What's wrong with being second? Americans (and probably others too) are obsessed with winning. As though being second, third, or fourth were unacceptable. Two sports reporters were debating recently whether the USA women’s soccer team was a failure because it lost the...
When you think of the PGA Tour, what comes to mind? (Bear with me here--this post is not about sports.) Here's my short list: Really ugly clothing Country clubs Boring men (see bullet 1) flying around in private planes What's on yours? Here's what should be top of...
So I go out of town for a few days and miss the big sports story. No, not that story. This one. What's interesting about the Jay Mariotti story isn't the facts. Or even the arrest. It's the glee with which just about everyone has greeted the news. Apparently this guy...
Mike Greenberg said on ESPN Radio this morning that "you need to separate the decision from how it was done." (He was talking, of course, about LeBron James.) He's absolutely right. My friend Justin Goldsborough has a terrific post on James, Joe Mauer, and brand...
Being a baseball booster can be fraught with disappointment. Just ask Cubs fans: 101 years and counting. My team, the Washington Nationals, is on its way to getting the first overall pick in the draft for the second year in a row. This isn't a good thing. Last month,...
This post isn't about sports stars and their egos. (Clearly both Brett Favre and Manny Ramirez have ego to share.) Actually, Favre gets credit from me for acknowledging that he didn't handle things so well of late. Neither did his former team. Washington Post...
Brett Favre seems to have forgotten that the NFL is a business. And, from a business perspective, he's quickly developing the wrong kind of reputation. Favre has made three key business errors: 1. He bad-mouthed his employer. It's not acceptable, and generally...
Congratulations to the Boston Celtics. The NBA franchise demonstrates what happens when an organization pulls together people with diverse strengths into a cohesive whole. In contrast to the Lakers' team-built-around-one-main-man, the "Big Three" showed what happens...