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Who Dat? Dat's the Super Bowl Champs!

The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 44. I can’t believe I’m even typing the words. Five years ago this was the team considered most likely to be moved to Los Angeles. Four and a half years ago, after the levies broke, the concern was not whether there would be a Saints, but whether there would even be a New Orleans. I’m not sure whether it feels like a dream or positively preordained. If nothing else, it’s an emotional release from all the idiocy that surrounded the big game.

 

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Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali

First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com, to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless guest on my radio show and is always aces on the air. That's why I'm so gobsmacked by Jemele's latest column, subtly titled, Laud the Courage in Tim Tebow's Stand.

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Tim Tebow and CBS: United Against “Choice”

The cultural power of the Super Bowl cannot be overstated. That's exactly why CBS' utterly hypocritical decision to air an anti-abortion ad funded by Focus on the Family and starring Tim Tebow was both wrongheaded and revealing.

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An Idiot Among Us: Paul Shirley on Haiti

In most cases, I've believed strongly in the right of professional athletes to state their political beliefs loudly and proudly. The concept that jocks should just "shut up and play" denigrates our collective freedom to stand up and be heard. But defending an athlete's right to speak is far from defending the political content of their words. Case and point: former NBA journeyman Paul Shirley.

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