Dave Albee: Big Game nearly a big shame
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Four hours before the Big Game yesterday, the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band was, believe it or not, actually practicing on the field inside an empty Memorial Stadium when they heard taunts from above.
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So let&#39;s be clear on that much right off the top. As much as losing runs like the Longhorns&#39; 0-for-the-21st century slump against Oklahoma might cost some coaches their jobs, its ludicrous to think the same would be true for Coach Mack.
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It&#39;s comical, really it is, to lose twice to this particular Dallas Cowboys outfit, particularly Sunday&#39;s game here in Big D. It&#39;s comical because the Cowboys aren&#39;t any good.
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First things first. Major college football is no closer to a playoff than it was before this season erupted in controversy, before the Associated Press grew so uneasy with the Bowl
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Randy Johnson has a long memory, of good games and bad. In two years as a Yankee, there have been plenty of each.
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The purists went berserk back in 1993. They hated the idea. The wild card was bad for baseball. Just wait and see.
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SOMETIMES home-team fans become so caught up in the crisis of the week that they lose track of the big picture of a game or season.
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Strip away the great plays and the wild action and San Diego&#39;s 34-31 victory over Kansas City is reduced to a simple fact: big plays.
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Clevelandâs win over Detroit was the ultimate reversal of fortune for a beleaguered sports city accustomed to big-game failure.
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Bee Staff Writer. Or else, their run of four consecutive playoff appearances would end with a whimper and plenty of regrets. The A&#39;s face that reality because Mark Mulder&#39;s mysterious downfall
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When I saw Dave Wannstedt in total agony as the Arizona Cardinals stole a victory Sunday away from his Miami Dolphins, I thought that surely Wayne Huizenga will do this most decent man a
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The California All-Stars beat the California All-Stars yesterday. So why wasn't the game in, say, Bakersfield?
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In the NFL, it used to be the object of the game was to get into the end zone. Now, the object of the game is to get into the end zone and act like a fool.
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Minor league manager Joe Mikulik had a major league tantrum Sunday night. The manager of the Asheville Tourists, a Class-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies in the South Atlantic League, turned Applebee's Park into a one-man show following a close call at second base in the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to Lexington Legends.
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Florida State coach Bobby Bowden probably didn&#39;t feel very good after watching his television this weekend. First, there was monster Hurricane Frances which forced the Florida State-Miami game to be moved from Labor Day to Friday.
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Between games of Wednesday&#39;s doubleheader, someone tried to cheer up Giants manager Felipe Alou by using that old Ernie Banks line: &quot;Let&#39;s play two.&quot; ...
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A six-game losing streak to start this season put Bob Hartley's job in danger. A quick ouster in last season's playoffs did not help his cause.