Jack of All Sports

After taking the summer off, Jack "Bauer" of All Sports is back! Now Take Back's only CTU operative heads off on a mission to take down the hypocrites at the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Alexander Ovechkin. Sidney Crosby. They're the NHL's two marquee players. And they hate each other. Forty Percent. That's how many cable subscribers had the opportunity to watch these players and their respective teams do battle for seven games to win the right to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Jack's been spot on in predicting the sports future these past few weeks of Taking Back Sports' infancy. Today, Jack ponders whether or not this is Phil Jackson's last season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Will Manny's 50-game suspension doom the Dodgers? Our resident prognostication guru, Jack, sees all and he believes that things will be ok in Dodgertown.
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Jack of All Sports tackles the NFL draft with his own unique spin. Let's see if the man who predicted the Madden '10 Cover can go for two correct NFL offseason predictions in a row in Taking Back Sports' ongoing NFL Mock Draft competition.
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There weak fines and week suspensions. And then there's Josh Beckett.
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Like many fans, I like watching golf occasionally on TV, even though I personally am very lousy at the game and always get my money's worth in greens fees, seeing far more of the course and taking more shots than anyone in my playing group. And like many fans these days, I will only...
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April 6, 2009. Baseball is officially back. And the Jack of All Sports served as Taking Back Sports' representative at Opening Day, attending the Padres home opener against the Dodgers Monday afternoon.
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All we hear about lately on ESPN and other major sports media outlets are the "big three" candidates for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade, who has rapidly risen into vogue. Heck, the "Big Ticket" isn't even being talked about anymore, now that he'll be riding the...
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So I was chillin' with Dr. Sportsfan on a sunny Saturday afternoon in front of the TV awaiting the tip of UConn and Missouri, and next thing you know we started talking football — far more productive and interesting than listening to Greg Gumbel and his windbag sidekick Seth Davis do the pregame show...
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