As has been shown in 1940′s Europe, Turkey in 1915, the Soviet Union in the 1930′s, and Bosnia in the 1990′s, the world, often, is all too willing to turn a blind eye to atrocity and mass-killing on unprecedented scales provided the ugliness doesn’t make a regular appearance in their every-day life. The press is [...]

Check out Pt. 1 of Jamie Mac’s gambling odyssey here. THE FAVORITES  Minnesota, 4-1  There really would be no better storybook season to write than Minnesota parlaying the excitement over its new stadium into a stirring run to the Motor City Bowl.  I’m torn on which way the Gophers will go this year. Will they [...]

Bea Arthur died on Saturday after a long, amazing life.  She will be missed by many including this author.  She had a beautiful smile that brightened a dark world and she made the show Golden Girls the hit series that it was.  We will miss you Bea…we will miss you. As a tribute to her [...]

Friend of Blog/Frequent Commenter/Degenerate Gambler Jamie Mac, in between laying parlays on Champion’s League Soccer and seekings the most authoritative website on NCAA Women’s Basketball point-spreads, took some time to lay some odds of his own on the race for the Motor-City Bowl. To read more of Jamie Mac, check out his awesome diaries at [...]

A central tenet it the Communist Manifesto is that government should take from each individual according to their ability and give to each individual according to their need. The world of major college athletics operates in a somewhat similar fashion – major revenue sports such as football and basketball provide the financial support for non-revenue [...]