Category: Opinion Articles

In order to comprehend who we are, we must understand where we come from. Such is a brief synopsis of Alasdair MacIntyre's seminal moral philosophy work After Virtue.Recently Brady Hoke, Michigan head football coach, went on the record questioning the value and role of the intense media coverage of recruiting. I think MacIntyre's concepts are apropos here. In order to understand who college footba

TIME TO BREATHEOk Duck fans, take a moment and breathe; just relax. Whatever you hear from those pundits whose job it is to sell something take with that knowledge in hand; they are trying to drive their business. Sports radio guys are going to tell you that the redacted portions hide more sinister allegations. Writers are going to insinuate the same thing. We will hear people mock the privacy l

I will start by alleviating the fears; it just is not plausible.What's not?As news broke yesterday that Chip Kelly was seriously negotiating with Tampa Bay to succeed Raheem Morriss and become the Buccaneers next head football coach, writers, columnists and amateurs everywhere immediately began the speculation: Was the sudden departure a Pete Carroll-esque midnight dash to avoid sanctions?To many

A writer shows his true character upon the human frailty of others. While a man lay dying, The Oregonian sports opinion "writer" takes a chance at a final jab. Maybe you would like to go pee on his grave now. Or would you rather go and spit on him now that he has passed?The sad part is, that this commentary would have had a rightful place sometime down the road. But to write it as he lay dying was