Sports In Paradise By Dale Jones Coach Jones called little Johnny in from center field during a Little League game for a quick talk. “Listen Johnny,” said the coach, “you know the principles of good sportsmanship that the Little League practices. You also know we don’t tolerate temper tantrums, shouting at the umpire, or abusive [...]
Archive | March, 2010
Erin Andrews survives on ‘Dancing’
And yes, this was just an excuse to post another photograph. Another good one from Sports By Brooks: As for Dancing with the Stars, Shannen Doherty was sent home. Buzz Aldrin and Erin Andrews survive the first dismissal. According to the AP, “Viewer votes saved the lowest-scoring contestant, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who earned 14 points [...]
Report: DeMeco Ryans stays with Texans
According to the AP, former Alabama Crimson Tide star linebacker and 2006 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year will stay with the Houston Texans. According to the AP, “The 25-year-old Bessemer, Ala., native told The Houston Chronicle the new deal was ‘unbelievable’ and he was ‘so appreciative.’” Read the rest of the AP report [...]
Alabama to talk with Notre Dame about future game
From the Tuscaloosa News: UA has not agreed to Texas Tech game “Alabama’s attempts to negotiate a 2012 game with Notre Dame have not produced an agreement. UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore hopes to meet with Notre Dame officials this summer to resume talks about a future game or series.” Also of note from [...]
Some thoughts on Alabama’s spring practice
Don’t get too caught up about who is playing what position. This is the spring and Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban experiments. And as Nick Saban has consistently cautioned: these administrative groupings are not indicative of any depth chart. That doesn’t mean fans can’t speculate—and often get it right; however, there are many more [...]
Colleges add stadium seats with ‘sports mortgages’
This is an interesting look at the business of sports and ways some colleges have looked to finance expansions. Powered by Mochila
Oh for the glory days of even Bill Battle!
Gridscape can be an entertaining place. During the Lane Kiffin days the delusions of grandeur were more entertaining than a classic Seinfeld. These days the site isn’t as much fun. It is kind of sad. When a thread was posted outlining one alleged report from the Alabama Crimson Tide’s Coaches Clinic, the responses were downright [...]
Report: Alabama vs. Texas Tech in 2012
Don Williams of RedRaiders.com reported that ESPN is working on a deal for Alabama to play Texas Tech to launch the 2012 season. The game would be in Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. “We’ve agreed to do it,’’ Myers told Red Raiders.com. “I think Alabama’s agreed to do it. But we haven’t gotten down to signing [...]
Photos: Erin Andrews is Dancing
It is Monday, and that means it is time for an Erin Andrews post. In case you missed Erin Andrews’ expressive dance on last week’s Dancing with the Stars, Sports By Brooks provided some nice photographs from last week’s show and a YouTube video of the dance. Here is a sample. You’ll have to visit [...]
Shane: On Urban Meyer
Urban Meyer: mad genius or drama queen By Shane from Centerpoint A race driver hits the wall extremely hard. A bull–rider gets slammed and stomped. A batter takes a fastball on the chin. Inevitably, it usually takes some “down time” before these athletes are back to full speed, especially from a mental standpoint. Ditto for [...]
Basketball thoughts?
Any thoughts from the regular readers/commenters about the NCAA basketball tournament or Auburn’s new basketball hire?
These people want to run healthcare?
Get ready for solar powered pacemakers! From the AP: Fifteen phony products — including a gasoline-powered alarm clock — won a label from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of the federal “Energy Star” program. (read the entire AP report below) Powered by Mochila
Alabama’s Barrett Jones lends aid to Haiti
Here is a very nice story about making a difference in people’s lives. The story and photso were sent out by the University and I’m posting it for everyone’s benefit. Barrett Jones Spends Spring Break Lending a Helping Hand in Haiti By Jaclyn Sunseri UA Media Relations Barrett Jones is not your typical college student. [...]
Names and numbers from the regional semifinals
Interesting note from this AP story, “GOOD OMEN: Saturday’s West Virginia-Kentucky East Regional final will be the fourth between teams from the Big East and Southeastern Conference. The winner of the last two went on to win the national championship: Connecticut over Alabama in 2004, and Florida over Villanova in 2006. The other one? Marquette [...]
Roundtable: 5 questions about the Tide
This week’s Crimson & White Roundtable is from 3sib.com, and you can follow the responses here. 1. It’s way early, but who do you think will replace Tim Tebow as Gary Danielson’s man crush? Greg McElroy. Winning makes anyone interesting, and McElroy’s story will be told often: the patient kid who waited his turned, studied [...]
UA grad & broadcasting pioneer Simmons dies
AP: Pioneering sports broadcaster Chester R. Simmons, who served as president of ESPN during the company’s launch in 1979, has died. He was 81. …Simmons was born on July 11, 1928, in New York City, and was raised in Ossining, N.Y., and Pawtucket, R.I. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in broadcasting from the [...]
Thursday distraction: Photos of hot girls
Photo from fOTOGLIF A model presents a creation by K-Lynn Lingerie during the Ski and Fashion Festival 2010 at the Refuge Terrace of Mzaar InterContinental in Mzaar Resort, Kfardebian village, northeastern Beirut, Lebanon, 06 March 2010. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER Photo from fOTOGLIF Photo from fOTOGLIF BEISBOL/BASEBALL LIGA MEXICANA 2010 DIABLOS ROJOS VS ACEREROS MONCLOVA VISITA EL [...]
Alabama practices; Ingram gets an honor
Here is the official release: UA Football Practices in Full Pads; Ingram Named Semifinalist for Sullivan Award (via UA Media) TUSCALOOSA – The University of Alabama football team donned full pads for the first time this spring as the Crimson Tide practiced for roughly two hours at the Thomas-Drew Practice Facility Wednesday. The weather cooperated [...]
Racism & SEC football
How do you think this is going to end? From the AP: “Black lawmakers are urging black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone black trustee.” (read all about it from the AP below.) Powered by Mochila
Newspaper ad revenue plummets 44% since 2006
Circulation decline and ad revenue decline are the news for newspapers. Here is the latest from the AP: “Newspaper publishers’ ad revenue totaled $27.6 billion in 2009, down from $37.8 billion in 2008, according to the Newspaper Association of America. It’s the industry’s lowest ad volume since 1986, when sales totaled $27 billion, unadjusted for [...]
Could Title IX destroy college football?
The United States is filled with idiots. Mostly these are idiots who cannot grasp simple economics; simple lessons like killing the goose that laid the golden egg results in no more golden eggs. Or put a different way, it isn’t a good idea to harm the profitable profit centers. Unless you are some idiot mother [...]
Title IX and idiots
You can read the entire AP report on Title IX embedded below, but here is a few key quotes. Commentary follows in another post. AP: The head of an athletic department in the mighty Southeastern Conference says the biggest problem with meeting gender equity is what he calls the elephant in the room: College football. [...]
‘Dancing’ waltzes to record with Aldrin, Andrews
Obviously, Erin Andrews deserves all the credit for this. From Reuters: “The 10th season opener of the ballroom dancing show was the most-watched television program of Monday night, broadcaster ABC said, fueled by a gossip-worthy cast of celebrities trying their hand at the Viennese waltz and the Cha-cha-cha. Audiences for the five year-old competition slipped [...]
Time to praise the NCAA
Hate the NCAA all you want, but it was right in this case. While it feels good to rage against the arbitrary and capricious enforcement actions of the NCAA and its Committee on Infractions, Alabama Crimson Tide fans should realize the Committee’s penalties were not designed to harm the school. In fact, the Committee on [...]
UA speaks about failed appeal
The University released statements from University president Dr. Robert E. Witt, and athletic director Mal Moore. They follow below. (source) “The Appeals Committee acknowledged that their decision in our case is not consistent with the NCAA’s prior textbook and vacation-of-wins cases, which was the heart of UA’s appeal,” said Dr. Robert E. Witt, President of [...]
NCAA upholds vacation of records penalty
Here is the official release from the NCAA. NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee Upholds Records Penalty for University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld the vacation of records penalty for University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. In June 2009, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions penalized Alabama [...]
Auburn’s lunatic fringe displays its hypocrisy
The Never To Yield Foundation is right—all Alabama fans are rude and evil. We are sinners. It is too bad [...]