Pictures Didn’T Tell Whole Story
The protester was knocked down. As he lay on the ground, one policeman handcuffed him, while another put his foot on the man’s forehead to hold him still.
This happened in Seattle last week. I know this not because I was there, but because I saw it on TV. The camera zoomed in on the policeman’s foot and held there for at least six seconds.
I was never told what the protester did to warrant such police behavior. I have no idea if the guy verbally abused the officers, threatened to kill them, maybe pulled a gun. All I saw was that foot on his forehead.
MY BOSS IS A LOUT — AT LEAST ON TV
WALTER IS a jerk. A knucklehead. A loser.He is also my boss.Walter, my sports editor, is chubby, bald, sarcastic and gruff. He is immediately unlikable. In fact, everyone who sees him has the same reaction — and this is pretty much a direct quote —...
Saban Hits Gold With Lsu Deal — But Why Him?
PLEASE DON’T say you’re surprised. Anything but surprised. Disappointed, perhaps, that Nick Saban — who finally built a winner at Michigan State — will not be coaching there anymore. Saddened, perhaps, that the Spartans have to start over again.
But surprised? Come on. Rumors about his departure had become a ritual with Saban. He was going to the National Football League. He was taking over the Indianapolis Colts. He was taking over the New York Giants. There were times when Michael Jackson’s marriage seemed more solid than Saban and MSU.
Passing On Wealth A Matter Of Sense
The Wall Street Journal isn’t usually a place for sports news, so I was surprised to find a picture of pitcher Tom Glavine on the front page the other day. Intrigued, I read the story, which proved to be about Glavine’s plans for his death and his money — or, better put, where does his dough go after he does?
SEEING TODAY’S SPORTS THROUGH DIFFERENT I’S
FROM THE moment Latrell Sprewell came bounding onto the court last Saturday night — chin jutting, muscles taut, eyes locked in an I-dare-you glare — he was pumped. He was intense. He was all the things they tell you to be in sports, but for all the wrong...
TO THE WINGS, HE WAS SIMPLY DARREN’S DAD
DEATH SHOULD never take a holiday. Especially not Thanksgiving. Not the one holiday devoted to families. This is not a time to die. This is a time to bounce your grandchildren on your knee, to pass the cranberry sauce to your wife and smile, to put your arm around...
A-Train Keeps U-M On The Right Track
WHEN HE was small, his mother watched over him.
She’d say, “Don’t go out without your shoes on….”
“Put something on your head, it’s cold outside….”
“Make sure to take your vitamins….”
Anthony Thomas listened, because he was a good son and good sons always listen. But deep down, he believed, as all kids do, that he was indestructible.
Funny. Now it’s his coaches who want to believe it. And they watch him almost as closely as Mom.
It Was A Cardinal Sin — And Ross Knows It
TEMPE, ARIZ — Hey, it’s hot in the desert. Things melt. Like your defense. Your concentration. And, apparently, your calculator.
How else do you explain coach Bobby Ross deciding Sunday to go for a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter — when logic said go for an extra point?
What was he doing? I know about aggressiveness. But there is no way, when you are down 23-19 late in a game, that you don’t go for an extra point, pull within three, and hope a field goal ties it and takes you to overtime.
That’s Beginners Coaching. Or Math 101.
ARE WE BETTER OFF IN AN ATM WORLD?
Fridays used to be different from other days. Fridays were when you went to the bank.If you were lucky, you simply informed your co-workers, “I’m off to get my check cashed, be back in a bit.” And you lost only a half-hour of productivity.If you...Stay Connected
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