No, it’s not déjà vu. For the second time this season, the biggest story in golf is whether or not Tiger Woods is back to being the Tiger Woods we all had grown to know and love (or hate) over the last 16 years. That’s right, we’re in the exact same position we were less [...]
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Tiger’s Comeback: It’s for Real this Time!?
June 7th, 2012 
Ronnie Smith 
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Tags: Jack Nicklaus, Masters, Memorial, Nicklaus, Tiger, tiger Woods, US Open, Woods 
No Comments »2012 NBA Playoffs: Who’s Going to Win it All and Why
May 31st, 2012 Ronnie Smith The 2012 NBA season has been one of 3 distinct phases for me. At the beginning of the year, I was completely on the Miami Heat bandwagon. The Dallas Mavericks made it publicly known that they were going to dismantle and then assemble another team around Dirk Nowitzki. So the Heat were the logical favorite [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: Boston Celtics, Celtics, Heat, Miami Heat, NBA Playoffs, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Spurs, Thunder No Comments »It’s Time for the Los Angeles Lakers to Start Over
May 24th, 2012 Ronnie Smith It really sounds weird to say, especially for a team that usually just reloads. But it has become evident that the Los Angeles Lakers need more than that. It’s time for the Lakers to blow this team up and actually rebuild from the ground up.
Posted in Sports Tags: Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Pau Gasol No Comments »It’s Time for King James to Take His Throne
May 10th, 2012 Ronnie Smith The time has come when even I have run out of patience when it comes to Lebron James. I’ve been one of those NBA fans that have been quietly sitting by, waiting for the Akron Hammer to finally get that elusive 1st NBA championship. We may be the minority. Most NBA fans give him an [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: Chris Bosh, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dwyane Wade, King James, Lebron James, Miami Heat, NBA Championship, NBA Playoffs No Comments »My 2012 NFL Draft Notes
May 3rd, 2012 Ronnie Smith In one of the craziest offseasons in NFL history, it was good to finally get back to some normal football activities again. In the wake of BountyGate, the 2012 NFL Draft was a welcome reprieve from an offseason filled with scandals and all around bad news. Now that we know our teams’ picks, we [...]
Get that Contract Inked Now: Could the Saints’ Scandals Push Drew Brees Away?
April 26th, 2012 Ronnie Smith It sounds ridiculous, I know. There’s no way that Drew Brees, the savior of the New Orleans Saints organization, could ever play for another team, right? In today’s NFL, you never know. Peyton Manning’s no longer with the Colts. Nobody thought we would ever see that, either. Peyton’s split from Indy was a result of [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: Bounty Gate, BountyGate, Brees, Drew Brees, Football, Loomis, Mickey Loomis, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Payton, Saints, Sean Payton No Comments »The New Orleans Saints’ BountyGate Suspensions: Justifiable or Just Plain Crazy?
April 9th, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
By now, almost all NFL fans are aware of the Saints BountyGate scandal. The story is so controversial that mothers, sisters, wives, and yes, even band geeks have heard about the news as well. It seems that the subject touches a nerve with almost anyone discussing it. The story transcends sport. Everyone knows how violent [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: BountyGate, Football, Goodell, Gregg Williams, New Orleans, NFL, Roger Goodell, Ronnie Smith, Saints, Scandal, Sports No Comments »Blue-Bloods or Barely-Knowns: How Do You Like Your March Madness?
March 23rd, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
Here we are, barely halfway through the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship, and we can already call this the “year of the upset.” It seems like I hear that title tossed around almost every year, because every year seems to have its fair share of upsets. Every year, there’s a new Gonzaga, VCU, [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: 2012 NCAA, basketball, basketball upset, championship, final four, March Madness, NCAA, Ronnie Smith, Sports, upsets No Comments »Should We Buy into the NFL Scouting Combine Hype?
March 2nd, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
The NFL season of speculation (and mock drafts) has officially begun. Now that the NFL Scouting Combine has officially concluded, we have two whole months until the NFL Draft. We have two whole months to argue over who will be picked by what team. That also gives us two whole months to pray that our [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: athletes, combine, draft, Football, NFL, NFL Draft, NFL scouting combine, Ronnie Smith, scouting, Scouting combine, Sports No Comments »How to Save the Pro Bowl from Itself
February 23rd, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
Things have gotten pretty bad for the NFL Pro Bowl, as it is has become the lamest of all the major sports’ all-star games. If you watched this year’s edition, you saw how downright painful it could get. Even the fans AT the game started booing (loudly) due to the lack of effort. It’s pretty [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: All Star, basketball, competition, event, exhibition, Football, Goodell, NBA, NFL, Pro Bowl, Ronnie Smith, Sports 1 Comment »John Calipari’s Success in the One-and-Done Era
February 20th, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
Few coaches have had a run like Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari in the last few years. Calipari has always been a polarizing figure in college basketball, and as a result his fans have to be happy, even if his critics are not. Whether a fan or a critic, it’s hard to deny the success [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: basketball, Calipari, John Calipari, Kentucky, NBA, one-and-done, Ronnie Smith, Sports, Wildcats 1 Comment »Rumors of NFL Expansion + Rumors of NFL Relocation = Confusion
February 9th, 2012 Ronnie Smith 
Before the Super Bowl was even over, I was wondering what the NFL off-season chatter was going to be about. We have to have at least something to talk about until the draft gets here. Of course, we all knew there would be tons of Peyton Manning talk. After being confronted by hecklers, Gisele Bundchen [...]
Posted in Sports Tags: Football, Gisele Bundchen, Jaguars, NFL, nfl expansion, Patriots, Peyton Manning, Rams, Roger Goodell, Ronnie Smith, Shahid Khan, Stan Kroenke No Comments »