Gonzaga #1. If there is any justice in the world, that will be the headline when the new weekly AP college basketball poll is released this afternoon. Last week, as the Goliaths of college basketball—Indiana, Florida, Duke, Michigan—all fell, it was a historic week. Not only because all four of these teams, projected as top…
Read More »In the English Premier League, arguably the best soccer league in the world, the action in front of the goal can often be a blur. In fact, when players are crowded into that confined space and the ball suddenly ends up in the back of the net, it can even be difficult to tell who…
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How do you respond when those you love question your beliefs? It’s not easy defending your faith in the face of persecution. On Sports Spectrum, we’ll hear the thoughts of Major League umpire Ted Barrett, and former NBA head coach, Del Harris on how to handle “Sports, Ridicule, and the Christian Life.” You’ll want to…
Read More »In a matter of days, major league baseball spring training camps will begin springing to life. Pitchers and catchers will report first, of course, followed by the position players and, with that, the marathon begins. No other sport anywhere in the world plays as many games over as long a period of time as the…
Read More »In sports, all kinds of things can test you. You can be tested by the intellectual challenge of a game that requires a significant amount of memorization and study (like football). You can be tested physically by the wear and tear of a sport that has an extraordinarily long season (like baseball), and you can…
Read More »Having had a week now to digest it, I still think it is one of the most unbelievable achievements I have ever heard of in sports. I am speaking, of course, of Jack Taylor’s 138-point performance in Grinnell College’s game against Faith Baptist Bible College last week. It is an unfathomable number. Consider the fact…
Read More »As the calendar turned to October, the quality of games in college football ramped up dramatically. This past Saturday, there were numerous matchups of great significance—and with even more significant results. Florida upset #4 LSU, West Virginia beat Texas, and, in the day’s biggest upset, North Carolina State toppled #3 Florida State. It was a…
Read More »In NASCAR, there are a lot of things you don’t want to happen to you, but at the top of the list is being tagged with the dreaded label “DNF.” DNF stands for “Did Not Finish”—and a handful of DNFs can wreck (both literally and figuratively) your entire season. Whether because of a blown engine…
Read More »Tomorrow night, at long last, college football returns. I love the NFL, but college football is just special—and this weekend boasts a great slate of games to kick off the 2012 campaign. On Friday night, Michigan State hosts Boise State in what should be a cracking game. Saturday night, two preseason top 10 teams, Alabama…
Read More »Through week one of the Olympics, there has been no lack of controversy. Even before the opening ceremonies, there was a mix-up at a women’s soccer game: The South Korean flag was displayed for the North Korean team, who refused to start the game because of the perceived snub. Then there was a controversy in…
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