John Berger
Reporter
The numbers don’t lie. Baseball is losing popularity, and losing it fast. Attendance numbers have declined rapidly across the league and the World Series is losing viewers fast. In addition, since 1995, little league participation has decreased by 4 million. So, with that in mind, how does baseball reverse the trend and increase it’s popularity? I proposed five ways to improve Major League Baseball.
John Berger
Reporter
We’re entering week 11 of the college football season, and so far the season has been laced with drama. Except, the drama is for all the wrong reasons, with off the field issues overshadowing the play on the field. Before the season even began, the college football world was rocked by a Yahoo! story about a renegade University of Miami booster who allegedly committed a myriad of NCAA violations. That was after an offseason filled with other issues, including “Tattoo-gate” with Ohio State, and Oregon and LSU dealing with a scout by the name of Willie Lyles. Still, all of that pales in comparison to the recent story at Penn State regarding an alleged child molester of a former coach and a lack of decisive action on the part of the higher-ups at the school.
John Berger
Reporter
I don’t claim to know much about the NBA lockout, but I still find it very interesting. On the surface it seems like your average sports stoppage, overpaid athletes screaming for more money, with deep pocketed owners trying to scam together a way to bring in more cash. After reading some more background information and doing some research, I came to a different conclusion; NBA players are actually underpaid.Think about it. The NBA has never been about the teams, at least not really. Sure the Lakers, Celtics, and Bulls all have a rich amount of history and they’ve been the most successful teams in league history. But when most people think of the NBA, they think of Michael Jordan. Jordan isn’t a team (although he now owns one), he was a player. And players are the biggest draw for the NBA. Now, I’m not talking about your run of the mill, 4th best player on an average semi-consistent team, player. I’m talking about superstars. Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dr.J, Scottie Pippen, Kevin Durant. The list goes on and on.
John Berger
Reporter
We’re entering week 8 of the 2011 NFL season and the proverbial cream is rising to the proverbial top in the NFL. As legendary coach Bill Parcells would say, “You are what your record says you are.” Or not, because not all schedules are created equal, and quite frankly, some teams have just had fluky wins and losses. So this list won’t mirror the league standings. But without further ado, here are the top 10 teams in the NFL through week 7.
Ben Stryker
Staff Cartoonist
“That was the most incredible game of basketball I have ever seen in my life. Incredibly bad. “
“It was the worst. Ever…ever.”
These are the things I heard in school the day following the championship game, but I completely disagree.
That’s right, true believer; I thought Monday night’s game between UConn and Butler was some of the most entertaining basketball of the entire tournament.
