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Time to accept change in college sports

For the purists, the perpetually altered states of college and professional sports are as digestible as a hot fudge sundae after a double order of clams casino. Salaried college athletes are serving as hucksters for all types of commercial products and services, the Automated Ball-Strike System is expediting the obsolescence of home plate umpires, and tinkered kickoffs have transformed the NFL into a fancy pants version of Vince McMahon’s XFL. It’s all enough to foster a new appreciation for the intricacies of North Carolina’s four-corners offense. Perhaps it’s time to stop ...

Pittsburgh puts its best foot forward for NFL Draft

The NFL Draft in Pittsburgh last weekend was awesome. A total of 805,000 people attended the draft, an all-time record. The energy was off the charts, and Pittsburgh did an amazing job setting up the event. I was at the 2024 Draft in Detroit and the 2025 Draft in Green Bay. Pittsburgh ...

Blue-White game provides economic boost

Every April, long before the Saturdays of autumn dominate the college football landscape, Penn State’s Blue-White game quietly reasserts itself as one of the most economic important events in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Recently, many major college football programs have ended playing ...

NHL having a penalty shot situation

No game in the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs has ever ended with a goal on a penalty shot in overtime and Carolina's Jordan Martinook was not eager to make history. He and the Hurricanes thought they'd won Game 2 of their first-round series against Ottawa when teammate Mark Jankowski scored, ...

Blue-White practice will offer first glimpse of new version of Penn State

The 2026 Blue White football “practice” will be more of a public unveiling than the traditional scrimmage that preceded it for a generation as Penn State football and Beaver Stadium continue their massive reconstruction. The April 25 event marks the initial time the Nittany Lion faithful ...

Fewer players outside Power 4 get drafted into the NFL

Just like Cinderella teams have become less of a factor at the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, fewer longshots are reaching the NFL draft from small schools. Blame NIL riches and the crowded transfer portal, a combination that has led to a concentration of talent in the power ...