Barking Carnival

So I get this e-mail from a good friend tonight: Are you aligned with futbol or are you a casual observer? A massive match is set to take place in the most imposing place in North America – Estadio Azteca – complete with 110,000 rabid fans, who gladly hurl batteries and zip-loc’d bags of urine and feces at the opponent.

Guess who crashed into Big 12 Media Day? Sergio won't be suspended, but he vows not to drive and text anymore. Studies have shown that it impairs you. Don't believe me? Here's an authorative bureaucrat: Ditlow said the findings showed that a driver using a cell phone was four times as likely to be involved in a crash as other drivers, while the dangers of texting while driving were

From a recent interview in the Port Arthur News, Jamaal Charles is just one pound away from contending for a starter's role in Kansas City. Sort of like how water turns into steam at 212 degrees but not 211? The coaches want one more pound out of the Port Arthur speedster so he can presumably evaporate in the backfield and run untouched into the endzone: "They want me

in the final Learfield Sports Director's Cup D-1 Standings. It's the award that is given annually to the best overall collegiate athletics program. Actually, its proper name should be the Cardinal Director's Cup since Stanford has won the award 15 years in a row. The Director's Cup, run by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is given out to the program with the best post-season success in both men's and women's athletics.

Banality strikes back. Gary Cartwright lanced the boil of modern sports journalism a few days ago and given Cartwright's unapologetic criticism, I was not surprised to see some of his former peers take offense. Richard Justice offers a retort written in powerfully annoying folksy prose, suggesting that Cartwright's generation were unethical, easily manipulated, semi-racist, lazy journalists - who wilted under the avuncular guiding hand of a strong editor.

Gary Cartwright opines provocatively. You can also read more Cartwright here. Gary Cartwright is a living Texas treasure and he drives this particular pitch out of the park, past the cotton-candy concessions, over the train tracks, and through a Chevy Corsica's windshield. In the footprints of these giants we now find ants. The greats of yesteryear have been replaced by dabblers, hacks, and homers, glorified fans with press

This is a must-see documentary. As its tagline promises: Time Tells A Different Story. Boxing serves as the vehicle for much deeper examinations of media manipulation, the nature of courage, racial identity, the power of symbolism, contest of will, the importance of forgiveness. When I wrote a piece on False Icons in Sport on Barking Carnival examining many of these themes over a year ago, I know that I was

First, read Part I. Would you like to learn about some of the games our kids will be playing? These should prepare them for shooting pirates in the head from the back of a destroyer. My favorites, with comments: Ball Wrestling - This is one of the favorite activities of my students.

I was watching HBO's Real Sports last night and I came across a follow-up on a story run seven years ago on the battle over dodge ball at elementary schools. Can't find the video, but the segment included such activities as tag where no child is ever "it", no-touching policies (no hugs, high fives, pats), jump roping without a rope (so that you don't ever get your feet tangled and experience failure), and

Newsflash: many athletes are sheltered, not particularly bright, prone to wild speculation, have no financial acumen, and are easily manipulated. So they're basically like the average American, but with superior vertical leaps. At least that's what Sports Illustrated contends in How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke Consider: • By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of

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