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How many times do SEC football coaches need to run their mouth about how tough their conference schedule is? Trying to get these guys to shut-up about this issue is like trying to keep Pacman Jones out of the police blotter.

When you look at the way the NBA has allowed the game to be played in this years playoffs the league DOES NOT protect its players. If they did there would be a no tolerance policy when it comes to dirty players like Bruce Bowen.

Unfortunately, many alumni across the country have seen their alma maters make drastic changes and there is only one reason for their decisions: they're desperate.

The NBA has been researching and experiementing with 3D HDTV technology for the past year and is ready to test it during the Playoffs.

NBA MVP voters need to be reminded of something very simple: MVP stands for Most VALUABLE Player. Not most talented player, not best scorer, and not the best player on the best team.

Historians Ben Radar and Kenneth Winkle follow to their 2002 study: "Baseball's Great Hitting Barrage of the 1990's"

You have a life. You have family to see and old friends to catch up with while downing a few beers. You don't have time to watch all 32 college bowl games.

Dirk Koetter and Jake Plummer were both handed pink slips over the holiday because they were not winning enough, and not doing it with style.

The only way for a Division I football program to succeed and grow into a conference champion and then a regional power is by winning football games.

I know, I know. You hate Notre Dame, just like you hat the Yankees, Duke basketball and the New England Patriots. But you have to admit, college football is a thousand times more exciting when Notre Dame is winning football games.

It is hard to evaluate this argument on facts because Pac-10 and SEC teams seldom play one another. In fact, over the past ten years, the two conferences have only played each other on nine occasions, none of them being a bowl game.

There is a reason why soccer is not called �football,' in America…soccer sucks. American football is far better and far superior than the world's so-called most popular sport, which for some reason is also called �football.'

I am reminded every night why I turned the channel years ago. No matter how much I try to look past it I still can not seem to understand why coaches and players find it necessary to constantly whine to officials.

As a Wyoming native, it is hard to express how sad it is to realize that the legendary voice of Curt Gowdy is no longer with us.

So why would MLB and Selig bypass a perfect publicity and marketing opportunity and keep their distance from celebrating this once in a lifetime moment? The answer is simple: Because Barry Bonds is the one passing Babe Ruth.

After the 2004 college football season, USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart could have forgone his senior season and cashed in. He would have been the No. 1 pick in last year's NFL Draft and selected by the San Francisco 49ers.

If you are a professional baseball fan, there is no doubt that you have been looking to the baseball gods for a new savior, someone to rid the game clean of its sinful performance enhancing past.

The Mountain West Conference recently made sports history by announcing, at a joint press conference with CSTV (College Sports Television), that it would soon be launching its very own cable television network; The mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network.

One year ago if someone had asked me, I would have admitted that I thought Barry Bonds would break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record.

John Helyar's Lords of the Realm; The Real History of Baseball is a fascinating book that every baseball fan should take in. Helyar gives a concise look at the real reasons why Major League Baseball has become the big business that it is today.

There is no doubt that the tattoo has recently become more popular in the United States. Prior to their sudden moderate acceptance, tattoos took on very negative labels and stereotypes many of which still exist.

If you answered yes, good luck telling your sob story to any fan of one of these 40+ plus schools who have never, ever, not even once experienced what it feels like to root on their beloved team at the mecca of collegiate basketball.

Every year I watch the madness unfold and I begin to wonder why the NCAA does not capitalize on the success of their basketball tournament and implement a similar playoff in Division I college football.

Are you sick and tired of losing your office pool? Do you consistently pick the wrong teams to advance to the Sweet Sixteen? So do I, but this year can be different.

Dear Barry,

I read today that you think you might not play baseball next year. I can't tell how great this news is to me. I am a huge baseball fan and would love to see the game move in a positive direction.

By re-signing quarterback Kurt Warner to a three-year deal, the Arizona Cardinals have finally put money where there big mouths have been.

When a college basketball fan thinks about the NCAA Tournament some of the most legendary basketball schools come to mind.

It's over, put your tailgates up and throw away your foam fingers. Football season is long gone and there is nothing you can do about it. Sure the Arena Football League has started play, but who actually watches that crap.

With all the NFL talk focused on the recent combine and upcoming draft, football fans should also be paying close attention to the upcoming free agent market that officially begins on Friday, March 3.

As a football fan, you never want to see a player's career crumble before your eyes; we would rather see the opposite. But the Super Bowl has the ability to not only solidify a hero into the fabric of sports history, but also the loser.

Today, many Denver Broncos fans are wondering if Mike Shanahan could throw in a reptile nick-named quarterback in his going away present to departing offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak.

The Super Bowl, it is the single greatest sporting event on earth. The NFL, for some 40 years, has poured millions of dollars into marketing their championship game so that the whole world tunes in.

Before all of us die-hard college football fans go into complete college football hibernation, it is time to take a fresh look back on the college football bowl season.