NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Notre Dame , Coaching SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- This makes no sense. After all, how can so many people not understand that Notre Dame is just a Bob Stoops, Urban Meyer or Brian Kelly away from waking up its considerable echoes sooner than later? Don't Be Fooled: Irish on Verge of Elite originally appeared on NCAA Football FanHouse on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:33:00...
The FanHouse - NC State Basketball (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Surely those within several punts of Notre Dame Stadium wish to shed a tear for Charlie Weis . Well, I guess not. If such delusional folks actually exist around here, I couldn't find them. That was before and after the priests who run the University of Notre Dame did the right thing by giving Weis at least $10 million...
NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Georgia , Georgia Tech ATLANTA -- No wonder Georgia Tech 's previously streaking football team was embarrassed Saturday night before an adoring home crowd at Bobby Dodd Stadium and those watching on national television. Just by listening to the Yellow Jackets after their 30-24 loss to what has been a mediocre Georgia team, they had the wrong attitude...
NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Mississippi Nearly a decade ago, I took my first and only trip to the center of the Ole Miss campus in Oxford, Miss., and I lived to tell about it. It wasn't fun. The place is called The Grove, where tailgaters join others before Mississippi football games to hear a concert from The Pride of the South Marching Band. With various versions of "Dixie...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Hawks ATLANTA -- Either Dr. Phil or Charles Barkley once said, if you wish to advance in life, you must start with the image in the mirror. So the Atlanta Hawks will continue to scare people the rest of this NBA season. That's because they know exactly what they are, and they know exactly what they are not. Here's what the Hawks are: Pretty good....
NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Cincinnati CINCINNATI -- Go ahead. Combine Florida , Alabama , Texas and TCU , the only four teams ahead of Cincinnati in the BCS standings. Now throw in the rest of the programs throughout college football, and it still won't matter. You won't find a collection of teams -- let alone one individually -- with more riveting stories than those surrounding...
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Bengals , AFC North CINCINNATI -- Now you can add frequently bad actor Larry Johnson to a Cincinnati Bengals locker room already noted for drama. Yeah, this makes sense. It actually does, but only to a point. Starting running back Cedric Benson has an aching hip flexor, and since nobody worth mentioning wanted to sign Johnson, he came this week as...
The FanHouse - Cleveland Browns (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Bengals , AFC North CINCINNATI -- Now you can add frequently bad actor Larry Johnson to a Cincinnati Bengals locker room already noted for drama. Yeah, this makes sense. It actually does, but only to a point. Starting running back Cedric Benson has an aching hip flexor, and since nobody worth mentioning wanted to sign Johnson, he came this week as...
NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Alabama , Boise State , Cincinnati , Florida , TCU , Texas , BCS , Big 12 , Mountain West , SEC , Bowl Games It's that silly time of year again. There are so many significant teams among the big boys of college football, but there are just two slots on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif. , for that title game of the Bowl Championship Series. So the voice of...
The FanHouse - Washington Wizards (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive The toughest fight in Mike Tyson's life never involved the likes of Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis. It involved Tyson versus Tyson. As for Tyson's second toughest fight, it continues, and it will never end. It involves Tyson versus many in society who just won't leave the guy alone. The gold diggers. The mindless...
NCAA Football FanHouse (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Notre Dame The dog ate my homework. The check is in the mail. "I'm not going to Notre Dame. Ever." Unless you believe something along the lines that the folks at Touchdown Jesus will spray paint the Golden Dome, Urban Meyer will become the next head football coach for the Fighting Irish. Sometime. It's going to happen, all right. Meyer will...
The FanHouse - Houston Rockets (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Florida International CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The universally popular bashing of Isiah Thomas is justified, but only to a point. Whatever the case, it continued on Monday night at the Dean E. Smith Center, where it was mostly harmless and often humorous. Ailing mothers have a tendency to soften hard souls. So, for the first time since just shy of forever,...
The FanHouse - NCAAbasketball (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Florida International CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The universally popular bashing of Isiah Thomas is justified, but only to a point. Whatever the case, it continued on Monday night at the Dean E. Smith Center, where it was mostly harmless and often humorous. Ailing mothers have a tendency to soften hard souls. So, for the first time since just shy of forever,...
The FanHouse - NCAAbasketball (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Indiana BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Even before the start of both events during the past two days to celebrate the seven inductees into this year's Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame, everybody hoped. Everybody prayed. In fact, everybody who bleeds Hoosier red meant no harm, but they wanted Bob Knight to do the wrong thing. Instead, Knight did the...
The FanHouse - Arkansas Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
by Terence Moore Filed under: Yankees , World Series NEW YORK -- Oh, it was a loaded question, all right. The guy that I expected to answer was Bud Selig, whose role as baseball commissioner expands beyond the new sacred walls in the Bronx that feature the plaques of Yankee greats. I asked the question anyway. Given the mystique of pinstripes, television ratings that soar toward...
