Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced Tuesday to 30 to 60 years in prison for his role in the Penn State sex-abuse case.
October 8, 2012 I'm sitting here and struggling how to begin this article. Society as whole might have fallen to an all-time low yesterday in Kansas City when Chiefs' quarterback Matt Cassel was drilled by Baltimore Ravens' defensive end Haloti Ngata in the fourth quarter of yesterday's game at Arrowhead Stadium. Cassel went down in a heap and lay motionless for several minutes, obviously injured and the Kansas City fans did something I have never seen before or ever thought I would see....they cheered. Let me say that again...THEY CHEERED.
It's not uncommon for board glass around a hockey rink to break during collisions but this might be the first recorded case of a player's celebration breaking glass.
New England Patriots' star quarterback Tom Brady is often seen as the consummate professional, complete with Most Valuable Player awards, Super Bowl rings and a series of conquests that make George Clooney jealous. However, after officials reviewed his 4-yard, game-tying touchdown run late in the third quarter of the Patriots' 52-28 rout of the Buffalo Bills Sunday, Brady may have turned into the league's Most Vulgar Player.
Sometimes the real winner in a race is the one who realizes victory isn't everything, which is just what happened earlier this week at a high school cross-country meet in Tennessee
Seventeen-year-old Seth Goldstein, a senior at Cooper Yeshiva High School, was rounding his second turn in the race when one of his opponents collapsed in front of him from a heat-induced seizure. That's when Goldstein snapped into action.
September 27, 2012 It's over and not a moment too soon. Late last night, the NFL and the NFL Referees union reached a tentative agreement that will put the regular officials back to work tonight in Baltimore as the Ravens host the Cleveland Browns. The officials will travel to Dallas tomorrow to get their equipment and receive their game assignments for Sunday and Monday.
September 26, 2012 I only ask this question because of something I have been watching over the last two days at my son's school, which I will not identify because it's not about the school - it's about the system in general. The last two days were tryouts for the school's boy’s basketball team. This particular school has a boy’s team and a girl’s team. Yesterday was cut day and the kids who were cut, were absolutely devastated and it got me to thinking. Is getting cut at that level a good thing? My instincts say no.
As the labor dispute between the NFL and the referees’ union continues, criticism of the replacement officials has been going on for weeks and has only gotten louder after a blown call on 'Monday Night Football' gave Seattle a 14-12 win over Green Bay.
How bad have things gotten for the NFL?
The story of Patrick, a resilient chocolate brown pitbull mix, illustrates the absolute lows that humans can sink to and the beauty of life and second chances.
In a desperate situation where a man is faced with the decision to either seek out immediate medical attention or watch his pregnant girlfriend give birth in the backseat of his car, the only available option is to -- you guessed it -- pull into a NASCAR Speedway.
In order to get their first official win of the season, the Bosse Bulldogs will have to bring their best effort against the undefeated Mater Dei Wildcats.
For the professional athlete, there isn’t a single tool in the arsenal as useful as high-quality facial hair.
