In a New York Times article this past weekend, Phoenix Suns President Rick Welts came out and will live as an openly gay man. It’s no secret that mens’ sports is not the most accepting environment in the world. Despite the fact that a good team is filled with different skill sets and personality profiles, [...]

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In the mid 1930s, German composer Carl Orff made epic music history. He set an old poem, “O Fortuna,” to music, thus creating generations of goosebumps. As the poem is so…the way it is…the musical version has taken on a life of it’s own in a way that it practically gushes intensity, pomp, and earnestness. [...]

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Acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez teamed with Nike for the new short film, “The Black Mamba,” starring Kobe Bryant. As a film, it’s pretty cool. Take a look an answer this #SportsPRChat-type question: Has Kobe returned to his pre-rape allegation level of public acceptance and marketability? [Note - I received a preview of the video via [...]

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The Washington Wizards are playing historically bad on the road this season.  They have started 0-20, which is, suffice it to say, a brand new level of low. Obviously, this would be a trying situation for any player, let alone the #1 pick in the draft. Rookie point guard John Wall, still not old enough [...]

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An image is a terrible thing to waste. It’s something that’s built over years and years and years…and can crumble in an instant. When you think of the “good guys” in sports history, names like Peyton Manning, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken, Jr., Wayne Gretzky, Barry Sanders, Ken Griffey, Jr., Larry Bird, Derek Jeter, Joe Montana [...]

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Stay with me on this one.  It combines sports and professional wrestling.  But it makes sense. Listen to this while reading.  It helps set the tone. The year was 1996.  For over a decade and a half, Hulk Hogan was the hero of the then-World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).  He preached the “demandments” [...]

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