Thursday, Sept. 3 marked the start of the highly anticipated college football season. The marquee matchup of the evening was the 14th ranked Boise State Broncos going head to head with the 16th ranked Oregon Ducks. Not only was this game an opportunity for the Ducks to avenge their loss from last year, but for Boise State, it was by far the most important game on their schedule with Oregon being the only formidable foe they’d face this season.
The worlds of sports and politics are invariably intertwined in a multifaceted, complex and convoluted mixture that is in the words of jazz legend Miles Davis: a “Witches Brew.”On one hand, sports are entertainment and an escape from the doldrums that permeate peoples’ everyday existence. Yet on the other hand, sports entertainment presents itself as a much too serious endeavor for too many.
The 2009 season is looking to become the best season for veteran road racer Bill Lester. The Atlanta resident picked up his second straight top five and fifth consecutive top ten as he teamed up with co-driver Ryan Dalziel to finish fifth out of a field of 32 cars at the Rolex Grand Am Crown Royal 200 held recently at the Watkins Glen Road Course in Watkins Glen, New York.
Longtime Detroit broadcaster Ernie Harwell, 91, who spent 42 of his 55 years as a broadcaster calling Tigers games, recently got the test results that has changed the remainder of his life.
There was a time in Detroit when the city produced Major League Baseball players like Willie Horton, Marvin Lane, Ted Sizemore, Bill Daniels, John Mayberry and Alex Johnson, just to name a few.
Former Michigan State All-Big Ten receiver, Plaxico Burress, is facing a two years jail sentence.I’m a strong advocate for gun control, and, I rail consistently about the insane gun violence that has engulfed and overwhelmed the United States.
Webster defines a crime as “an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.” As red blooded Americans, we’re supposed to trust in and believe in our country’s legal system, although we don’t always agree with it. It is not perfect, but for that matter, nothing is. Nevertheless, Americans believe that it is the best form of legal judgment in the world.
A real Jamaican lightening bolt, sprinter Usain Bolt, struck again and again at the 12th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Athletics at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.
Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco has produced a career batting average of .303. And as Detroit tries to hold on to its slim lead over Central Division rivals Chicago and Minnesota, it will need him to recreate that magic.
