Category: Sports

Tigers Feast on Roasted Gamecock in Debut for TJ Finley

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Finley Passing

The LSU Tigers defended their home field, and Freshman quarterback TJ Finley won his first career start as the Tigers exploded for 52 points. With Myles Brennan out due to injury, Coach Orgeron used the bye week to prepare Finley for his debut. The true freshman did not disappoint. Finley’s first career start and game action was nearly flawless except for one interception. Finley threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns on 17-21 passing. Finley also ran for twenty-four yards and one touchdown. Max Johnson relieved Finley late in the…

LeBron is the New Face of Hummer

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For those of you who have followed LeBron since he burst on the scene as a highschool basketball phenom, you are fully aware of the relationship that LeBron and his mother has with the brand. Back in 2002, Gloria James gave her son a $50,000 pewter-colored Hummer H2 with multiple televisions…..

Bias and the Black QB in the NFL

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A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the historic nature in which the NFL had Black men as starting quarterbacks. I talked, with guarded optimism, about how the associated biases and stigmas that were unfairly levied against Black quarterbacks since the beginning, were finally starting to subside. This new age, this Golden age, of the Black QB was here (finally!) and there was no turning back. But then today told me otherwise….

Arkansas Grounds The Air Raid in Upset of #16 Mississippi State

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What a difference a week makes. After such a record-breaking performance against LSU, the Air Raid offense of Mississippi State was grounded and hogtied against Arkansas. The Bulldogs took LSU by surprise, but Arkansas Defensive Coordinator Barry Odom used a suffocating zone defense to force KJ Costello into three interceptions as the Razorbacks upset the #16 Bulldogs in the home debut of Mike Leach as the Head Coach of Mississippi State. The Bulldog defense did its part slowing down the Razorback offense to keep the Bulldogs in it. The Bulldogs…