C. Edmund Wright

The SEC East went full-speed schizophrenic this weekend, as South Carolina, Georgia and Florida fell to Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Missouri, respectively. While Missouri’s 36-17 win over Florida is technically not an upset in the way that the Tennessee and Vandy

In part one of this series, I established that in spite of good news for the ACC surrounding new member schools – and having a couple of teams in the top 5 in football – that North Carolina’s athletic director

Are the Atlantic Coast Conference’s days numbered – at least, as a major athletic conference? The notion might not be as crazy as you think. Yes, I know – Clemson and Florida State are both in the top five in

There is a natural geographic, albeit largely unspoken rivalry between the ACC and the SEC, and the two leagues will go head-to-head three times in the next 72 hours. The bad news for the ACC is that this is not

I guess we could say Tobacco Road now intersects with Broadway – as earlier this week the conference that was made famous in places like a smoke-filled Reynolds Coliseum, a burg named Greensboro and a tiny little gym simply known

It’s a league of trash talking, posterizing and bad blood. In fact, even the league’s official website ran a headline in May of this year saying “Trash Talk, Bad Blood Reign in NBA Playoffs.” And indeed, any series involving the

As if we needed another reminder what happens when those who are paid by our taxes conflate public service with public tyranny, Florida Judge Kathleen McHugh has shown us yet again. In case you missed the story, she overturned a

ESPN is reportedly laying off 400 employees–or roughly 10% of its workforce–on Tuesday.  According to a report that originated on TheBigLead.com and the Gawker-owned sports rumor site Deadspin – and picked up by other outlets like Variety and Business Insider

Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry’s impact on the Warriors, the NBA, and especially San Francisco is deeper than just his game. As several NBA analysts have mentioned, Curry has a special bond with the fans in Golden State’s Oracle

While seemingly everybody and his brother, including President Barack Obama, were sprinting to microphones, ESPN cameras and Twitter accounts to make sure they were among the first to extol the virtues of Jason Collins, another division of the PC police

Beneath the radar, a California court is set to rule June 20th in the O’Bannon Case, perhaps changing college sports dramatically. And by dramatically, I mean with ramifications far beyond what anyone is publicly considering. This could be one of

This weekend’s much discussed ruling by The Masters to penalize Tiger Woods, yet allow him to continue play, speaks to issues far more significant than Tiger or the game of golf. How this is being discussed across message boards speaks