The Jeremy Lin Decision

Passing on Lin

I wanted to wait until it was official that the New York Knicks would not match the Houston Rocket’s offer and therefore pass on re-signing Jeremy Lin before I wrote an article about it, I don’t like counting my chickens before they hatch. For the first time since I can remember, the Knicks’ front office, and specifically I mean owner James Dolan, did not bend to marketing pressure and finally made a smart basketball decision. Yes, the Knicks technically have people employed at General Manager, Glen Grunwald, and Head Coach, Mike Woodson, but for a long time Dolan has called all of the shots, regardless of what everyone else has said, especially when it comes to bringing in

What’s Next For Penn State?

The Freeh Report

Now that the the investigation is over and Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, has produced his report I would say now is about the time we as the general public can begin to judge how the situation at Penn State was handled and how it should be punished. The investigation found that some of the most powerful men at the university, President Graham Spanier, Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Gary Schultz, Athletic Director Tim Curley, and Head Football Coach Joe Paterno, knew about Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of young boys and they all decided to conceal it. Although it was always somewhat assumed that these men refused to report the actions of Sandusky, this report makes it official after a long, 8 month investigation that reviewed over 3.5 million