In his most recent blog entry, Mark Madsen shares his thoughts on the Michael Vick situation.  In short, he makes an appeal for appeals: Roger Goodell is the commissioner of the NFL and after many days of deliberation, he and his staff announced the NFL's suspension and Vick's conditional reinstatement...

Recently, a group of Burning Man partygoers got lost en route to the Black Rock Desert.  And who do you think found them other than our very own Rod Benson? I was down in SoCal with my boys Mike Fey (UCLA ’06) and John “Legend” Fieweger for the “6 Man” volleyball festival. We had our fun for...

Add to the lists of firsts on Twitter, the ability to track a real-time nervous breakdown. Stephon Marbury — the ballplayer who makes any team he's ever played for better, just by leaving it — the one-time New York Knick, whose version of whispering sweet nothings into the ear of a young female intern...

In his latest blog post Brendan Haywood points out some of the latest athletes to run into financial problems. . . . I read about ex-NBA star Antoine Walker being arrested for writing a million dollars worth of bad checks to Las Vegas casinos. That article kind of caught me off guard because he was a...

When you play professional sports, you inevitably have several months a year with a lot of free times on your hands.  For Greg Oden, its the summer, a time, which he's used for reflection, contemplation and discovery: This summer is the first time i lived by myself in my life. I am enjoying it a lot....

Dwight Howard, who seems to always interact with his fans very well, has a simple message for his twitter followers today . . . . heeey world wake up http://yfrog.us/5d8gqz I'm thinking someone got himself a new camera! Look at that smile . . .the charisma just dripping off of him . . . the bright sunny...

Yesterday, as people all over the country gathered around their television sets to watch the Michael Jackson memorial, jocks from the twittersphere came together to tweet tribute to King of Pop. Baron Davis, apparently a huge fan, was among the most active of all the twitterers: R.I.P To the greatest...

A few minutes ago, Donte Greene hit us with this gem from the twittersphere: in the airport. twit fam, if u c somebody tall or somebody famous, dont just look them dead in their face. say something!!! yall look crazy! We know from one of Donte's tweets yesterday that Donte is bound for Sin City: Chilln...

An excerpt from Dwight Howard's most recent blog entry reads: During the Finals I had a chance to spend some time with one of my idols, Bill Russell. I felt so lucky to have a chance to get advice from such a great man and basketball player. As usual, Dwight lets us join in on the fun.  Dwight is...

In life, there are ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and valleys. In his most recent blog entry, Dwight Howard reflects on some of his most recent trials triumphs and trials.  As one always should, he starts with the bad news: Last Thursday was a weird, weird day for me. First, I was so sad to hear...