Is Greg Ellis Sorry?

Most have no trouble spotting sorriness when they see it in, say, Terrell Owens or Randy Moss. The flamboyant athlete in a team sport, the one who seems to exude the me-first mentality is an easy mark. So, when T.O. had his little was-it-a-suicide-attempt-or-not thing last year, or when he missed most of training camp [...]

Is Greg Ellis Sorry?

Most have no trouble spotting sorriness when they see it in, say, Terrell Owens or Randy Moss. The flamboyant athlete in a team sport, the one who seems to exude the me-first mentality is an easy mark. So, when T.O. had his little was-it-a-suicide-attempt-or-not thing last year, or when he missed most of training camp [...]

Is He Really All That? We’ll See…

Somewhere there is a thin, nearly-invisible, not always discernible line between confident and cocky. The new Rangers’ skipper dances all over it. To hear him talk, he is a baseball man par excellence, a players’ manager, a winner, and just what the doctor ordered for an anemic club that has spent the past four years [...]

Is He Really All That? We’ll See…

Somewhere there is a thin, nearly-invisible, not always discernible line between confident and cocky. The new Rangers’ skipper dances all over it. To hear him talk, he is a baseball man par excellence, a players’ manager, a winner, and just what the doctor ordered for an anemic club that has spent the past four years [...]

Vern Is Still My Guy

The best thing to me about the North Texas vs. Memphis opening-round game was not that UNT was in the tourney for just the second time in school histroy. It wasn’t even that they represented themselves well, fought hard, and did some promising things on the court. (How’s that for generic sports talk?)
The best thing [...]