Football

Success In Startups Takes More Than Luck…But Its Good To Have Some, Sorta…

December 7, 2018 by Joe Favorito

So there it was Thursday afternoon. Former NFL’er Ricky Williams announcing he and 50 former NFL players were starting…yes…a spring football league. For those scoring at home, that makes no less than eight non NFL leagues in the football offseason…from flag to fan controlled, AFL to AAFL…trying to go where no one short of the …

Gaming The College System For Esports: The Oppts And The Pitfalls…

August 31, 2018 by Joe Favorito

Last week an article appeared that the University of Akron was dropping almost 80 degree programs and would be adding “esports” to the curriculum as both a competitive endeavor and as a general student activity. That announcement was followed by the grand finale of the first NBA 2K season, and sadly, with the tragedy …

Rubio Plays The Sports Card…

January 9, 2016 by eastwin5

Eight years ago this month, Sports Illustrated ran a back of the book story by Scott Price, who had the chance to play then-candidate Barack Obama in a game of basketball. The story showed casual sports fans, who many times are also politics averse, a side of the candidate that they did not know about. …