30 Copyright 2008, CBSSports.com http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/8840518 en-us The world has turned over to blogs, so I'll join in. This blog is going to discuss sports to people who actually care about sports. I'm not going to discuss the NBA just because the NBA finals is on; I am going to discuss what makes sports sports. I'm going to tell the stories that should be told. I'm going to tell the stories that ESPN and other sports outfits don't have the balls to tell. I'll blog when I have a story; I'm not going to blog just for the sake of blogging. Also, I hate the term "blog." I'm writing articles. Don't expect short Gary Parrish-esque quips in here. I don't do that. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:53:34 EST http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10504419?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10504419?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Pen it in now. Jot it down. Permanent ink. It's not going to change. ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:25:59 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10504419?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10475888?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games#comments Olympic Games http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10475888?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games Will someone slap me in the face? Please? Will someone bring me back to reality? ... Sat, 13 Sep 2008 6:15:51 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10475888?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10329458?source=rss_blogs_NFL#comments NFL http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10329458?source=rss_blogs_NFL This is not topical. Not at all. It is not breaking news; heck, it barely was three years ago. It should have been, but things like this never are. We don't think of NFL stars as people. ... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:45:23 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/10329458?source=rss_blogs_NFL http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9930795?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games#comments Olympic Games http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9930795?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games There is Elizabeth Poblete of Chile, smiling jubilantly Friday afternoon after she snatched 86 kg on her first attempt in the 75-kg weightlifting woman's final. ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 1:33:56 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9930795?source=rss_blogs_Olympic Games http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9839721?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing#comments Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9839721?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing Oak Tree to Unretire Seven of the Greatest Jockeys of All-Time, and Julie Krone ... Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:22:14 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9839721?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9812330?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9812330?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF I missed this story. Completely. Had no idea about it. And in some way, I'm glad I did. It's just so inconceivable, so inhuman that I would rather not even know about it. ... Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:40:37 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9812330?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9780128?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing#comments Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9780128?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing This might as well be the end. This might as well be a funeral. ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:32:43 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9780128?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9627957?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing#comments Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9627957?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing Eleven. Currently, that's the most important number in American horse racing. There have been eleven Triple Crown winners spread out over 59 years. ... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 0:20:28 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9627957?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9593045?source=rss_blogs_NFL#comments NFL http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9593045?source=rss_blogs_NFL Maybe I am alone; maybe I am out of touch; maybe I am just missing something. No matter what, I do not think it's a bad thing. ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:37:32 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9593045?source=rss_blogs_NFL http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9569785?source=rss_blogs_Tennis#comments Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9569785?source=rss_blogs_Tennis Quest for Another Gold: The World's Most Dominant Athlete ... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:48:16 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9569785?source=rss_blogs_Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9522859?source=rss_blogs_Tennis#comments Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9522859?source=rss_blogs_Tennis Sometimes I keep my mouth shut even when I want to say something. In journalism, you have to. In this case, however, I should have spoken. ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:17:47 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9522859?source=rss_blogs_Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9421756?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9421756?source=rss_blogs_Golf These are the 10 images that have defined golf since Tiger Woods first appeared in the Masters Tournament as an amateur in 1995. ... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:30:45 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9421756?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9362975?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9362975?source=rss_blogs_Golf I am going with the same criteria as I did for the 25 worst golfers to win a major championship, with one change: I am making it a top-26. ... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:18:31 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9362975?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9344722?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9344722?source=rss_blogs_Golf Okay. I've looked at every golfer to win one of golf's four male major professional tournaments and picked out the 25 worst to win a title. There have been some very obscure champions, three of which even won multiple titles. But these were t ... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:15:13 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9344722?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9272771?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9272771?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB There are numerous dates on which I could write this piece. ... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:47:01 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9272771?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9228853?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing#comments Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9228853?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing Washington might not be a horse racing hotbed, but the small community in the Pacific Northwest has always loved its champions. ... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:38:51 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9228853?source=rss_blogs_Horse Racing http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9206641?source=rss_blogs_Tennis#comments Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9206641?source=rss_blogs_Tennis There were some clichés I never thought I would say. Near the top of that list was “both men deserved to win.” ... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:42:59 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9206641?source=rss_blogs_Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9175117?source=rss_blogs_Tennis#comments Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9175117?source=rss_blogs_Tennis Now I know what three and a half years feel like. Of course, I'd rather not have this feeling, not yet, but there's no denying it. ... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:23:17 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9175117?source=rss_blogs_Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9055834?source=rss_blogs_Tennis#comments Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9055834?source=rss_blogs_Tennis Every now and then we are surprised by greatness. Usually it comes from redundant people and we expect it: from Tiger Woods and Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant and Albert Pujols. ... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:47:16 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/9055834?source=rss_blogs_Tennis http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8882895?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8882895?source=rss_blogs_Golf Tiger. I have nothing else to say. Nothing. ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:29:28 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8882895?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8861328?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF#comments NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8861328?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF Few things in sports go hand-in-hand as well as ESPN and hypocrisy. ... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 1:32:40 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8861328?source=rss_blogs_NCAAF http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8841783?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8841783?source=rss_blogs_General If you are going to spend time reading my work, then I believe that it is important that you know who I am. This is most likely the last time I write about myself, but I feel that it is an important introduction to my column. ... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:10:14 EDT http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/8840518/8841783?source=rss_blogs_General 100 http://images.sportsline.com/images/cbsdm/spec/cbssportscom.gif http://bsd987.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/8840518 100