Category Archives: Media
NFL Punishment Often Doesn’t Fit The Crime
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By DERON SNYDER You know the thing about common sense? It’s not that common. The NFL proves as much time and again in deciding what’s a fineable offense and what isn’t. The league often hits when it should stay, and … Continue reading
Looking Past The Sleaze Of High School Hoops
By DERON SNYDER It’s easy to be jaded and cynical and skeptical about the merits of big-time youth basketball, in which teenagers fly around the nation, play on national TV and grace magazine covers. It’s easy to surmise that the … Continue reading
Gumbel Indicts Self, Not Stern, With ‘Overseer’ Insult
By DERON SNYDER HBO host Bryant Gumbel made a few accurate points Tuesday in his rant against David Stern, especially the part about the NBA commissioner being “infamously egocentric.” But in trying to climb inside Stern’s head and assess Stern’s … Continue reading
Cam Newton Starts Career With Diss Track
By DERON SNYDER It’s only two games … it’s only two games … it’s only two games. That’s the mantra for Cam Newton and his fans, now that the Carolina Panthers quarterback has started his career in historic fashion. But … Continue reading
‘TIDU List’ – Tiger’s Caddie, Shaq’s Diss & More
By DERON SNYDER Once again, it’s time to check off some items on my “TIDU List” — Things I Don’t Understand: • How Steve Williams can complain about the timing of his firing. He earned an estimated $20 million on Tiger … Continue reading
Soccer Events Enthrall But Soccer Itself Doesn’t
By DERON SNYDER Soccer lovers in the U.S. have a chip on their shoulders and with good reason, miffed that their sport isn’t as beloved here as it is worldwide. But they aren’t the only fans frustrated by America’s particular … Continue reading
Texas-Sized Ego Got Best Of Clemens
By DERON SNYDER In deciding to voluntarily testify before Congress in 2008, Roger Clemens displayed little intelligence and insulted our own. Now everyone has to pay as baseball, yet again, is dragged through its Steroid Era. The federal trial taking … Continue reading
LeBron’s Big Crime? He’s More Like Other ‘MJ’
By DERON SNYDER The folks at Nike were amazingly prescient in November 2005 when they unveiled a 110-foot high by 212-foot wide billboard to introduce their new ad campaign for LeBron James – “We Are All Witnesses.” Yet they couldn’t … Continue reading
Armstrong’s Lie More Shameful Than His Crime
By DERON SNYDER I’m not sure how many folks can watch Tyler Hamilton’s interview on “60 Minutes” and still think that Lance Armstrong was clean in becoming the world’s top cyclist. If holdouts were uncertain beforehand, Hamilton’s apparent pain and … Continue reading
Being Gay In Sports Won’t Matter One Day
By DERON SNYDER In other news, Phoenix Suns president Rick Welts announced that he’s gay. He’s undoubtedly not the only such executive in the league. Surely other teams also have homosexuals on the payroll. About the only thing remarkable would … Continue reading
