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Cardinal Tragedy

10:56 AM Sun, Apr 29, 2007 |

I was prepared to do today's blog on the NFL draft and maybe even the Rick Majerus hire. But, a tragedy dwarfs the importance of those events. Once again, the Cardinals are dealing with the death of a player. Josh Hancock was killed early this morning when his auto slammed into the back of a parked tow truck that was assisting another motorist. The accident occurred on westbound 40 at midtown. The driver of the tow truck told police that he ha...



STARTING OVER AT SLU

7:49 PM Tue, Apr 17, 2007 |

I was sorry to hear the news that Brad Soderberg had been fired. But not really surprised. After five years on the job he had no NCAA Tourney appearances and only two invites to the NIT. I don't doubt he can coach. I thought, until this season, he had always squeezed every ounce of talent he had out of his players. But, the 2006-07 season was clearly a step back. Forget the 20 wins--that's a meaningless stat these days. The seventh place finis...



KUDOS TO THE COMMISH

7:39 PM Tue, Apr 10, 2007 |

ROGER GOODELL HAS DONE WHAT BUD SELIG DOESN'T HAVE THE GUTS (OR THE OWNERS' BLESSING) TO DO. By suspending Pacman Jones for a year and Chris Henry for eight games, he's let the players know that the inmates aren't running the asylum. The shame of it is that the Tennessee Titans didn't have the guts to do it first. Jones' conduct has landed him in the middle of ten different police inquiries. C'mon, Jeff Fisher(Titans Head Coach). You've sacri...