Category: sports
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Brady ruling makes for some great reading
Now here’s something to read and savor, especially if you’re a New England Patriots fan and you hate Roger Goodell. NFL vs. NFL Players Association Decision & Order Tom Brady Deflategate suspension nullified Patriots owner Robert Kraft issues statement Hurley: If you’re still hung up on Brady being guilty, you’re…
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Assumptions, not fact, are bottom line in Deflategate
“In sum, the data could not provide a basis to determine with absolute certainty whether there was or was not tampering, as the analysis of such data is dependent upon assumptions and information that is not certain.” – Wells Report on Deflategate
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High school basketball teams take sportsmanship to a new low
This is somewhat amusing, unbelievable, and shameful at the same time. Two high school basketball teams – Smyrna and Riverdale, who happen to be located in the Middle Tennessee county in which I live (though, thankfully, I did not attend either as a student) — purposefully tried to lose to…
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Kyle Busch crash another wake-up call for NASCAR on safety
Kudos for NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway for their quick response to Saturday’s horrific accident involving Kyle Busch. Officials plan to begin adding soft tire barriers around all portions of the track not already protected by SAFER barriers. But, why is it we have to wait for something like this…
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Sports media has lost its cool over ‘deflategate’
New England Patriots players Friday said they have faith in quarterback Tom Brady and support him completely, despite the sports media who would just as soon as string him up by a noose without a trial. Thursday’s Bellichick and Brady press conferences were media circuses, and no matter what either man…
