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Price Mike Locksley Paid Too Small for His Crime

I would have written this a few weeks ago if I anticipated its outcome correctly. Obviously, I did not. I thought the University of New Mexico was suspending head coach Mike Locksley as a pretense ...

Written by Burton DeWitt about about 1 month ago 143 reads 2 comments
Memories of an ESPN Error

Have you ever had something that's bugged you for years?Sure, it's meaningless, unimportant, even forgettable for every other person to ever walk the face of the planet, closer to Duke football ...

Written by Burton DeWitt about about 1 month ago 185 reads 2 comments
Memphis, Not Calipari, Will Be Villified Longer

Nice try, Gary Parrish. Very nice try.But if I were to say you were wrong, it would very well diminish the meaning of “wrong” for future generations, and I don’t feel comfortable doing that...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 3 months ago 170 reads 0 comments
I'm Writing about Brett Favre Because I Want To?

I promised myself last summer that I was not going to write about Brett Favre. I did.It's not that I thought I'd want to write about Brett Favre...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 3 months ago 95 reads 0 comments
The World Has Been Robbed Because of Another Archaic Golfing Rule

I understand the rules are there for a reason, but sometimes the rules should be broken. Like, for instance, when breaking the rules gives us what everyone wants to see. Alright, Y.E...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 3 months ago 383 reads 6 comments
Derrick Thomas a Hall Of Famer Off the Field, Too

Let me level with you: I don't know how to start this article. I don't. I've thought about it all week, and you know, I just could not figure it out...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 3 months ago 417 reads 9 comments
For Pete Rose, There's No Such Thing as the "Right Time" for Reinstatement

It’s that time of year again. Boy, I say that a lot. A couple of players get inducted into the Hall of Fame; Andre Dawson and Dale Murphy don’t because they played one era before ...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 4 months ago 720 reads 42 comments
Old Man Watson's Defeat: Only One Person To Blame

I'm sorry, Tom. I truly am. You were all set to win your record-equalling sixth Open Championship, and I screwed it up.I'm truly, truly sorry.At the same time, I'm still waiting for my thanks from Stewart Cink...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 4 months ago 213 reads 1 comments
Facebook Is a Secondary, Not Primary, News Source

Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com has made a crusade against Twitter, and I cannot say I blame him. What is Twitter other than 140 characters of bumbling idiocy masquerading as “tweets?” Okay, I have a Twitter account, or had, not sure anymore...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 4 months ago 56 reads 0 comments
NBC Sets New Low at Wimbledon

NBC did it, again. Congrats, I did not think it was possible. After providing terrible coverage of Roland Garros, NBC had to one-up itself at Wimbledon...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 4 months ago 763 reads 4 comments
Paulick's Broken Promise

(originally posted on FinalHalfAFurlong.blogspot.com) I respect Ray Paulick; I really do. His insider knowledge and understanding of the sport from both a business and spectator aspect is almost unmatched in any field, let alone thoroughbred racing...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 5 months ago 164 reads 1 comments
Roger Federer and Pete Sampras: The Most Prolific—Not Greatest—of All Time

Well, he's the best, the greatest, the champion of all time, the legend. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Let the babbling commence.NBC couldn't stress the fact that Federer is the greatest of all time any more than I'm stressing the word “fact...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 5 months ago 2,342 reads 38 comments
Gimmicky Hole Still Just As Gimmicky As the Tiger Diagnosed It

It's that time of the year again, the time where you might actually watch a golf tournament that is not a major. I know, I know, you'll watch when Tiger is in contention. And you'll root for Tiger, or against him, or both, it does not matter...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 6 months ago 139 reads 0 comments
Mine That Bird No Upset Compared to Chris Antley in 1999

Mine That Bird should not have been in the Derby, flat-out had no business being there.Shipped in from Sunland Park, a tiny B-circuit in New Mexico, after twice losing a race there. Twice...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 103 reads 0 comments
Horse Racing's 15 Best/Funniest/Strangest/Most Insulting Names

As we get ready for the Kentucky Derby, I'm taking you through the 15 best horse names I have been able to find. I understand that there are probably countless other names just as good as these, ...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 865 reads 4 comments
Horse Racing Needs to Embrace Criticism

Don't kid yourself; you don't care about horse racing. At the very least, you don't care about it 362 days a year.You might, might, watch the Kentucky Derby. Fine.If you don't have plans, heck, you might, might, even watch the Preakness...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 1,067 reads 3 comments
The Real NFL Draft Grades

I’m grading the only way the NFL draft should be graded...based on the quality of the player’s name. As you will see, there is absolutely no bias in these ratings whatsoever...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 774 reads 3 comments
Angel Cabrera's Win, Not Perry's Collapse, Story of 2009 Masters

There it was, on the front page of ESPN.com, Cabrera holding a thumbs-up and a caption that made it seem like he won by default...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 845 reads 3 comments
Why the NCAA May Have Just Crossed the Line from Absurd to WTF

This is the NCAA. This is the NCAA you and I pretend to love because, really, what would we do without college football? You breathe and die by the fall, right? I know I do. But I also know that this is the NCAA...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 756 reads 9 comments
Nick Adenhart: Any Way You Look at It, It's Murder

I don't want to know what was going through Andrew Gallo's mind. I don't want to know why the wrong men died. It's hard to say someone deserved to die, but if anyone did, it was Gallo. Ostracize me, I don't care...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 7 months ago 1,187 reads 9 comments
Secluded Scout Who Found Ryan, Sutton, Pujols Dead at 86

You probably don't know the story of Edgar Willard, not unless you knew the man. He did not want you to know him; he did not want you to know his story. Sure, people tried. What a funny word, tried...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 8 months ago 55 reads 0 comments
Print Media to Blame for Horse Racing Becoming Irrelevant

Everyone has his theory as to why horse racing has become irrelevant: it does not transplant well to television; it’s a sport for degenerates; it’s too dangerous; the tracks are poorly managed...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 8 months ago 285 reads 5 comments
Root for a One-Legged Wrestler? Not Over My Boy!

Great stories are great. Great stories are fun. Unless they have to go through your team. Arizona State wrestler Anthony Robles was born without a right hip bone, meaning he also was born without a right leg...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 8 months ago 292 reads 0 comments
Second Chances, Forgiveness, Not Applicable for Everyone

This is good news. Well, it's bad news, but for me it's good news. I've never believed in second chances, at least not when you do something this unethical. Now I have a second story to back me up...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 8 months ago 628 reads 10 comments
Middlesbrough's Relegation Battle on Verge of Failure

It’s been more than half a year since Middlesbrough went to Anfield and almost secured the biggest shocker of the season. Sure, it was only the second match of the campaign, but Boro never win crucial matches...

Written by Burton DeWitt about 9 months ago 146 reads 2 comments

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Burton DeWitt Article Archive

Price Mike Locksley Paid Too Small for His Crime

Memories of an ESPN Error

Memphis, Not Calipari, Will Be Villified Longer

I'm Writing about Brett Favre Because I Want To?

The World Has Been Robbed Because of Another Archaic Golfing Rule

Derrick Thomas a Hall Of Famer Off the Field, Too

For Pete Rose, There's No Such Thing as the "Right Time" for Reinstatement

Old Man Watson's Defeat: Only One Person To Blame

Facebook Is a Secondary, Not Primary, News Source

NBC Sets New Low at Wimbledon

Paulick's Broken Promise

Roger Federer and Pete Sampras: The Most Prolific—Not Greatest—of All Time

Gimmicky Hole Still Just As Gimmicky As the Tiger Diagnosed It

Mine That Bird No Upset Compared to Chris Antley in 1999

Horse Racing's 15 Best/Funniest/Strangest/Most Insulting Names

Horse Racing Needs to Embrace Criticism

The Real NFL Draft Grades

Angel Cabrera's Win, Not Perry's Collapse, Story of 2009 Masters

Why the NCAA May Have Just Crossed the Line from Absurd to WTF

Nick Adenhart: Any Way You Look at It, It's Murder

Secluded Scout Who Found Ryan, Sutton, Pujols Dead at 86

Print Media to Blame for Horse Racing Becoming Irrelevant

Root for a One-Legged Wrestler? Not Over My Boy!

Second Chances, Forgiveness, Not Applicable for Everyone

Middlesbrough's Relegation Battle on Verge of Failure

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