The Sports Curmudgeon®

Yesterday when I heard that John Madden had retired, my mind immediately went through the possibilities for his replacement. I worked on the assumption that Al Michaels would remain as the NBC play-by-play voice and thought about who might fill in on Sunday Night Football. As I went through the possibilities of folks who were [...]

According to the old adage, death and taxes are the only sure things in life. In reality, there is a third sure thing. On the late night news on 15 April, you can be sure that there will be a story about – and remote video of – all the mouthbreathers who waited until 11:00 [...]

I thought that I might devote today’s rant to a breakdown and an analysis of the WNBA Draft. So, here goes: It happened last week. Moving on to other matters, The Masters concluded yesterday. As part of the golf news that always shows up proximal to The Masters – – and most of golf’s other [...]

As the economy struggles along, the impact on sports grows. Remember last Fall, there were lots of folks who said that sports would be immune to an economic downturn because people would be looking for “escape” during hard times. Well, people may indeed be looking for “escape” and may continue to look for “escape”; but [...]

Some people may think that this year’s “Team of Destiny” – Michigan State – came up short in the journey to the national championship last night. That is absolutely not the case. If you subscribe to the belief that this Michigan State team had a “destiny” for the season, then that destiny in unalterable. If [...]