Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
The Southeastern Conference Media Days is full of mundane questions. Who will be the starting quarterback? How do you rebuild a defense that lost seve...
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Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
July 16, 2011
You can call me an ignorant American if you want, but I do not like soccer. I have tried to embrace “the world’s game” but instead of being thrilled b...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
June 1, 2011
Following months of controversy Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel resigned Monday amid allegations that he knowingly covered up violations of...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
April 27, 2011
Thursday night NFL fans will crowd around their television sets to watch the first round of the draft and see which of this year’s top prospects will ...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
February 2, 2011
With so much potential surrounding each athlete committing to a college, it is not surprising fans — especially the rabid fans of Southeastern Confere...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
November 24, 2010
There is no doubt Alabama has dominated at home in recent years. The Crimson Tide has compiled a 20-0 record in Bryant-Denny Stadium since the start o...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
August 7, 2010
The Southeastern Conference continued its dominance of collegiate football Friday with the release of the USA Today Top 25 Coaches’ Poll when half of ...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
July 28, 2010
When Lane Kiffin took the job as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee he energized that state with a combination of swagger and conf...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
July 10, 2010
When I turned on the television Friday morning and when I listened to the radio on my drive to work I heard quite a bit of complaining about LeBron Ja...
Scot Beard, Sports, Sports Columnists
by Scot Beard
July 7, 2010
Why is it that athletes, coaches and administrators cannot seem to behave themselves? In the past seven days Damon Evans — the athletic director at th...
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