Several sportscasters have chimed in on comments of Curt Schilling and most of them come to bury him.  I come to praise him.  Schilling has valid points and should be heard regardless of ... Read More

Tour De France director Christian Prudhomme is scheduled to award the winner's yellow jersey to Oscar Pereiro in a ceremony Monday evening at Spain's Sports Ministry, moving the Spaniard up from second to first after the disqualification of Floyd Landis for a doping violation in the '06 Tour. It's the first time in the 105-year history of the race that a winner has been stripped... Read More

Peace in the Jungle...   Well what a few days of giant sports news, congratulations to Kevin Everett for havi... Read More

Lately, I don't have enough time to put into writing full blown topics on sports news so here are a few of my thoughts on varioius topics.  I tend to do this on Sundays, hence the title, Sunday Socal Rants: A-Rod:  Why ... Read More

As I listened yesterday to Dan Patrick whine about Giambi's statement that, "steroids do not help a person hit a HR," he asked the question over and over, "If they don't help then why did he take them?"  Our own LSUfan asked me the same question, saying I am an educated man and surely I couild see that taking steroids makes one stronger and therefore helps a person hit the ball farther.  Other bloggers have latched onto the Dan Patrick argument as well insisting if steroids were ... Read More

Is it just me, or did this whole Floyd Landis scandal really stop being interesting a long time ago? Its almost time for the next Tour de France, yet all we ever hear about is the latest in Landis' appeal for getting caught with synthetic testosterone in his system after stage 17 of the 2006 Tour, the stage in which he began his historic comeback which ultimately resulted in his winning the Tour de France. For the longest time, I felt that if Landis was really this adamant about all of his appeals for lo... Read More

2006 is about to be nothing more than a memory. And thanks to some of the athletic exploits of the last 12 months ... what a memory it will be. ... Read More

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year.  It is one of the only times where millions of Americans sit around a table with tons of food ... Read More

10. Lure in the Cheetos-stained basement dwellers with a custom-designed World of Floydcraft video role... Read More

Throwing Out More Thoughts On Sports, Life, and WhatnotThe utter and total collapse of the 2006 Red Sox was as bad as any collapse in recent memory. When they lost 5 straight to Tampa Bay and Kansas City, we knew things were getting bad. But no one... Read More

Just perusing a few headlines over the week and thought I would pose a few questions based upon that content.  Run your mouse over the links to see my answers. What if: Tom Brady did use steroids?&n... Read More

OUT OF CONTROL The Floyd Landis situation just keeps getting worse and worse. After a positive steroid test, Landis' team Phonak, was to be replaced by iShares, but that deal we... Read More

[A little Renaissance spoofery from a character last seen here.  Followed by more serious commentary on EPO.] Hail, pilgrims.  (paces, with nary an ac... Read More

As Floyd Landis parades around France, declaring his innocence, hundreds of syringes are heaved at him; his security agents parrying as many as possible. Millions of Americans are flooding sports-radio phone lines, anxious to divulge their inner hatred ... Read More

"It was all just a misunderstanding, really"Welcome to The Inside Scoop!, where you'll get the real story on those alledged misdeeds, high crimes and misdemeanors committed by your favorite athletes and sports personalities. Let's jump right into the muck and get started, shall we?Scoop #1 - Maurice Clarett, arrested in th... Read More

The Floyd Flip Flop will someday be as famous as the Fosbury Flop, or maybe as infamous as the other is famous.  The Fosbury Flop is a method used in the high jump while the Floyd Flip Flop is the method th... Read More

I was thrilled and inspired by Floyd Landis' fabulous comeback.  Now he has pathetically attempted to proclaim his innocence just as another tainted athlete, ... Read More

10) How can a former Mennonite-turned world renowned cyclist be caught doping? For a guy who grew up without electricity and worked the earth as a farmer, maybe he really does have naturally high testosterone from the lack of estrogen in his home environment. Then again, he was smart enough to leave Pennsylvania and join the modern world…maybe he’s like tho... Read More

Did anyone else watch the interview with Matt Lauer (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/)  this morning?  I know Floyd can't catch a break with the media and r... Read More

Floyd Landis, Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmaro, Mark Mcguire and anyone else caught red-handed using performance enhacers should do only one thing; tell the truth.  Be honest.  Be candid.  Reveal just how widespread the problem is.  Admit ever... Read More