Courtside Post

by Peter Stenson

If five-year-old Josh Sacco’s rehearsing of Herb Brook’s “miracle” speech doesn’t get you fired up for one of the best tournaments in the sporting calendar, you either don’t have a pulse or aren’t from a state covered in snow right now.

by Peter Stenson

ESPN.com reports that Chicago Bears defensive end Gains Adams, 26, died Sunday morning. He was pronounced dead at 9am at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, South Carolina.

by Peter Stenson

According to TMZ.com, Adidas dropped Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas after his guilty plea Friday for felony gun possession without a license.

by Peter Stenson

According to the Evans Courier and Press, Jeron Lewis, 21, a Center for Southern Indiana University, died tonight on the court in a game against Kentucky Wesleyan.

by Peter Stenson

After Tom Brady’s recent playoff debacle, speculation about the newfound marital responsibilities causing adverse effects on the field for the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year are running rampant. The idea of the proverbial ball-and-chain somehow transferring to the court or field, resulting in lowered performance, is by no means specific to Brady. But is there any truth to this myth? Is marriage the kiss of death for athletes? Are children the final nails in the coffin?

by Guest Contributor Peter Stenson

Tiger Woods returns to the spotlight – this time in the name of humanitarian goodness as it is rumored that Woods is financing a cargo plane to act as a mobile hospital to earthquake-devastated Haiti.