During my, to date, ill-fated law school studies, I took a couple courses that skewed closer to sociology than law.  In these lectures, we spent a good deal of time discussing the idea of institutional racism. The concept has taken many incarnations since Stokely Carmichael's alleged creation of the phrase in the 1960s.  The one we focused on went like this—an organization created and matured in on overtly racist society will retain the vestiges of ...

As the cool air nipped at me when I walked out the door this morning—and if it wasn't already apparent—I knew one thing was certain. College football season is upon us. Just two weeks from today, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit will usher in a new season on ESPN's College Gameday with bold predictions, while collegiate athletes across the nation will anxiously suit up and run onto the field. It will be no different in Ann Arbor where ...

The Memphis Tiger's are being stripped of their 2007-2008, 38 win, runner-up season. The Tiger's season was full of memorable games, alley-oops, and steamrolling opponents.  For an entire season Memphis brought us the most exciting college basketball team in years.  They gave us Derrick Rose and John Calipari, the nation's best freshman and the hottest coach money can buy.   If not for a championship game implosion the Tiger's would be our National Champions, completing a dream ...

Location: Rochester, MINickname: Golden GrizzliesConference: Summit LeagueLast Year’s Record: 23-13 Oakland Center Keith Benson Why they’ll make it: The Grizzlies return much of a team that finished third in the Summit last season. Five of the top six players in their rotation are back including senior Johnathon Jones and junior Keith Benson. The two of them finished in the top-20 in scoring in the conference last season and look to take on more of a role this ...

After two sub-par efforts in the first two scrimmages, Stephen Garcia did exactly what the coaches wanted to see in this week’s scrimmage.  He went 14-16 with no picks, went through all his progressions, and ran effectively when he had to.   Spurrier is doing all he can to get Garcia out of the limelight—and for good reason.  Garcia has a ton of pressure on his shoulders, and until he produces in game-time action, the non-stop interviews ...

When Alabama hired Nick Saban, it was said that they hired the guy who may have been the best hired gun in football. Nick is now happy being a member of the Bama Nation and is no longer the hired gun of the program, but the leader of the 'family'. Now there's a new gunslinger in the midst.  Well he's actually not so new as people think. He's been around for a few years, soaking up ...

I have never been more disappointed in the University of Memphis basketball program than I am right now.   I feel as if, after all these years, the childlike innocence and blue-tinted glasses have been violently stripped from me.   I’m embarrassed by the role that Memphis fans unwittingly played in the entire ruse.   The NCAA’s hands are scarlet-stained, as well.   And I will never be the same again.   The University of Memphis has basically stipulated to the facts in the latest ...

Evan Turner. James Johnson. Jeff Teague. Chris Wright. Robbie Hummel. Talor Battle. For what ESPN's recruiting rankings are worth, the aforementioned collegiate studs were placed lower than Manhattan-bound Rico Pickett in the ESPNU Top 100 recruits of 2007. Rated a 96 and ranked as the 46th-best player in his class, Pickett accepted a scholarship from Alabama and started in 20 of 29 contests as a freshman before being suspended indefinitely due to classroom issues. Prior to the ...

We all know that UCLA has the greatest legacy in all of college basketball. But here is a new question: If you could build a hypothetical starting lineup from the best players in a program's history, could anyone possibly matchup to the powerhouse of the Bruin dynasty. There are a few pretty good starting 5's out there. Some might even matchup with Kareem or Walton....have a look.Begin Slideshow

Once again, BCS hopes are swirling as fall approaches in Strawberry Canyon.  They have become ever more frequent under coach Jeff Tedford, who took over a California team that was reeling from a 1-11 2001 season. Since then Golden Bears have risen to national recognition - as a perennial bowl team and Pac-10 contender, rather than a conference punching bag. The revival and return to prominence was led by many recognizable players - from Aaron Rodgers, to Marshawn ...