By Andy Furman...I am often amazed with my brothers and sisters in the local sports media. How can you ride that roller coaster each day? How can you go up and down with every win or loss by the Cincinnati Reds? Hey, you're not foolin us, really you're not. And honestly, you can't be that jacked up in mid-May for the Reds can you? That's why I chose to occupy this space. I mean there's more to sports and life- than a baseball teams win or loss in the middle of May. Take this for instance. Former NFL lineman Ray Edwards is 4-0 in his professional boxing career. Edwards, who spent seven seasons in the NFL playing defensive tackle with the Minnesota Vikings and the Atlanta Falcons, now makes his living squaring off against huge men intent on punching him in the head as frequently as possible. But get this. More...
By Andy Furman...NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, Jason Collins and, gulp twitter...where do I begin?The Jason Collins story - the first gay male athlete to, lets say come out of the closet is an interesting situation. He's been tabbed a hero. Certainly I commend him, and it was a move of courage. But hero? I think Ill reserve that for our fighting military men and women. What about you? More...
VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia's feud with Tiger Woods will not stop him shaking hands with the world number one the next time they are drawn together in a tournament, the Spaniard said on Tuesday. More...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Manchester City and the New York Yankees have formed a new Major League Soccer team to play in New York City from 2015, the organizations said on Tuesday. More...
MIAMI (Reuters) - San Francisco is favored to be named the host city for the 50th Super Bowl when National Football League (NFL) owners vote Tuesday on the site of the 2016 championship game. More...
(Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings seized control of their Western Conference semi-final series with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Three on Monday. More...
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto has been named National League Player of the Week for the periodending May 19th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network. More...
Xavier University sophomore golfer Korey Ward (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) has been selected to participate in the NCAA Mens Golf Championship May 16-18 in Columbus, Ohio. Ward will compete in the 54-hole regional tournament at the Ohio State University Golf Club Scarlet Course. There will be 13 teams and 10 individuals competing at the regional at OSU.This will be the third straight year and the 10th time in 13 years that the Xavier mens golf program has sent an individual or the team to an NCAA Regional. This marks the third straight year and the fifth time in seven years that a Xavier mens individual golfer has been selected for the NCAA Championship. More...
The University of Cincinnati sports communications office was one of 11 honored nationally by the Football Writers Association of America with the naming of the Super 11 for excellence in sports information during the 2012 season. This marks the fourth year the Super 11 recognition has been handed out to sports information departments which were deemed the best in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. More...
Xavier starting pitcher Jon Richard was named to the 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 First Team. Richard holds a 3.51 GPA and is majoring in middle childhood education.The native of Versailles, Ohio, is 7-2 on the season and has won four-consecutive starts. Richard holds a career-low 2.64 ERA in 75.0 innings pitched with 51 strikeouts and just 18 walks. More...
The Mens and Womens Big Ten Golf Championships at French Lick Resort have concluded this afternoon in southern Indiana. This marks the second year in a row that both the Men and Women have competed on the same date and at the same site.The University of Illinois fired a final-round total of five-over-par 293 to seal its fifth-straight Big Ten championship and junior Thomas Pieters carded a two-over-par 74, clinching Big Ten medalist honors with a five-stroke victory. More...
The Charlotte Bobcats have scheduled a press conference for Tuesday, and they are expected to announce that the team will change its name to the Hornets, according to SportsBusiness Daily. More...
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss the next three weeks of organized team activities after having minor back surgery last month to remove a cyst. More...
Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith said in a radio interview that Charlotte might lose one of its two spots on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series schedule to Las Vegas. More...
