Hump Day News & Views

Make that 4 in a row........


As in 4 straight losses for the Atlanta Hawks. The team that took the NBA by storm early on by winning their first 6 games, has done a complete turn-about , in losing the last 4.

Suddenly, these Hawks can't shoot, pass, or play defense. And now, two starters ( Josh Smith and Al Horford) are out of the lineup due to injuries.



Planning ahead....way ahead....

The University of Texas has announced their new head football coach, Will Muschamp......well, sort of.

Thing is though , Texas already has a coach..... 57 year old Mack Brown.....In naming Muschamp (37) "head-coach-in-waiting"..... the University doubled the defensive coordinator's salary, from $425,000 to $900,000.

Makes you wonder, "What if?" What if Brown wants to coach for another 10 to 20 years? Just wondering........




BCS on ESPN.....

Don't look for division 1 college football play-offs anytime soon.....or at least until 2014. ESPN has just paid $125 million for the rights to broadcast the BCS bowls and championship games starting in 2011. Fox Sports has the rights through 2010. For everything good ESPN has done for college football..........it's greed has once again set back a play-off system.


Miami and Georgia Tech......a Thursday night affair...

These two teams have played more games on Thursday....on ESPN......than any other teams in the nation, and will meet again tomorrow night in Atlanta. Miami (7-3) is 13-1 on the ESPN showcase while Tech (7-3) is 9-11. By the way, there are over 8,000 seats still available ........



Diversity in MLB?

Congrats to the Seattle Mariners..........The Mariners have hired Don Wakamatsu as manager and in doing so make Wakamatsu the first ever Asian-American to manage in Major League Baseball. What a year for change...........and that's a good thing.