinnati Bearcats have a huge opportunity to end the discussion of [...]