John Smallwood: National Signing Day: Kids getting star treatment
- 02/04/2010
DO YOU KNOW who Christian Jones is? How about Sean Parker?
No offense to Temple, but if Philadelphia had a national college football power program, as it consistently has had in basketball, you probably would.
John Smallwood: CBS' double standard causes off-field drama
- 02/03/2010
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND what Jehmu Greene is saying.
Although she might disagree with the insinuation, this particular argument is not about the message that University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, will deliver in an advertisement during Super Bowl XLIV.
John Smallwood: Imagine if Sixers chose Kobe over Iverson in 1996 draft
- 01/29/2010
HINDSIGHT IS always 20/20.
Besides, it would be extremely difficult to argue that the 76ers blew it when they drafted Allen Iverson over Kobe Bryant with the No. 1 overall pick in 1996.
John Smallwood: Rooney Rule has worked well for NFL
- 01/27/2010
INDIANAPOLIS Colts coach Jim Caldwell is the fourth African-American to guide a team to a Super Bowl, and it doesn't matter.
John Smallwood: Griffin is latest chapter in Clippers' disappointing draft history
- 01/15/2010
IN MY SMALL opinion . . . Blake Griffin was doomed the moment the Los Angeles Clippers selected him with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.
John Smallwood: Lindsey Vonn has chance to win five skiing medals for USA
- 01/13/2010
IT'S THAT TIME again.
That time once every 2 years when the greatest athletes rarely in the spotlight get their moments to shine.
John Smallwood: No easy path for top seeds in NFL playoffs
- 01/08/2010
LET'S FACE IT, the NFL playoffs are the best postseason format of any of the professional leagues.
It's 12 teams in four weekends of play for the most coveted prize in American sports.
John Smallwood: It's Dallas' game to lose
- 01/05/2010
LYING IS SUCH an ugly concept.
Still, that is what Andy Reid must do this week.
He has to deceive his players, convince them that Sunday's 24-0 beatdown at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys will have no bearing on the rematch in the first round of the playoffs.
John Smallwood: McGrady could help Sixers
- 12/31/2009
The Sixers should do whatever it takes to win the Tracy McGrady sweepstakes. The Houston Rockets are ready to part ways with McGrady and his league-high $23.2 million salary.
John Smallwood: Another great Eagles-Cowboys game looms
- 12/29/2009
JUST TO BE honest, Dallas Week has always produced a little more intensity and passion among Eagles fans than Cowboys backers.
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