Week 6 college football previews and picks


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Week 6 of the college football season is already off to a strong start, as Arizona upset the #2 Oregon Ducks 31-24 on Thursday night. Saturday’s games will feature five top-10 teams facing off against ranked opponents, as each of them looks to prove why they deserve to be in the inaugural College Football Playoff. Here, we take […]

The underlying problem in the NFL


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In the span of less than a month, the domestic violence cases of Ray Rice, Jonathan Dwyer, Greg Hardy and Adrian Peterson have scorched the earth of the National Football League. After the video surfaced of Rice knocking his then-fiancée out cold in a Las Vegas elevator, the attention towards NFL misconduct indeed spread like […]

Jeter’s retirement marks the end of an era for ’90s superstars


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Love him or hate him, Derek Jeter gave sports fans one last moment to cherish with a walk-off RBI single in his final game at Yankee Stadium last Thursday. It wasn’t a ball blasted out of the park for a home run. It wasn’t a hit to clinch game seven of the World Series. It […]

Sarkisian brings back National Championship hopes for USC


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When the news broke that the USC had found their new head football coach in Steve Sarkisian, the reaction across campus and from the Trojan faithful was underwhelming to say the least. “They fired Kiffin only to replace him with Kiffin 2.0?” asked puzzled football fans. Safe to say, the hiring of “Seven win Steve” […]

Fantasy Football: Trade Targets


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If your team is struggling as of late, you might want to shake things up. It is getting to the point in the season where if your team is 0-4 or 1-3, things need to change. In most cases, this is going to take a drastic change and as a team owner, you cannot rely […]

Dodgers rout Giants, clinch second straight NL West crown


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Following Wednesday night’s lopsided 9-1 victory against the Giants, the Dodgers have officially their second consecutive National League West title. Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw took the mound and held the Giants to eight hits and one early run in eight innings pitched. Kershaw gave up no walks and stroke out eleven Giants’ batters on the night. […]

Paying athletes jeopardizes college football’s integrity


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Change is on the horizon in college sports, as universities will have the option of paying athletes beginning in 2016. This comes after U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon in his case against the NCAA in August. Once athletes’ college careers end, they could potentially be […]

Price paid for Philanthropists and Humanitarians


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The ISIS has posted a jeopardizing video, executing a British aid worker David Haines, making him the third contemporary victim. In analogy two other western captives James Foley and Steven Sotloff, American journalists were decapitated previously. The ultimate reason for such series of crimes is to dissuade the countries from forming allies with the United […]

Pac-12 conference doesn’t fare well in comparison


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One of the biggest discussions in college football is how do the power five conferences—the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 rank. There is not much dispute as to who the best conference is top to bottom—the SEC. The SEC, who had won seven straight national championships before Florida State won it last […]