I don't see how anyone can be surprised by this. The Olympics are a Greek creation, after all.

​When I think of the Olympics, I think of a great, dignified competition between the greatest athletes the world has to offer. I think of the pageantry and the history and the majestic spectacle that is the Olympic games. More >>

​We can all exhale now. More >>

I really like Ron Wilson. Yeah, sure, he led the U.S. hockey team to a ginormous upset win over Canada, but he flat-out doesn't give a shit about that. And that's precisely why I like him so much. More >>

​I've actually found a reason to be interested in what Tiger Woods has to say at his press conference today. I know what you're thinking: but Aaron, how can you possibly think today's public appearance from Tiger will be anything but a farce? More >>

​ ​Okay, so my prediction maybe wasn't particularly accurate. Turns out I didn't give the Saints' secondary enough credit. Now, in my defense, they didn't stop Peyton Manning and the Colts, but they did slow them down and make one very, very big play. More >>

I want you to imagine this man shouting everything in this column at you. No, it doesn't make the analysis any better. It is, however, hilarious.

​So apparently there's some sort of football game happening today. Have you heard about this thing? More >>

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​Do you know, I actually got up out of bed to watch the Australian Open men's final? Yup, 2:30 in the morning, and I'm sitting there on my sofa, blinking owlishly at the television and trying to wake up enough to follow a tennis match. More >>

Have you not seen the YouTube video of John Tesh performing "Roundball Rock," AKA the "NBA on NBC" theme song, live at Red Rocks?

Watch the YouTube video here.

​On said video the Teshster -- we've been known to give away *free* tickets to Tesh in concert -- plays the original answering machine recording he left himself when he was originally thinking of the tune. It's a funky rendition to say the least.

Why do we bring this up? Because it's clearly one of the best sports theme songs ever written. And "Roundball Rock," along with six other songs, is included in this Friday link-out to InsideSTL, who published this list.

Via Inside STL.

Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis could be out at the end of the season. But who should replace him?

​As we near the end of another college football season, one of America's favorite subjects rises again: What happens to Notre Dame?

Why is this non-story a story? Yu don't have to look far -- whether in St. Louis or in any other part of the country -- Notre Dame fans, however obnoxious or uppity, are everywhere.

Since Lou Holtz left the Irish after the '96 season, the national relevance of the program has diminished almost as much as Holtz's relevance as an ESPN analyst. Notre Dame has no trouble being relevant to fans or the media because it's, well, Notre Dame. But the program isn't the problem, it's the coach. When Charlie Weis was brought in five years ago, it was because he was an alumni and he had credentials as the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl-winning dynasty New England Patriots. It seemed like a logical choice, right?

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Here we see Steve Austin training for the next Olympic games. But will he be allowed to compete?

​There's an outstanding article over at Gizmodo right now everyone, and I do mean everyone, should read. It's an article by Aimee Mullins, whose name you may not be all that familiar with, but you should be. She's an athlete slash model slash public speaker slash writer who also just happens to have two prosthetic legs, and therein lies the focus of the article in question. More >>