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Let me get this straight... The United States has an epidemic with obesity, joblessness, two controversial wars in the Middle East, Bank CEO's that run the US Secretary of Treasury Department and commit massive fraud to steal billions of U.S Tax Dollars... One in six people in the world do not have an adequate water supply...  The war in the Congo over gold has cost five millions lives... On and on and on, the list of international tragedy takes place every day. And Tiger Woods, the most popular figure in sports, may have gotten into a fight with his wife?  She maybe got mad cause he might have hooked up with ...

“Tiger Woods needs to come clean.” “Tiger Woods needs to explain exactly what happened on Friday morning and set the record straight.” “Tiger Woods needs to explain everything right now.” These are all phrases that you will see written in virtually every article about Tiger Woods and the incident that took place outside of his home at 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning. But what you have to understand is that the general public, along with the many journalists who are taking this point of view, are not doing so without bias. Tiger Woods doesn’t need to do anything. On the contrary. We, the public, as well ...

Who is to blame for the media feeding frenzy that occurred after the single-car accident this weekend involving Tiger Woods? The media? Tiger’s public relations team? Sure, the public was all too eager to jump to salacious conclusions about Woods and no one doubts that the National Enquirer was selling well before Thanksgiving.  However, in reflecting on the story of the Thanksgiving weekend, I can’t help but feel that the media and Tiger’s public relations team dropped the ball. Yes, any information concerning Tiger Woods will have some shelf-life but the shelf-life of the “accident” can’t be explained solely by the celebrity of ...

In Rwanda, dreams—even for its youth—are a fleeting rarity that seemingly disappear with the coming dawn. Three-quarters of the population live under the international poverty line of $1.25 a day, and, to this day, the country is still recovering from the inexplicably haunting and gruesome 1994 genocide that took up to a million lives.   Countless others died in the regional First and Second Congo Wars, as well. In the aftermath of Thanksgiving, it is meaningful to consider most Americans enjoyed a hearty meal with family or friends.  Then, after the physical consumption came the material consumption of Black Friday, where people ...

During the same years the Pittsburgh Steelers were building "The Steel Curtain," America was building a defense for dropouts and push-outs in urban schools. Those years saw the high school dropout rate for African-American males climb to an alarming high. There was a crisis because of a lack of presence of role models. Organizations like the National Urban League got involved in education, mainly to help reduce the dropout rate in urban communities. Defenses needed to be built in American education. Young men needed to be herded off the streets and back into the classrooms. The legislation that ...

I’m all for college football traditions. Traditions provide college football with the pageantry and passion that is often lacking from the professional game. Fall Saturdays would not be the same without someone dotting the I in Ohio, an orange-tinged crowd singing Rocky Top, or a whole stadium standing just in case a 12th man is needed. Besides providing the game with much needed excitement, traditions are also supposed to unite fanbases. Football teams, especially those from public universities, represent much more than their schools. They often represent their cities, regions, and even their entire state. Traditions help to unite young and old, alumni and ...

I am not normally one to defend the establishment. As a person who frequently finds myself holding the minority opinion, I am uncomfortable praising the status quo, which is usually more than capable of patting itself on the back. With that in mind, I humbly request that this article not be painted with the brush of propaganda or dismissed as an attempt to suck up to the bigwigs of Bleacher Report. Anyone who is reading this has probably noticed the changes that have been made to the site. Most prominent have been the amendments to the sportswriter profile pages, which have been ...

People go to sporting events for many reasons. Some go because they want to watch a team triumph over their rivals, some people go to have a good time with their friends, and guys know what I'm talking about when sometimes we go for the cheerleaders. But what about the thing that people love the most? This is a countdown of the top 5 mascots in professional sports. Some mascots that just missed the countdown were Mr. Met and Super Mascot Rocky (Nuggets). If you would like to learn more about these mascots, go to http://www.mascothalloffame.com/Begin Slideshow

Thanksgiving is a family day. It is a day when we are thankful for all of the wonderful things we have experienced, or that we possess. Good health, sound mind, healthy children, a job, and friends and family are just a few of the things for which we express appreciation. When the family is large and competitive, they have a great time "kidding" each other about their favorite football team. Well, I am in Texas, so most of my family was pulling for the Dallas Cowboys. In college football, we were split between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies. There was a ...

In the recently released movie "The Blind Side" about former Ole Miss left tackle Michael Oher, his guardian explains to him that “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” Lord Alfred Tennyson's classic poem is in reality about the Rebels' rivalry game against LSU, now known as the Magnolia Bowl.   The guardian explains that the cavalry, in a display of courage and unity, charges into a heavily fortified valley at the behest of their flawed but courageous and patriotic leader.   Oher then writes an essay relating this story to his own life and wins over a skeptical teacher who was the final obstacle in ...