by Kevin McGuire | Sep 9, 2014
I will say now what I said two years ago: The NCAA was misguided in its handling of Penn State in light of a terrible sequence of events centering around the actions of Jerry Sandusky, but it was thrust into a position to have to do something to deliver a message. In...
by Matt Yoder | Sep 9, 2014
The most influential person in the Year in Sports 2014 may not even be a person at all. An argument can be made that the news, gossip, and stick-cameras-in-people’s-faces-at-airports site TMZ has been the most impactful force in sports this year. Were it not...
by Philip Rossman-Reich | Sep 9, 2014
Every free agent in the NBA has had an eye on next summer and the summer after. That explains why LeBron James took a one-year deal with a player option for the second. It is because he, and everyone associated with the league, knew what was coming down the pike. The...
by Alex McClintock | Sep 9, 2014
NFL player Ray Rice’s savage assault on his then fiancee Janay Palmer is national news. Rightly, there is outrage at Rice, who has been let go by his team, the Baltimore Ravens, and suspended indefinitely by the league. A “national conversation”...
by Alex McClintock | Sep 9, 2014
NFL player Ray Rice’s savage assault on his then fiancee Janay Palmer is national news. Rightly, there is outrage at Rice, who has been let go by his team, the Baltimore Ravens, and suspended indefinitely by the league. A “national conversation”...
by Mike Batista | Sep 9, 2014
Gauging success and failure in the NFL is actually quite easy. Teams either take the field and win—or they lose. On Sunday, Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine said the NFL is a “pass/fail league,” and that his team failed. Well, the Browns failed to...
by Mike Batista | Sep 9, 2014
Gauging success and failure in the NFL is actually quite easy. Teams either take the field and win—or they lose. On Sunday, Cleveland Browns head coach Mike Pettine said the NFL is a “pass/fail league,” and that his team failed. Well, the Browns failed to...
by Brad Gagnon | Sep 9, 2014
A weekly TGS staple is back, ready to mock the NFL each and every Tuesday morning. The premise is pretty self-explanatory, so let’s get right to our first review of the stupidest things to take place throughout the league this past weekend. The stupidest...
by Ryan Alfieri | Sep 9, 2014
Despite all of the offseason overanalysis, Week 1 of the NFL season is always a mystery. Traditionally, there are more upsets and greater outlying performances as teams are still unsure of each other’s strengths and weaknesses. This year’s opening weekend...
by Josh Burton | Sep 8, 2014
Over the weekend, news was made over how Atlanta Hawks co-owner, Bruce Levenson, was going to sell his share in the team over some reportedly racist emails he sent a few years ago. Considering the entire Donald Sterling situation of this past year, the report was...
by Matt Yoder | Sep 8, 2014
They say absolute power corrupts absolutely, and now it’s absolutely certain that Roger Goodell should be removed as commissioner of the National Football League. Whether Goodell leaves the commissioner’s office via voluntary means or the owners of the NFL...
by Matt Yoder | Sep 8, 2014
They say absolute power corrupts absolutely, and now it’s absolutely certain that Roger Goodell should be removed as commissioner of the National Football League. Whether Goodell leaves the commissioner’s office via voluntary means or the owners of the NFL...
by Matt Zemek | Sep 8, 2014
It was not a day anyone who follows tennis — as fan or chronicler — expected to see two very long weeks ago, when the 2014 U.S. Open began. It was, however, a one-day window into the future of tennis… not next year or the year after that, but six...
