290 lbs plus one glass backboard equals some shattered glass and a 52 minute delay. (HT: Yahoo! Sports)

Author’s Note: I believe this is the first post I’ve ever written about a sporting event, and I know that I’m no sports writer. So, count this as more for my personal reflection rather than for your sporting edification. That being said, your comments are welcome.

This past Saturday evening, I attended the University of Tennessee’s home football game against arch SEC rival Alabama. Although this game was supposedly played in Neyland Stadium, there were several times when my eyes and ears told me otherwise. The large gathering of opposing fans along with the poor performance of my beloved Volunteers had me thinking I was due for a long post-game drive north from Tuscaloosa to Knoxville. Continue Reading

The Bruce Ball Blog shares a video of Coach Pearl pepping up the students this past Friday.

Alabama coach Nick Saban defends Tennessee coach Philip Fulmer in this AL.com article.

For the first time ever due to a slew of upsets, ESPN College Football GameDay is heading to Vanderbilt. (HT: The Modern Gal)

Given Usain Bolt’s amazing performance in this year’s Olympics, this TIME Magazine article speculates on “How Fast Can Humans Go?“

A reporter asked French swimmer Alain Bernard about the American’s chances against them in the Olympic 4×100 freestyle relay. Bernard responded by saying, “The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came here for.” Not being a fan of cocky proclamations, Bernard’s pre-race comments had me up late last night to see if the Americans would make him eat his words. Continue Reading

Kentucky blogger, Ken Howlett, of the A Sea of Blue blog writes an excellent tribute to Chris Lofton and his battle with testicular cancer. Meanwhile, Chris Low of ESPN.com provides more perspective.

In a rare move, UT Head Football Coach, Philip Fulmer, directly responds to columnist John Adams’ earlier article calling for the coach to be fired. (Note: This one may take a while to load as there are 650+ comments as of this posting.)

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Since our friend, Janna, was an acquaintance of Eli Manning during her time at Ole Miss, most of our crew was cheering for the Giants as we watched them beat the Patriots 17 to 14 in Super Bowl XLII.