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The Best GMP Sports Articles of 2012
Liam Day, the Sports Editor of The Good Men Project, picks his favorite sports stories of the past year. — My colleague’s have already offered their picks of The Good Men Project’s best articles...
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Just Say No. To Barry Bonds That Is.
Neil Cohen argues that, while the baseball writers debate Hall of Fame selection, they miss the fact that it’s all about the numbers. DiMaggio or Williams, Mantle or Mays, Trout or Harper—debating our...
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Does Everybody Really Love Raymond?
Patrick Broadwater wonders, amid the adulation being heaped on Ray Lewis as he retires, if it’s right to forget what he might have done off the field. Forget for a second, as it seems many already...
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Lance Armstrong Will Admit to Doping
A year after the damning report by the USADA and being stripped of his Tour de France titles, Armstrong will finally speak publicly about his years of performance-enhancing drug use. Lance Armstrong...
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Lance Armstrong’s Long Uphill Climb.
After admitting to Oprah that he cheated, Lance Armstrong faces a long, uphill climb to redemption. Despite all he’s done, Mark Radcliffe hope he gets there. Lance “won” 7 Tour de France titles on the...
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Dear Luke: A Letter to Lance Armstrong’s Son
In the wake of Lance Armstrong’s confession, Mark Radcliffe offers his son, Luke, some fatherly advice. Dear Luke: I don’t know you, I’ll probably never meet you, and I realize right now that, as a 13...
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Why Shannon Sharpe Called Bill Belichick a Sore Loser
Liam Day argues that, in his on-air rant about Bill Belichick, Shannon Sharpe unwittingly summed up journalism’s rather sorry state. It’s been a rather remarkable week in sports. During it, we’ve...
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We’re Getting Catfished
Still laughing about how poor Manti Te’o got duped? Jim Jividen addresses the ways we’re all being catfished. I killed my imaginary friend. Just like Manti Te’o. I was four; I had an imaginary...
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Should We Sue Lance Armstrong for Inspiring Us With His Lies?
– Truthiness. It’s one of the most important new words in our lexicon. In an age of overwhelming quantities of information available to anybody with Internet access, and a time in which the media is...
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The Benefits of Arrogance
Arrogance should not be encouraged, right? This past Friday I hung out a bit with Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers. For nearly ten years I’ve watched “The Freak of Nature” dunk over people...
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Lance Armstrong Owes Me an Apology for that Apology
All of these fallen stars are begging for our forgiveness, but their vague, evasive apologies give us no sense of what they’re sorry for having done. They’re always apologizing to us, those...
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The Unraveling of Our Fandom: Sports and Cheating
JP Pelosi wonders whether his admiration of professional athletes may have been misplaced all along. Grantland’s chief editor, Bill Simmons, last week wrote a column that lamented our ability as fans...
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When It Comes to PEDs, Why Not Assume All Athletes Are Guilty Until Proven...
Last week JP Pelosi described the toll PED use is taking on the fans. Neil Cohen offers a somewhat radical solution. It seems like almost every day we hear about another athlete and doping...
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We Do Not Know What You Mean Unless You Say I
Colin Berry invites famous and unfamous men alike to own what they say, and for all of us to reap the benefits. — On “Fresh Air” recently, Terry Gross was interviewing Alec Baldwin, the “30 Rock”...
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Your Cheating Heart Will Tell On You
Celebrity athletes lose endorsements when they lie; the rest of us lose our integrity. Don’t tell a lie, our parents told us. Even so, most of us tell a few every day, but they’re usually whites ones....
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Like This Essay
As Art Edwards scrolls Facebook, he “likes” a bunch of stuff… But does he actually LIKE any of it? I scroll down my Facebook homepage, read status after status. A friend from high school posts a...
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A City That Has Outgrown its Britches
Austin has changed a lot since I was young, but it is still a great city and a place I love. Keep it real, Texas. — I have to say this with an extreme amount of reverence and gratitude, as I am a...
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A Day of Reckoning in Major League Baseball
Sir Bud Selig has spoken. And 13 MLB players have received lengthy suspensions for affiliating with Biogenesis, purveyor of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). — In addition to Ryan Braun, who was...
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Hulk Angry, Fish No Bite
Will crowds turn out for steroid-free ice fishing? —– Ice fishing season is almost here, but don’t expect the speed, strength, and agility of previous years. A few months ago New York Times writer...
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Lies and Athletes: Why Do We Care?
They say to “hate the game, not the player,” but sometimes the players bring it on themselves. Carter Gaddis shares his views on athletes, integrity, and the lessons we are teaching. — People lie. The...
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