The TRUTH

ESPN, VITALE NEED PERSPECTIVE

09:47 AM ET 01.08

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ESPN, while having the sports network market cornered, needs to do it's fair share of promotion and selling to exist. The TRUTH gets that. But this hairbrained scheme of switching broadcast crews for a night of NCCA/NBA telecasts leaves the TRUTH asking....****???? Mike Tirico has taken some abuse over the years for his off-the-air antics, and deservedly do, but that aside, is a solid and versatile broadcaster. So it was no surprise that he handled the college experience well. Dick Vitale? Not so much. I'm not sure what was worse? His insuffurable schtick, or ESPN's…

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T.O. Needs a TO or maybe....a TKO?

11:38 AM ET 12.16

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The TRUTH has had a love hate relationship with the NFL dating back to the late great 1980's. Scanning back through the archives one will see a giddy and gleeful TRUTH sitting in front of the floor model Zenith watching his LA Raiders. Plunkett, Marcus, Howie....life was good. But soon the TRUTH realized that the Raidas' were only serving as the prototype of NFL Rosters. Fast forward to 2008. Is having Terrel Owens on your team any different than Mark Gastineau or Billy Sims? Both great players who possessed an ability to Rock n' Roll all night and play everyday. I get it,…

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NCAA SHOULD NOT HAVE A ROONEY RULE

09:03 AM ET 12.04

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SI.COM Columnist Arash Markazi recently posted on his blog that the NCAA should consider formulating its own version of the "Rooney Rule". This, for those keeping score at home, is the NFL's policy requiring teams looking to fill coaching vacancies to consider minority candidates. Markazi feels that with the current climate in Div. College football as it is, the NCAA should create a similar policy. The TRUTH could not disagree more. Ron Prince, Ty Willingham, Sylvester Croom. What do they all have in common? Many things, besides the obvious, they are coaches with…

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