Boxing is a sport that used to be held on a pedestal. It has long since fallen from that lofty perch, but why? What is the problem with boxing and what can be done to turn the sport around? Written in 2006, Q Scores and Boxing: The State of the Game delves a bit deeper into the subject.


Sports come to represent the society in which they are played. The athletes who take them up, the fans who watch them and the kids who want to be them. It all adds up to Sports: The Racial Landscape of America.


The Major League Baseball All-Star Game and weekend is a flawed event. It has lost its intrigue and its excitement and a lot of that can be directed straight to the awful decisions of one Bud Selig. Here's what you need to do to fix the MLB All-Star Game. Trust me Bud, you need all the help you can get.


Last year the American sports leagues underwent a lot of trials and tribulations. Scandals, from betting referees to steroids and everything in between dominated the headlines. It was the Year of the American Sports Commissioner, but how did they all hold up against the hardships?


We all know about the corruption in NCAA sports. The question is how deep does that tunnel go, and how prevalent and constant is that problem? But that's not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about the legitimate money that drives the multi-billion dollar industry of NCAA athletics. The amount of money the school spends on stadiums, equipment, recruiting, travel, facilities and more... Does all of that money directly translate into NCAA Championships? You may be surprised at the answer.


Back to the sport I love the most, boxing. Any boxing fan knows there are problems in the sport. But what can be done to fix those? Problems of consistency, corruption, popularity and safety are still of great importance. That is why Boxing Needs a National Commission. It's just about the only thing I agree with John McCain about!


Well now that we are talking about politics, we might as well stay on the subject. Did you hear about how Boxer Kelly Pavlik Won the Ohio Democratic Primary for Hillary Clinton? If not, then you better read up. It's too late for Hillary to be president, but her late rally owed some major thanks to the middleweight champion.

This is a great one for two reasons. It has to do with the Giants winning the Super Bowl, and my family. This is a story about My Father's Trip to Super Bowl XLII. A Giants fan for over 50 years, he finally got to go to the big game, and got a big surprise once he was there! This accounts his whole journey to the game and his experience there.


That was the great way that the 2007 NFL season ended. But the 2007 NFL season began on a somber note, with the injury of Kevin Everett. At first it looked like he may never walk again. His life was even in jeopardy. Then things took a miraculous turn for the better. Read about The Karmic Circle of Kevin Everett and how his road to recovery was paved.


The big story of this year's NCAA tournament was Stephen Curry. Small in stature but big in game, he led Davidson to a couple of huge upsets in the Big Dance. Long story short, Stephen Curry is my hero!


Everybody knows about Vince Lombardi. He's the guy who the NFL trophy is named after, right? Well he is, but it's because of what an amazing and groundbreaking coach he was. More than that, he was a leader and a molder of men. The Life of Vince Lombardi was a Case Study in Leaderhip that we could all learn something from.


What would a collection of great sports stories be without a piece on boxing? Nothing captures the raw emotions and human elements of competition and battle like boxing does. Read about the epic Third fight between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez. Perhaps the best boxing trilogy of all time took place and was hardly noticed by the public at large. It's worth a glance.

When it comes down to steroids and baseball, everybody has an opinion. Mine might be a bit different than what you will find spread across the media. Why I'm Pro Barry Bonds and Don't Care About the Steroids Era should help enlighten you a bit.


After the Mitchell Report was released, I released my own report, Why I'm Still Pro Barry Bonds: The Mitchell Report and Roger Clemens.


But there was more to the drug problem in baseball than steroids. There were also Amphetamines, The True Culprit in Baseball. Amphetamines may have played a larger role in the drug abuse culture of MLB than steroids.


You may have heard about fashion designer Mark Ecko buying up the record Barry Bonds homerun ball. He took a vote on his website with what to do with it, and the stupid MLB Hall of Fame decided to go along with it. The ideas weren't that creative, Here is what should've been done with the record homerun ball from Barry Bonds.