College World Series Update #1
Eight teams came to Omaha. 1 is on the way home. Georgia Tech was eliminated by Cal State Fullerton yesterday in probably the most exciting game we??ve seen thus far. Down to their last out and last...
View ArticleKelvin Sampson Lied About Trolley Dodgers
Brian Groce is my guest Blogger today. He has some breaking news related to the Kelvin Sampson recruiting scandal at Indiana University. Let me know your thoughts on the subject! Without further ado…...
View ArticleGoodbye to the Bear
Overlooked by many this weekend was the passing of legendary basketball coach and civil rights pioneer Don Haskins. Haskins is never mentioned in the same breath as Martin Luther King or the like. But...
View ArticleThe Inauguration and Permission Marketing
I’m surprised that the 2 campaigns have done so well in online fundraising, yet still don’t quite get the concept of permission marketing. (See Seth Godin for more info on this concept.) Baseball fans...
View ArticleMy Plan to Save the Knicks!
Remember the Knicks? They were the proud perennial playoff team of the 90’s. They were the arch rival of my beloved Pacers. Now, not so much. These days they’re the NBA equivalent of a drama queen...
View ArticleThe Last Time the National League Won…
…the All Star Game. Bill Clinton was President. Bob Knight was the coach at Indiana University. Seinfeld was still making new episodes. The Pacers were a playoff team. I lived in Bloomington, IN. The...
View ArticleHow to Turn a Sports Legend Into a Used Car Salesman
Troy Aikman, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dr. J, and Sugar Ray Leonard have something in common. What is it? Yesterday, I would have said they were all Hall Of Fame athletes. Today, they have been reduced to...
View ArticleNew Olympic Sports (Part 1)
Now that the Olympics are in full swing, it’s time to reflect on all the “sports” that do and don’t get included. Curiously, perfectly normal sports like football and baseball are out. Yet, the Winter...
View ArticleNew Olympic Sports (Part 2)
For too many years (37), the sports of the carnival worker have been ignored by the Olympic Committee. We think that’s a shame, because skee ball would make a fantastic addition to the Winter Olympics....
View ArticleFoul Balls
Baseball has its rituals and traditions. Some are well known -the seventh inning stretch and singing “Take Me Out To the Ballgame.” Less well known is the sacrificing of children to the 19th Century...
View ArticleHope and Kickball
Who are the most optimistic fans in the world? Cubs fans? They do seem to hang in there year after year, despite not winning a championship in 102 years. To put that into perspective, the following...
View ArticleTrojans, Titles, and Artichokes
Nature (and apparently college football) abhors a vaccum. And a vaccum is exactly what the BCS Committee created yesterday when they vacated USC’s 2004 Championship. However, being the civic minded...
View ArticleReplacement Jeffs
Last night, the NFL experienced one of its darkest moments. The Seattle Seahawks took the field in these uniforms: Later, something even worse happened. The worst call in the history of the NFL since...
View ArticleThe Needle And The Damage Done
It’s Judgement Day for players from the Steroid Era of baseball. Maybe by the time this is posted, but certainly in the next few hours we will know just how much cheating matters in the eyes of the...
View ArticleAnother NCAA Headscratcher
This week the University of Iowa wanted to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Chris Street. Street was a member of the Hawkeyes basketball team who died in a car accident. The university...
View ArticleThe New Orleans Pelicans (Basketball Edition)
The New Orleans Hornets will change their names to the Pelicans next year. After a decade of being called the Hornets, the new ownership team decided they needed a name that truly reflected the local...
View ArticleWhy Does The NCAA Suck at Math & Geography?
Yesterday, I took on the weirdness of pro sports teams that move and keep their nicknames (Utah Jazz). Today, I want to warn parents why an investment in higher education might be a very poor one. You...
View ArticleGoogle Doodle: Jackie Robinson
In celebration of Jackie Robinson’s 94th birthday, Google is sporting this image today. Although many people know he broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, few remember that he became America’s first...
View ArticleSuper Bowl What If’s: The Kenosha Maroons vs. The New York Brickley’s Giants
You could go to any number of sports or news sites and get a recap of last night’s Super Bowl. This site isn’t one of those. You’re Citizens and you expect more. You expect the kind of nonsense that...
View ArticleAdidas Teams Up With Goodwill for March Madness!
Uniform maker Adidas has teamed up with Goodwill to outfit 6 college basketball teams this March. Adidas supplied the jersey tops and Goodwill supplied used Zubaz pants (with the legs cut off) for the...
View Article32 Thoughts About the NCAA Tournament
It’s the greatest time of the year. March Madness is here and so is Spring Training, so I’m pretty much in heaven. I know a lot of pro bloggers think you should write posts with lists to get more...
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Kanye West Goes Ricky & Exposes His Secret Identity
Kanye West went Ricky in his most recent interview in Rolling Stone. “I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means,” West said. “I am undoubtedly, you know,...
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College World Series
Just 2 hours until game time for the Indiana Hoosiers at the College World Series! Looking forward to watching them tonight. Having watched so many CWS over the years on TV and in person, I never...
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NBA Draft 2013: Seeing Candystripes
Indiana University players will go in the first round tonight. I’m looking forward to Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller playing in the NBA. Congrats to Coach Tom Crean on the outstanding job he has done...
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Fantasies & Football
Some of my friends are starting a fantasy football league. I haven’t played for a few years, so I’m thinking about getting back in the game so to speak. This means that I will be the coach, GM, and...
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The Lord Humungus: Part II
The Lord Humungus was a frightening character in the The Road Warrior movie. He was a largish man/creature. At the end of the movie, Mad Max defeats the Lord Humungus. At least that’s what Hollywood...
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If the Mascot Determined the Winner… (Day 1)
So, you have your brackets ready to go. You’re daydreaming about that $1 billion Warren Buffet is going to cough up if your bracket is absolutely perfect. You’ve studied the teams, the players, the...
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Day 2: If the Mascots Determined the Winner.
The COC blog was 1-1 yesterday in mascot based NCAA Tournament predictions. Our loss came at the hands of the Albany Great Danes. We’ve launched an investigation into the validity of their breed as...
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Day 3: If Mascots Determined the Winner
Last night, we were 100% correct in our mascot predictions. Today, COC is spotlighting the night games for all of you who weren’t able to ditch work for today’s afternoon games. Tonight’s Matchups St....
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Day 4: If Mascots Determined the Winner
Tonight we have some interesting matchups in the NCAA Tournament. There are Lumberjacks and Friars. There are Cyclones and Golden Hurricanes. There are Wildcats playing Wildcats. It could get weird....
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Day 5: If Mascots Determined the Winner
Another evening of college basketball is about to start and we’re continuing our look at mascots. Tonight we have: Texas Longhorns vs Michigan Wolverines: Although the longhorn is a more imposing...
View Article“How Many Countries Are In This Country?”
If an American football coach was hired to coach soccer in England.Video Post
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4 Reasons Pete Rose Should NOT be in the Hall of Fame (And one way he could.)
It’s been hard to escape the Pete Rose stories this week as we’ve hit the 25th anniversary of his lifetime ban from baseball. Time has caused many to question why he’s not in the Hall of Fame and was...
View ArticleThe Greatest Madden Glitch Ever!
Fans of the Madden football series from EA Sports will love this. The new Madden 15 has a glitch that would make even real football more entertaining to watch… Carry on, Citizens!Link Post:...
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What is Your Favorite Major League/Minor League Ballpark?
Minor League baseball is winding down it’s season. I didn’t make it to too many new parks this year, but did get to six of the Cactus League parks in March. I really enjoyed Camelback Ranch (Spring...
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Colts Gear In Boston?
I took this picture outside a 47 Brand store on Newbury Street in Boston. Yep, that’s a couple of women’s Indianapolis Colts T’s in the front window of a shop in the heart of Patriots country. I can’t...
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Remembering The Indiana Hoosiers (Federal League Baseball)
Whenever my wife goes on the road, I have flowers waiting for her when she returns. She recently started returning the favor, and I’m definitely getting the better end of the deal: t-shirts from Ebbets...
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Black & Blue & Pink
Robert Mathis was suspended by the NFL for 4 games for taking fertility drugs so he and his wife could have a baby. Ray Rice was suspended by the NFL for 2 games for beating up his fiancee in a public...
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The Value of Ghost Writers
Indiana Pacers star Paul George made some unfortunate tweets today: Cue the ghost writer. By the end of the day, George —according to the Pacers made this eloquent statement: “I want to...
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Celebrating Life
My wife and I went to a nice restaurant a couple of weekends ago. It wasn’t a special occasion, just a married couple on a date night. When we got to the restaurant, the hostess asked us if we were...
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Remembering the Piedmont Boll Weevils
Minor League Baseball once had a team whose name was the envy of all franchises. A name that inspired envy, awe, and downright wonder. That team was the Piedmont Boll Weevils. No team has been named...
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Where are they now? (Playoff Edition Pt 2)
The A’s got their start in Philadelphia as one of the original eight American League teams. They won 5 World Series during their time in Philly but left for the Midwest after the 1954 season. For the...
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Where are they now? (Playoff Edition Pt. 3 Detroit Tigers)
The Detroit Tigers are where they’ve always been: Detroit. And they’re called what they’ve always been called: The Tigers. They are the oldest continuous name/continuous city team in the American...
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Where are they now? (Playoff Edition Pt. 4 Pittsburgh Pirates)
Well, the Pirates didn’t last very long in this year’s playoffs. Not even long enough for me to squeeze in a post before they were bounced. But they have lasted a long time in the National League. They...
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World Series Fun Facts
The Fall Classic gets underway this evening. The Royals are back after 29 years and the Giants are annoyingly back for the 3rd time in 5 years. I’m looking forward to watching the game tonight. Here...
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University of North Carolina Considers Rebranding In Wake of Scandal
The University of North Carolina is in the middle of an academic scandal as revelations of bogus courses and academic fraud came to light yesterday. As they consider how to move on from this and...
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When You Need It Most, It Stops
The World Series will conclude tonight and I must say, it’s been an entertaining post-season, despite the lack of a certain team from Southern California participating. When the Royals close this out...
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Kokomo’s New Baseball Team is Going Padre Old School
You might not have heard that Kokomo is getting a Prospect League franchise next year. Okay, unless you’re a baseball geek like me, you probably don’t even know that the Prospect League exists. Believe...
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This is How Bad Kansas City is Taking the World Series Loss
Last night I was stuck in the Kansas City Airport for a bonus 4 hours because of a flight delay. Of course, I hop online to see if there is any free agent news in the world of baseball. I got to the...
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New Minor League Affiliations Winners & Losers
Several Minor League teams have changed affiliations for the 2015 season. Here’s who won and who lost. Winners: Daytona After 22 years with the Cubs, the Daytona franchise of the Florida State League...
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