Leo Wells on Sports

The business of recruiting seems to take on new extremes and new heights as each new Senior class bids sayanora to the world of secondary education and is welcomed to a new world full of new opportunities and temptations.  From one year to the next all the media outlets including ESPN, SI and Fox Sports, who went so far as to invest heavily in Scout.com, an on-line recruiting service, are jumping on the bandwagon pooling extravagant amounts of resources to this industry.  It’s a big hairy deal these days and many of the kids aren’t prepared for what lies ahead (more…)

I’m going to give this subject a shot here and offer my 2 cents on this Cam Newton story.  I’ll say in a word that this has been a bizzare moment in sports history.  All aspects of this story seems to have originated from an alt-universe.  I’m still unsure how this verdict will come down when the final results are tallied, but the cover looks like it may be a media induced, tabloid-ish attack on a great football player! (more…)

I know I’m jumping off the mainstream wagon here but oh well. If curling and water dancing can be an Olympic sport …. I’m just sayin”.

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This 2010 version of the South Carolina Gamecocks could very well end up the Beast of the East. This off season the Old Ball Coach has been heard to say that this year he may be fielding the most talented team since his return from the pro ranks. Coach Spurrier just may be right. (more…)