It’s All About Respect
To tell you the truth, I really didn’t learn much because I already knew what I shouldn’t have done about two years ago. I’m grown now, and wouldn’t make the same decisions. I can’t tell you I learned...
View ArticleSounding pretty bad
I just want to tackle them softly on the ground, and if you all can, we’ll lay a pillow down where I’m going to tackle them, so they don’t hit the ground too hard … Mr. Goodell. –Pittsburgh Steelers...
View ArticleOn greed, war, tears, and chicken wings
Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks, has a 414-foot yacht called “The Octopus” with two helicopters, two submarines, a swimming pool, a music studio and a basketball court. He also has two backup...
View ArticleFootball players for hire
When I Googled Mr. Perry after I got the ring, I saw he had the disease and went through rough times. And I thought he needed it more than I did. –Ten-year-old Tracy Forrest, who spent his college...
View ArticleDon’t tweet angry
The Lakers have won with class and they’ve lost with class and [Sunday], as someone who worked there and is pretty proud of my years with the Lakers, I was a little bit embarrassed — not with the loss,...
View ArticlePretty pathetic
Within reason, people need to do whatever makes them happy. As an athlete, celebrity and entertainer, Shaq struck the perfect balance. –FoxSports’ Jason Whitlock on Shaquille O’Neal’s retirement from...
View ArticleOn snitches, pinky promises, garden gnomes, and flimflam
I’ve always been suspect about people diving into lakes [who] don’t know how deep it is and what’s in there. –Golfer Colin Montgomerie, after fellow golfer Thomas Levet celebrated his French Open win...
View ArticleOn parents who bite police and NFL players who rescue drowning children
It’s the greatest week of my life caddying and I sincerely mean that. –Former Tiger Woods’ caddie of 12 years Steve Williams, whose new golfer, Adam Scott, won the Bridgestone Invitational (Woods tied...
View ArticleOn “the big game, which is life.”
Here we go again, with the month’s best quotes about sports and the sporting life. Where I’m at now, I just feel like I’m in the next stage of my journey as a man. That’s it. I feel like that’s the...
View ArticleTrivia: The Rose Bowl, granddaddy of the BCS
Q: This week, the University of Oregon beat the University of Wisconsin at the 97th Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl is the oldest of the college football bowl games, played continuously on January 1st or 2nd,...
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