by Mitch Randall | Nov 16, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Is paying a college football coach over $77 million not to work sinful? Texas A&M University will pay its former football coach, Jimbo Fisher, $77.5 million not to coach. Fisher will receive $7.2 annually through 2031. The Aggies are currently 6-4 overall and 4-3...
by Randall Balmer | Feb 9, 2023 | Opinion
America enters its high holy days this week: the run-up to Super Bowl Sunday. When thousands of spectators and millions of viewers witness the Super Bowl kickoff on Sunday, they will be participating in a ritual that has become every bit as entrenched in American life...
by Jim Hopkins | Aug 15, 2022 | Opinion
I love baseball because it fills me with many happy childhood memories. I love it because the goal of the game is to return home and because the game proceeds at its own pace – it isn’t completely bound to a time clock. I love it because, as a game in which failure...
by Ed Hogan | Aug 5, 2022 | Opinion
August is often a slow time for sports news in the U.S. The National Football League is just beginning training camp. Major League Baseball has its trade deadline, but there are still a couple of months until the playoffs. A new season for the National Basketball...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 4, 2022 | Opinion
Vin Scully was the radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years. For baseball fans, he was a living legend. Paired with former major leaguer Joe Garagiola for nationally televised games on NBC, they were two of the...
