About The Sports Blog
What are the components of sports? For starters, at an early age, sports involvement is designed to teach you things like sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and teamwork. Next, there is usually a set of game rules to follow when taking part in sports. And finally, there's a team or individual competition that yields a winner.
Sounds simple, but when it comes to the world of sports, debates over which team is the best, whether or not the coach blew the game, or which athlete deserves the highest accolades, can rage on and on. The Sports Blog is here to provide a play-by-play and help keep score of the latest sports-related news and views.
From game rules and regulations and recent sports scandals to controversies concerning performance-enhancing drugs to over-the-top contracts, sports stories are always big news. Whether you love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, or other sports, add this to your required reading list, sports fans!

The Big Worst — er, West
Is it competititve balance or bad basketball? Here in Southern California, there is a conference called the Big West. Like just about every mi...

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Tennessee Women Win Again
Normally I don’t watch women’s college basketball games but when it’s Tennessee and Connecticut I had to see how this one would end up...

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NCAA And Gambling
The NCAA has decided to step up its anti gambling efforts after there own study indicates gambling is on the upswing at college campuses an...

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Why Did They Play?
Jan. 2, was New Year’s Day, observed. It is a day for college football. Yet four NCAA top-25 men’s basketball teams, including No...

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Texas Steals One in Memphis
Texas managed to steal a game on the road from the Memphis Tigers 69-58, thanks in large part to P.J. Tucker. He, along with Daniel Gibson, pu...

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What Carroll’s Extension Could Mean
The possibility exists that USC football coach Pete Carroll signed a contract extension because he genuinely likes the college game and won’t be...

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Big East Locked and Loaded
Amid the NFL regular season coming down the stretch, the 56-team deep bowl season, the NBA and the return of hockey, the college hoops season ha...

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