The Wall Street Journal’s recent dive into Florida’s high school transfer free-for-all should awaken every parent, educator and legislator. The article reveals not a trend but a full-scale crisis. It is about a youth sports economy that will mint few stars and leave countless others ...
The NFL schedule traditionally gets plenty of attention. However, there has been more scrutiny as the league has carved out games for streaming services. Of the 272 regular-season games next season, 22 will on a streaming service as the primary network (one more than announced last ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
