Sports Columns
If the loss at Texas Christian and the debacle at Colorado State proved anything, it’s that the separation from upper to lower tier in Mountain West Conference basketball isn’t as obvious this season.
You can find their names and statistics inside the UNLV basketball media guide, but numbers aren’t what set them apart. An edge did. A rare quality.
The death of Joe Hirsch last week elicited heartfelt eulogies from those who were fortunate to know him. Hirsch was the executive columnist for the Daily Racing Form for more than 50 years. His writings will form the foundation of how future generations will look back on the sport.
A close friend of Max Good was surveying the carnage this week, reflecting on the ridiculously huge challenge now facing the veteran college basketball coach, and offered this trace of hope:
To my surprise, only a handful of vehicles were parked near the fishing pier at Boulder Harbor when I parked my truck in front of the sign that read “No Parking from here to the water.” It was about 4:30 p.m.
Good for Corky Simpson. Not for leaving Rickey Henderson off his baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Not for recanting his stance once bloggers assumed their pious positions and embarrassed the retired sports columnist from Arizona for snubbing the player who on Monday correctly sprinted into Cooperstown with nearly 95 percent of the vote.
There are no easy answers. No uncomplicated solution gift-wrapped with a bow.
Grey Ruegamer knew it was a matter of time, because when you arrive at Super Bowl week and begin talking about how you used to castrate lambs with your teeth and how the worst part was getting blood on your mustache, well, you can bet the questions about handling blitz packages and if Eli Manning will ever emerge from big brother’s shadow are going to disappear for a few minutes.
The 2008 Eclipse Award finalists were released Thursday, and while three horses or people were named in each category, most categories appear to be slam dunks.
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