I can’t even say his name. Whenever I try, my mouth gums up as if filled with taffy. Until his most recent un-retirement, I was unaware that the human tongue could wear out and malfunction from repeatedly forming the same sounds. It can and it has. So, you won’t be hearing me say his name. He’s like Voldemort or the Lord when I’m speaking in vain.
You’ve no doubt heard of 18-year-old Caster Semenya, the South African sprinter who caught the world’s attention after rumors that her masculine looks might exist because she could be a he. A week later, the only things that are certain are a) she’s infinitely faster than the people she’s racing against and b) if Semenya is a man, he’s doing a piss-poor job of hiding it.
Now that the Southeastern Conference has established its dominance over the rest of college football, it’s now turning its attention toward smothering the internet with a pillow.
The SEC’s television deal with ESPN made national headlines a year ago. But as the SEC on ESPN debuts this fall, the conference’s policies on new media are starting a brush fire across the Internet.
Why doesn’t anyone care about the Champions Tour? I realize most people could probably go down the PGA Tour Schedule and classify it something like “Tiger, Boring, Tiger, Tiger, Boring, Tiger, Boring, Boring, hey look, Tiger plays in that one too!”
But even among golf fans, the Champions Tour events are largely ignored. Is it because by the time these heavyweight players have been mostly relegated to the “Geezer Tour” fans figure it’s lost some of the excitement and glamour?
Greg Paulus won the starting quarterback job at Syracuse. Just wrap your mind around that. The guy who drew 1,000 charges and sat on Duke’s bench for about 1,000 minutes this season managed to win the most important position in football, on a team that Jim Brown once played for.
It’s crazy. And it makes us wonder, why can’t more Duke basketball players switch over to football? And more importantly, should Duke football turn to the basketball team to help them win?