Who got the DUI?

This past week two famous NBA players are in the spot light for all the wrong reasons. First, Carmelo Anthony got cited with a DUI. This is an interesting story because it has a lot of twists and turns. In the beginning it was clearly noted he was cited for a DUI and taken to jail. Later reports were he left the scene in his own car. Yesterday Carmelo came out and apologized to his teammates…. Apologizing to the people he could have killed under the influence? No, his teammates, but one teammate in particular really does deserve an apology and this Allen Iverson. As most everyone knows Iverson hasn’t had the cleanest past, but of late he has been clean of any wrong doing. The night the story broke I had a hard time deciphering who got the DUI. Even in the story below it mentions Iverson’s name. This goes back to who is the story about and why is Allen Iverson even a part of it? I believe they do this do bring as many stars in the limelight as they possibly can. As I have learned from the previous posts, there is not such thing as a sports controversy unless it involves at superstar.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3348020

Is there something missing from this picture?

I know, I know I am doing a topic on NASCAR, but this topic is getting no news. Absolutely nothing and I feel it totally should. NASCAR was once only popular to what is stereotyped as “rednecks” is now the fastest growing sport in America. Its numbers are growing rapidly. People are catching on everywhere, but within the sport there are still a select few invited to participate. NASCAR to this day has still never had a black driver. There have been black drivers in lower circuits but never on the big stage. In the article posted below the NYT exposes NASCAR is its failed attempt to being diversity to the table. It’s funny to watch each side place blame on anyone, but themselves. In reality though everyone knows its NASCAR not stepping up to the plate to get black people involved. They say it’s due to a lack of funding? Please, last year NASCAR took in roughly a billion dollars. You show me where money is lacking. To be involved in NASCAR you have to come from a very wealthy situation and that is really sad. NASCAR and the media can shy away from this situation for as long as they want, but in the end it is only going to end up hurting their bottom line

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/sports/othersports/08nascar.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1163041616-ycVkVjK+uad6x4vEqdG8ng&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Good News Anyone?

Well, it’s Masters Thursday. A great day in the world of golfers everywhere. A lot of questions will be answered; can Tiger win a grand slam, will a dark horse arise? Well the latter came true today. Ian Poulter is leading the Masters. How many of us know who Ian Poulter is and if you do why? I am assuming you know of him because of this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcsgVOHlh_A. I am I right? Well once again on Sports Center tonight the story isn’t about him leading the Masters, it’s about his comments towards Tiger Woods. I see two problems here. First, when was the last time we heard a golf story that didn’t involve Tiger Woods? Don’t get me wrong, I like Tiger probably more then the next guy, but is golf putting too much of an emphasis on just him? I think so. If you look at the television ratings when Tiger is in the tournament and when he is not it’s night and day. What happens when golf no longer has Tiger to lean on? I see big trouble? Second, it’s really too bad that Ian Poulter has worked so hard to do something that very few people have done and all we can talk about is his mishaps (Which according to him aren’t true.) I think the media needs to start looking at the successes of sports and less on the daytime drama.

NCAA National Championship!!! of women....

I swear I went to google.com to find a picture
of Candace Parker the MVP of Tennessee and
this picture was my first option... sad.

On April 8th, 2008 on the 10 o'clock KUTV's (Channel 2) Dave Fox began his nightly news about the world of sports. Of Course it began with the Jazz, talked a little about Spring football for both Utah and BYU and wrapped with up with some baseball and hocky highlights. In the final few seconds he says, "oh and Tenneesse won the national championship." Mary Nichols is then quoted as saying, "I thought Kansas won the National Championship." AWKWARD, but brings our blog into a very interesting topic. Why does womens basketball get absolutely no love? I asked a few people around the place I worked and the answers were suprising. "It's boring." "They aren't athletic." "Who won?" In the end though a majority of them were a combination of its no fun to watch, because they the athletism just isn't there. The people in my office aren't the only ones not paying attention to college basketball. As we can see the news didn't seem to care to show highlights. ESPN didn't unitl the end of the show either. I have to agree with the consensus on this one. Womens basketball just isn't fun to watch. Why? Probably atlethism, but more importantly is that it's just not exciting. Like a majority of my previous posts mentioned; its all about numbers. and if you continutally give information people aren't interested in then people will eventually tune out.

Just an FYI

Just to reiterate what I said in my previous article I am sitting here watching my 10 o’clock sports center and sure enough I am still waiting to see the Jazz highlights…. Finally after 33 minutes and six other NBA highlights (Suns vs. Grizzlies, Denver vs. Clippers etc etc) I get to see the fourth ranked Jazz play the number one seed in the west. That’s right none of the games before the Jazz had two teams with winning records play against each other. I just don’t understand.

Now love for Utah?

This is a controversy that I have had an issue with for a long time. Last Friday, April 4th, I got the opportunity to go to the Jazz game. It was a great game. The Spurs vs. Jazz in a heated battle for playoff position. Of course the Jazz came out on top in a dominate performance. I was excited to go home and watch the highlights on television. Being a Sports center fanatic I was excited for my classic 10 0'clock "news". Plus, I am now someone who is interested in how the media is delivered. On the way home from the game I said, "I bet the game tonight isn't even in the opening 5 minutes of sports center." I was right. They lead off with Kobe and the Lakers against Seattle. SEATTLE!!! They have one of the worst records in the entire western conference! Why does Utah sports never get any respect? There sports team’s time and time again get over looked. I know television is a money game and Utah isn't the biggest market, but true fans of sports want to see the best game every night. I guess there aren’t to many true sports fans around anymore.

Did Brett Farve Die?

A few weeks back we saw Brett Favre retire from his 17 year stint in the NFL. To many he is revered as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time. To another set of people he is considered the most overrated quarterback of all time. On that faithful day in March when Brett announced his retirement ESPN and many of its partners treated it like the man had passed away. For over 10 hours it was straight Brett Favre commentary. Why? Is anyone deserving of that much airtime? Did he do that much for the sport? In my opinion Brett Favre had a great first 8 years in the league, but owes a lot of that to his head coach. He does hold a lot of records in the NFL such as touchdowns and passing yards, but with those records he holds one of the lowest passing percentages and he has the interception records as well. What did Brett Favre do to deserve this media attention? Are these news stations being objective in there view of Brett Favre? I don’t think so. I think there are a lot of factors that go into it, but for more insight read the article posted.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/storycolumnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3281535&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1