Across All Sports

The X Games are not something that I love to watch or wait all year to see, but they are an entertaining competition to watch during the night. You wouldn’t know it, but they are happening right now. X Games XIII began last Thursday, but has barely been advertised and hardly shown. There seems to be one main reason for this: Barry Bonds. Instead of the normal coverage of the event, ESPN has shifted its schedule to cover every San Francisco Giants’ game until Bonds breaks Aaron’s home run record. Watching Bonds’ at bats is fun, because you know that you could be watching history be made, but I really don’t care about the actual game. Maybe if they were in a pennant race, but the Giants are out of it and I have absolutely no reason to watch the actual game. For those that do, watch it on your local stations, but showing the full game is unnecessary. Show “Live Look Ins” to each at bat, but don’t broadcast every inning. There are many other events that sports fans want to watch, including the X Games, that can be shown instead of the Giants’ game.  Read more…

Now, there is nearly a unanimous agreement among sports’ fans that steroids are a form of cheating and should not be used under any circumstance. Well, Cleveland Browns’ Right Offensive Tackle Ryan Tucker may have found an exception. Tucker was suspended for four games Friday by the NFL for violating its steroid policy, but there is more to this story than meets the eye. Seeing his career and life falling apart around him, Tucker became having mental and emotional issues last year. He became extremely depressed and was desperate to get back to the NFL. Yet, he no longer possessed the size or strength to compete on the pro-level. So he resorted back to the only thing he knew would work: Steroids. Now, reporters can criticize him for going on the juice, but I think he made the right decision. Not just did getting on steroids get him back on the NFL, it got him out of his depression and probably saved his life. Yet, there is one more thing that makes this story a likeable one. Read more…