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Recently by Carleton ColeNews item: Houston is ranked as the 12th best "Sports City" by The Sporting News. Please the best we can do is 12th? For years The Sporting News was referred to as the authority on baseball, but those days are gone. With the advent of the internet and all the other media, TSN is not the publication it once was, and in its attempt to foster some sort of "controversy" it posts this list. The release tells me this is the 15th year it has had its rankings. No question Boston is a great sports, town, but in reality th... Folks in the Pac 10 are circling the wagons. In one of the worst calls in college football, a penalty for excessive celebration cost Washington the gimme chance to tie the game against BYU. This week's official scoring abomination costing pitcher C.C. Sabathia a no hitter just adds to the examples showing why umpires should be the official scorers. It is not a new idea, but that still doesn't mean it shouldn't be reconsidered. In years past we heard from the umps how physically demanding their jobs are. They are out on the field all nine innings, and in the summer time that can be brutal. So instead of a four man crew, let's make it five. In this case the official scorer Bob Webb ... The generation which is in college now grew up with "Sesame Street" and "Barney." So the students are all familiar with of one of the staples of "Big Bird's" jingles. "Three of these things belong together, but one of those things doesn't." The game teaches similarities and differences to the younger crowd. So why then can't college football get it right? The Big 12 Conference is made up of 11 publicly funded schools. One is not, and it's high time for that school to pull up its stakes and join a conference of similar institutions. A federal judge sentenced disgraced referee Tim Donaghy to 15 months in prison today for taking payoffs from a professional gambler for inside tips on games, it should have been 15 years. Fixing games is the NBA's worst nightmare. There have been point shaving scandals in basketball before, and this while being the latest, it could also be the worst because it involves the men with the whistles. As fans we expect the refs to be impartial, but... It's easy to find fault the way Michelle Wie has played professional golf, but this past weekend she has a point. NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans who root, root, root for the home team are leaving ballparks a lot happier this year. Home teams have won nearly 57 percent of games, the highest There is always a home field advantage in any sport, but there is a danger when the home team always wins. We all love fair play, so it is alarming when we see the advantage nearing the 60% clip. Angels Manager Mike Scioscia is... |