(Akiit.com) When I saw the final score of last night’s NCAA championship game where Auburn University defeated the University of Oregon, I sent a tweet to my friends that said, “Congratulations. Your plantation was the strongest tonight.” As the southerners who love Auburn football celebrate their championship, they may want ...
(Akiit.com) Although it might be fun to root against them, a league-dominating Miami Heat could be just what the NBA needs… It took a while, but the Miami Heat are starting to look like real championship contenders. After a 9-8 start, they have won 10 in a row as of ...
(Akiit.com) The storyline at the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square on Saturday night won’t be who won the 76th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy. No, the Heisman Trophy was all but awarded to Auburn quarterback Cam Newton on Dec. 1, when the NCAA ruled he was eligible to compete for ...
(Akiit.com) This should be the most exciting season the NBA has seen since the 1990s. It comes down to four teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic. We can talk about the San Antonio Spurs, who are always in the conversation, the ...
(Akiit.com) The biggest sports story of the week has been Sports Illustrated’s piece on Josh Luchs, the agent who admitted to paying more than 30 NCAA football players money from 1990-1996. Every reporter, analyst, talking head and person with a forum has weighed in. Paying players is a major recruiting ...
(Akiit.com) Tiger Woods’ failure to qualify for the FedExCup championship is a setback, for sure; but on the whole it looks as if divorce agrees with him… Divorce seems to agree with Tiger Woods. That’s not to suggest he faced a choice between regaining his game and restoring his marriage. ...
(Akiit.com) Now that Reggie Bush has voluntarily returned his 2005 Heisman Trophy, the winds of honor, integrity and character are about to return to college athletics like manna from heaven and the Morgan State University Choir singing, “Ode to Joy.” Well, we’re waiting. Any day now, integrity in college sports ...
(Akiit.com Florida receiver Chris Rainey has been charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony. Rainey was released from the Alachua County Jail on his own recognizance Tuesday and ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim. The alleged victim also was in court with her mother and sister. The ...
(Akiit.com) Reggie Bush says he is forfeiting his Heisman Trophy. The New Orleans Saints’ running back released a statement Tuesday saying he would give back the award that he won in 2005 while he was at Southern California. It’s the first time college football’s top award was returned by a ...
(Akiit.com) There are people who believe that dogs will be grilled as harshly as humans will by St. Peter when this life is over and gaining admittance into heaven rather than hell is the ultimate test. And these are some of the same people whom Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid ...
(Akiit.com) Arrests: 1. Games played: 0 Lance Stephenson, welcome to the NBA. Long before the former high school phenom suits up in his first game for the Indiana Pacers, Stephenson managed to score his first assault charge as a professional. The 19-year-old Stephenson was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly ...
(Akiit.com) Discussing religion in the context of sports has always been a sensitive and touchy subject. When Cassius Clay became the legendary Muhammad Ali, his conversion to Islam wasn’t exactly welcomed by the public. When Lew Alcindor became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he admitted to similar troubles (albeit to a much lesser ...