Posts tagged Kenneth England
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25 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
Moss' Demise Greatly Exaggerated
If you've spent much time reading my columns here over the summer, you've probably noticed by now that I tend to spend a lot of energy and column space analyzing not only sports, but analyzing the analysts that analyze sports. That is to say I spend a lot of time measuring the entirety of the sport
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24 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
BizarrOhio
There's something strange in the air here in Ohio. Every day, I feel as if I have awoken to a mirror universe, bizarro world existence. As if everything I know to be true about reality has been completely turned upside-down and inside-out. It goes beyond the three straight days of rain here afte
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22 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
The Sports Cliche Problem
Maybe Leaf wasn't crazy when he attacked Jay Posner in the locker room.Maybe he was tired of being asked stupid questions by reporters?On second thought, no, Leaf was just crazy. I have something important that I want to say to all sports reporters who find themselves in the position of interv
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18 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
Torre the Right Man for the Job
One of the funniest long-standing jokes in modern sports is certainly Steinbrenner's insane circus of managers with the Yankees. I have come to expect insanity regarding this from the Yankees front office (even though it's been a long, relatively calm era under Torre.) I have even come to expect
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16 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
Sports News, or Sports Drama?
There has been a pathetic change in the sports media today, one that stands very counter to the traditional notion of sports reporting. Sports reporting used to be about scores and highlights, stats and outcomes, and other measurable aspects of sports. Nowadays, flipping on Sportscenter one is mor
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10 Oct
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
Cubs Eulogizing
Another year of Cubs optimism turned sour If this young fall season has reiterated anything to us as sports fans, it is the utter hell that is the existence of a Cubs fan. Another year, another tease. Another year started off in spring with bitter cynicism, melted by humid summer months of good p
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27 Aug
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
Top Ten Worst Sports Fans
10.) Cincinnati Bengals fans: Tigers can't change their stripes, and Cincinnati Bengals fans can't change how fickle they are. During the lean years of futility in the franchise history, in which the team posted 14 consecutive losing seasons, seeing a Bengals jersey on the street happened about
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13 Aug
Blog: Bleacher Bloggers
NFL Denies Reports of Vick Suspension
The NFL denied reports yesterday that Goodell was ready to hand down a year-long suspension for Mike Vick, as had been reported on Yahoo. Vick had been told not to report to training camp, but so far no other sentence has been handed down. The commissioners’ office is reported now to still be