Author Archives: Ben Taylor

Sports is a form of entertainment, and it is often headlined by superstars.

Sunday night at Yankee Stadium, the Mets’ Carlos Delgado hit a home run off the foul pole. (Shouldn’t it be called a fair pole?) Only, it wasn’t ruled a home run. Umpires huddled and incorrectly decided the ball went off the wall, despite the millions of viewers who witnessed the ball carom off the pole.

There is a silent and tragic problem plaguing the sports world that has nothing to do with performance-enhancing drugs or athletes engaging in nefarious affairs.

Hi, allow me to introduce myself. My name is college football, and I’m the only major American sport that doesn’t feature a playoff system. After a successful round of voting this past week in Hollywood, Fla., I’m proud to say I will be serving you the current “Bowl Championship Series” format until 2014. Don’t panic ““ there are bona fide reasons for maintaining the status quo.

The two-day marathon that is the NFL draft has finally concluded, and naturally it’s time to dole out draft grades.

At some point in the coming weeks, you will read the following sentence: “Kobe Bryant named NBA MVP.” It’s a done deal. A fait accompli. The fat lady is singing. Then the media, NBA brass and Laker Country will all rejoice.

We should boycott the Olympic Games.