Dan Wetzel has an excellent column on the Minnesota Vikings stadium issue. It includes a discussion about the absurdity of fans paying for a wealthy owner’s new stadium but still being subject to the blackout rule.

Here’s Wetzel’s conclusion:

Minnesota is going to get a new stadium. The Vikings are going to stay put. And [...]

Junior Seau’s suicide has spurred conversations throughout the sports world about whether football can survive in its present form. Andy Staples writes that “given everything we’ve learned in the past few years about the brain damage caused by repeated trauma, the immediate reaction is to point the finger at football … It’s the mounting evidence [...]

For years, we exercised to get our hearts in shape and to look better. Those are still positive benefits from working out and becoming more physically fit. But there’s a growing mound of research that suggests that not only will exercise help us look better, it will help us think better.

“Exercise, the latest neuroscience [...]

California leads the nation in tuition increases and the UC system has said that annual tuition hikes could range from 8% to 16% over the next four years. That would follow a tuition hike of 17% for in-state students last year, leading to student protests and sit-ins on the Berekely campus. Cal Berkeley is also [...]

Paul Busch has developed an excellent website dedicated to the pursuit of a fighting-free NHL. It’s called “It’s Not Part of the Game.” The website is a well-reasoned, researched-based look at the role of fighting in NHL hockey.

Busch loves the game but is upset that fighting and thuggery take away from the beauty of the sport. [...]