Can you alma mater afford to fire its head football coach if he fails to win a national title? Can it afford not to?
It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose, It’s Whether You Win: High Stakes in College Football Coaching
May 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Will the NFL Be Able to ‘Fix’ Football in Time?
February 2, 2013 By 6 Comments
Joanna Schroeder investigates the efforts made by the NFL to help reduce brain injuries in football players, and wonders whether anything is enough.
Pennsylvania Suing NCAA Over Penn State Restrictions
January 14, 2013 By 4 Comments
The state is suing in federal court for removal of the penalties imposed in response to the Sandusky abuses.
Junior Seau Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury. Duh.
January 13, 2013 By 4 Comments
Liam Day wonders how long we can continue ignoring the mounting evidence that football damages players’ brains.
Pennsylvania Governor Sues NCAA Over Sandusky Sanctions
January 3, 2013 By 12 Comments
Governor Corbett believes the sanctions the N.C.A.A. handed down in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal were too harsh and missed the people they should be aiming for. He’s wrong.
Is the NCAA Knocking Down the Gods of College Sports?
November 13, 2012 By 7 Comments
Liam Day hopes the NCAA’s new regulations will help prioritize students’ futures over the wealth of the universities’ sports programs.
The 50 Best Matches in WWF/WWE History, Part I (Plus Football Picks, Week 6!)
October 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
I’ve been watching WWF/E since Snuka came off the top of the cage; I’ve been watching since before I understood better wrestling existed, sort of like eating at McDonalds before you knew there better burgers.
Our Football Picks, Week 5: The Great Pumpkin
September 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Jim Jividen thought he had it figured out. Then his beloved San Francisco Giants went and won the World Series, and he went and got married. All this, plus weekly football picks!
Our Football Picks, Week 4: The Catch
September 22, 2012 By 2 Comments
Jim Jividen’s got a can’t-miss script for the best sports book never written: how the progressive San Francisco 49ers stood athwart the rising tide of conservatism in the 1980s and gave San Franciscans something to be proud about.
Our Football Picks, Week 2: The Jannetty
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jim Jividen’s got the skinny on this week’s NFL and NCAA games–and he’s managed to fit a can’t-miss romantic comedy idea in there, too!
Our Fearless Football Picks: For Entertainment Purposes Only
August 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
Football’s back, and Jim Jividen’s got all the right picks. Why shouldn’t he? He’s been betting against the spread since he was 8.
Men Are Not Gods: Joe Paterno and Penn State
July 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
Shawn Maxam says when we elevate men and women into gods then our judgement becomes clouded.
Open Thread: Should Penn State’s Football Team Be Shut Down?
July 17, 2012 By 61 Comments
NCAA President says he doesn’t want to rule out the “death penalty” for the Penn State Football program. What do you think?
Monetary Settlements Will Not Be Enough To Make Penn State’s Troubles Go Away
July 14, 2012 By 4 Comments
The NCAA may ban Penn State from football for “lack of institutional control” and “inaction,” writes education attorney and former higher education administrator Galen Medley.
NCAA Star Trademarks his Unibrow
June 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
How about this aspect of reclaiming what society has told us is unattractive? Will Davis bring unibrows into fashion, freeing men across the nation from their razors or at-home waxing kits?
“Shutting down football would put a lot of young men, who did nothing wrong, out of school.”
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