Mediocrity doesn’t have to be rewarded.
MITCH BLATT
Sports by Brooks is reporting that the NCAA will expand March Madness to 96 teams.
This (pointless) expansion illustrates a system that is the exact opposite of the BCS system, and, while it is entertaining for what it is, it kind of deligitimizes the regular season.
Let’s assume the point of [...]

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The Onion did a report last year that the NCAA was expanding March Madness to 4,096 teams. How prescient. As previously noted on JSB, the NCAA is now expanding the madness to 96 teams.
Yes, this is madness.
NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams @ Yahoo! Video
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MITCH BLATT
Now I know the BCS is kind of unpopular, but I wasn’t aware of any provision in the Constitution that makes it unconstitutional:  Justice Department: Obama May Take Action on the BCS
As a governing note, Congress or the President can claim that the “interstate commerce” clause allows for regulation of college football, but essentially [...]

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From an email that was forwarded to me:
Tim Tebow – Florida

Mark Sanchez – USC

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College football’s current system encourages teams to play creampuff opponents and until that changes, more and more teams will continue to… play it safe
SCOTT JACOBS
“Take a chance!” — some random lady in Eddie Murphy’s classic movie, Coming to America.
We’re always told to “take a chance,” to put ourselves out there.  Nobody comes to you, you [...]

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A dream meeting of LeBron and Kobe in the finals may be on the brink of collapse, but in the world of sports you have to expect the unpredictable.

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Interesting article on Kotite’s Corner points out some real statistical anomalies in 20 past/present MLBers, who seem ripe for suspicions of ‘juicing.’
SCOTT JACOBS
Manny Ramirez was the latest ball player to fall victim to his own stupidity, but there’s no telling how many other players have injected themselves with performance enhancing drugs.  And that’s where the [...]

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There are probably more than 10,000 football players in the nation looking for a job in the NFL. But guess what? Only 1,800 make it there. The players who aren’t good enough for the NFL fall to the minor leagues like the AFL, CFL, and now the new UFL. But those players who make it [...]

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