A fantastic story is happening this week in the world of professional golf. Lexi Thompson, a top competitor on the LPGA women’s pro tour, is competing against men this week in their pro tour event in Las Vegas. Thompson yesterday teed off against men’s PGA tour pros at the Shriners’ Children’s Open, being held down […]
Change of jobs for major university athletics leader causes stir, raises some questions
The fast-paced changes in college athletics these days are bringing about additional changes which speak to a need for folks in that landscape perhaps to find some perspective. The University of Southern California, in what appears to have been a surprise move, yesterday announced the hiring of former University of Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen […]
Femanized Soccer- The End Of A Disturbingly Bizarre Era
In the waning moments of a liberalized riveting moments of a football marathon decided by offensively offensive ineptness and a series of yawns emanating from gridiron fans enduring a participating trophy early morning viewership debacle, two and half decades of foisted torture is over. Sweden, the first openly feminist nation, defeated the US women’s soccer […]
Controversy surrounding announcer not a new one for Orioles, team ownership
The job of a sports play-by-play announcer is part rewarding, part thankless, part influential. Play-by-play announcers are the eyes and ears for fans of teams who live far away or for whatever reason aren’t able to go see their favorite team in person. So there is a tremendous responsibility there, one which many announcers recognize […]
Unique Is Sentenced To Life- The Death Of Amateur Sports
In five decades, the punchline will not seem so irreverently amusing, “What is ignorance,” to which the quip includes some sort of vernacular highlighting 15-second attentions spans, an epidemic of selfies, and a carnal undertone in every TickTok post harvested by the intelligence arm of China’s People’s Liberation Army. While tradition is hanging on by […]
Liberty Park Press commentary: Changes in college sports league alignments throw tradition out the door in chase for dwindling television dollars
The world of college athletics has gone through tremendous turbulence in recent years, and it seemed like things had calmed down and returned to normal. But the forces of TV ratings and greed have once again returned to create more chaos, and in its wake leave lost traditions and lost interest in the games. The […]
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