As a sports writer and a lifelong Eagles fan, I get asked one question a lot lately. There are many variations on the question, but they all boil down to this: “What do you think about Michael Vick?”
For those of you who live under a rock, Michael Vick was a star NFL quarterback and a vicious dog-fighting ringleader. In case the last sentence wasn’t clear, I meant "vicious" to refer to Vick, not the dogs. Anyway, then he was a star NFL quarterback and the center of a distracting media circus. Then he was a
LeBron Redux and the All-Star Game
by Ronald A. Rowe July 20th, 2010 | Baseball, Basketball, MLB, NBA
Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Due to my travel schedule last week, I wrote my LeBron James article several days before it was due to be posted. So, yes, I know that King James had already announced his intentions to move to Miami long before my story posted. Maybe I should have tweeted all of you instead.
LeBron signing in Miami is big. LeBron signing in Miami alongside the returning Dwayne Wade and the newly arrived Chris Bosh is bigger. Three of the top nine scorers in 2010 will be on the same team in
LeBron signing in Miami is big. LeBron signing in Miami alongside the returning Dwayne Wade and the newly arrived Chris Bosh is bigger. Three of the top nine scorers in 2010 will be on the same team in
Tweeting King James
by Ronald A. Rowe July 13th, 2010 | Basketball, NBA
OK, sports fans. You’ve officially gone over the top. I mean it, it is time to pull it back. Now.
LeBron James, the NBA’s Teamless Wonder, has broken with his anti-Twitter stance and opened a Twitter account. This should not be newsworthy. But it is for this reason and these three numbers: 15, 90,000, and 140.
Within 15 minutes of his first post, 90,000 people signed up to read his thoughts 140 characters or less at a time. Really? 90,000 want to know what some guy (admittedly, an extraordinarily gifted guy, but still
LeBron James, the NBA’s Teamless Wonder, has broken with his anti-Twitter stance and opened a Twitter account. This should not be newsworthy. But it is for this reason and these three numbers: 15, 90,000, and 140.
Within 15 minutes of his first post, 90,000 people signed up to read his thoughts 140 characters or less at a time. Really? 90,000 want to know what some guy (admittedly, an extraordinarily gifted guy, but still
This Week in Sports
by Ronald A. Rowe July 6th, 2010 | Basketball, Golf, NBA, Soccer/Football
As public service, Buzzer Eagle presents the most pertinent sports-related things to talk about around the water cooler this week. Even if you haven't seen or heard anything from the sports world this week, you can fake it with a few pithy comments.
1) FIFA World Cup - Apparently it isn't over yet. Just pick your favorite second-world country and say they got screwed by a bad call and that should never have been a red card on that one play. If the conversation gets too deep, switch tracks and start complaining about the vuvuzelas. We are a world united
1) FIFA World Cup - Apparently it isn't over yet. Just pick your favorite second-world country and say they got screwed by a bad call and that should never have been a red card on that one play. If the conversation gets too deep, switch tracks and start complaining about the vuvuzelas. We are a world united
