Sex and the gridiron

There was big news out of Boulder Wednesday night, as the president of Colorado University and the chancellor of the university system got together to announce that CU football coach Gary Barnett has been placed on “administrative leave,” pending the results of an investigation into the football team’s sexual transgressions.

What does “administrative leave” mean? We’ll answer that in due time. But for now, back to the sex.

In the past few weeks, two young women have come forward with claims that they were raped by as many as four men at a party thrown by the team in order to impress visiting recruits, Continue reading »

He could always endorse UPS

You may not know this, but there’s an entire side of a building, somewhere in New York City, painted in the likeness of Oregon running back Onterrio Smith. Why? Because that is how far some schools and their fans will go to hype a Heisman Trophy candidate.

In fact, just last year a group of Ducks boosters had the same building adorned with an image of quarterback Joey Harrington, a first-round pick of the Detroit Lions.

Harrington didn’t win the Heisman. Neither will Smith. Continue reading »