Lamm at Large

Things I've been thinking about  . . . * Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds  belong in baseball's hall of fame. Pete Rose, too . . . * If I was a Gator fan, I wouldn't be caught anywhere near Tallahassee the night after Thanksgiving . . . * Go ahead and watch the American athletes perform in the Olympics, but let's boycott the other stuff like the Opening and Closing […]

Who doesn't love Shaq -- as in Shaquille O'Neal? Certainly Madison Ave. does. I don't know what the record is, but I can't find any athlete who's endorsed more products. Shaq is more visible now than he was during his Hall of Fame career  that included four NBA championships. He's a regular on Turner Sports' NBA coverage and owns (or has owned) pieces of several pro teams. But he's most […]

If Aaron Rodgers, whose Hall of Fame career is still going strong, becomes a free agent, you'd think teams would be beating down the door of the Packers quarterback. And, yes, there will be multiple suitors, but not as many as you might think. Have you noticed how quarterback-rich the NFL is these days? Most people agree quarterback is the most difficult position to play in all sports, and forever […]

Your team is in the Super Bowl. You can pick any active quarterback to lead your team. Who do you take? The answer isn't as easy as you might first think. Want a veteran such as Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers or Matthew Stafford or Russell Wilson? You want an established young player such as Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen or Dak Prescott or Justin Herbert or Lamar Jackson? What […]

The PGA Tour's slogan, "These Guys Are Good", is outdated. It should be "These Guys Are Great". After three tournaments this year the winners are a combined 80 under par. At the same point last year that total was 69; the year before that 51. The courses admittedly are easy by Tour standards, but . . . The players are getting better and there's more of them. There are several […]

Who the heck is Cooper Kupp? Well, he may just be the best player in the National Football League. I know if I had a vote for MVP it'd go Kupp, not Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady or Jonathan Taylor. Kupp plays wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and this year won the pass-catchers triple crown: 145 catches, 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns. He's a good blocker, too. There's […]

The Jaguars should trade the No. 1 draft pick. The Jaguars can get a lot more bang for their buck by acquiring more picks because there isn't that one special player at the top of all the draft boards. This is a draft about numbers and the Jaguars have oh so many needs. Edge ushers Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan and Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon  top just about ever mock draft, and while […]

If Billy Napier doesn't win at Florida it's his own damn fault. The University has given him everything he's asked for -- and that's a lot. Since being hired as the Gators' head football coach, he has made 30 hires for his staff. All told, I count the entire support staff at 38. That's a bunch and then some. By comparison, I counted 24 on Nick Saban's Alabama staff. Help […]

How important is it to have an elite quarterback in the NFL? Or at least a franchise quarterback? Look no further than this year's remaining playoff teams. Of the eight teams, two have the locks for the Hall of Fame, the Bucs' Tom Brady and the Packers' Aaron Rodgers. Three have quarterbacks on the fast track to the Hall, the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes, the Bills' Josh Allen and the Bengals' […]