Michael Vick

Roger Goodell has already decided what he would like his legacy to be.

While Pete Rozelle and Paul Tagliabue will be forever revered as economic geniuses there was a dark side to their respective watches -- the NFL turned into a clearinghouse for felons and miscreants under both men and Goodell seems like he wants to change that.

Conventional wisdom says the NFL is struggling with an image problem. And if struggling means cruising along with impunity I guess they are. The sad truth is most fans don't care if their stars are failures as human beings as long as they deliver the Vince Lombardi Trophy. But that doesn't mean the leader of the NFL can't grab the moral high ground despite the mindless drones that follow his game. more>>

Groupthink, Global Warning and Barry Bonds John McMullen | Month 00, 2007 | E-mail Global Warming? Thank you Leonardo DiCaprio. My well-chronicled recent DMV travails have caused me to buy stock in Pepto-Bismol as I wonder just what mischief my Doppelganger has gotten into over the last decade or so. More >> Despite beloved team, Philly's not really a hockey hotbed Bob Herpen | May 21, 2007 | E-mail   Simon Gagne You’d think one of the top five media markets in the NHL, and a franchise that has enjoyed 40 seasons of mostly successful hockey, would capture enough young minds to eventually churn out some top-flight prospects into the college ranks and into the league. And you’d be dead wrong. The supposed hockey boom throughout the Delaware Valley that was supposedly created due to the Flyers’ success through the 1970s and 1980s hasn’t really panned out. More >> Is everyone ready for interleague baseball? Michael Rushton | Month 00, 2007 | E-mail Charlie Manuel This won't be the first time you read the following line, but it needs to be said again anyway: I hate interleague baseball. Hate is a strong word, but I feel comfortable using it here. Much like John McMullen hates the DMV, or Jared Trexler hates the Philadelphia Eagles (see any Trexler Steelers article), I hate interleague play. For starters, as a colleague of mine pointed out, it does sell tickets...in two cites. More>>