When he was 13 years old Rory McIlroy, then a little rosy-cheeked, freckle-faced, Irish boy, played in a Pepsi Little People’s junior golf tournament at Indian Trails Golf Club in Quincy, Ill. You may have guessed, he won. Between rounds Rory spent hours at the driving range – only, not[...]
Oops, ESPN thinks Champaign is a suburb of Chicago
During the first half of the rivalry basketball game between Illinois and Missouri, ESPN posted up a graphic, a map, illustrating how St. Louis is the middle point for the two schools. This is the reason they play in St. Louis. It is true that St. Louis is a middle[...]
Kansas firing Turner Gill not sitting well with Big 12 colleagues; Gill deserves another shot
Widely respected head coach Turner Gill turned around a downtrodden Buffalo football program before jumping up a level to Kansas two years ago. Twenty-four games later, 5-19 record, Gill was fired by Kansas Sunday. As well reported by Big 12 ESPN blogger David Ubben, Big 12 head coaches are upset[...]