David Jones
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A 50-year rewind with Larry Bowa to MLB’s age of plastic grass, polyester uniforms, sweating like pigs
Think it's hot now? Well, it is. But there was a time when playing Major League Baseball was an even hotter proposition. Driven by an urge to modernize its musty game, MLB was in the middle of trendily transforming itself in 1972, most notably by dressing everyone in double-knit uniforms. → Read More
If the Big Ten trimmed stragglers, who’d get the boot?
Win-loss record is one way to rate programs, but these days the key metric likely would be revenue. → Read More
How did Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Olympics become “a shame to the country”?
Columnist David Jones describes the TV Olympic hype machine, and the current smear campaign aimed at Biles. → Read More
James Franklin finally gets heated when 6-point win over Army is questioned like a loss
Penn State was outplayed and almost beaten by an Army program that's won barely a fourth of its games over the last two decades. So, how did James Franklin feel about it? His agitated response: "Pos-i-tive!" → Read More
How will Rutgers react to coach's suspension? Here's predicting Knights' first win over Penn State since '88
With Penn State's offensive line in more distress than ever and Rutgers possibly resembling a cornered cat, this is a volatile game that could go either way. I'll go with the team with very little left to lose and an interim coach who was a psychology major at Minnesota. → Read More
Red Land Little Leaguers are from all over that place down in York County... whatever you call it
When you're from Harrisburg's southern suburbs in northern York County, there's rarely an easy explanation to exactly where it is you live. → Read More
After more than half a century of title famine, Cleveland is so close it can taste a championship
Cleveland is unlike any city in America in both its passion for its teams and the length of its title drought. With four wins separating the old lakefront city from the end of that famine, whoever wins the West needs to understand what it's walking into. → Read More
In light of Steph Curry's daughter, James Franklin talks about bringing his own kids to the podium
When PSU football coach James Franklin began bringing his young daughters up to the interview podium after games last season, a lot of reporters, including me, had a hard time not our rolling eyes. Then, Stephen Curry's 2-year-old on the podium on Tuesday got us talking about it -- and it was a good talk. → Read More
In light of Steph Curry's daughter, James Franklin talks about bringing his own kids to the podium
When PSU football coach James Franklin began bringing his young daughters up to the interview podium after games last season, a lot of reporters, including me, had a hard time not our rolling eyes. Then, Stephen Curry's 2-year-old on the podium on Tuesday got us talking about it -- and it was a good talk. → Read More
How will Sixers screw up the No. 3 choice? By not drafting either D'Angelo Russell or Justise Winslow
The 76ers have a long and storied history of taking promising draft positions, such as the No. 3 choice they were handed in Tuesday's lottery, and screwing them up with Wile E. Coyote super-genius behavior. How about this year? → Read More
James Franklin happy with Penn State's $4,788 stipend figure, to be No. 1 in Big Ten, No. 6 in nation
Penn State's perch atop the Big Ten stipend figures is nothing James Franklin is eager to adjust and he remained up-front about that at the Coaches' Caravan stop this morning in Center City Philadelphia. → Read More
Clippers' epic collapse could go down with '86 Angels as most damaging to a pro team ever
You don't take a swan dive like the Los Angeles Clippers did on Thursday night at home and not suffer lasting repercussions. Fortunately for them, they have one more chance to make it right on Sunday in Houston. → Read More
Does dip in pay-TV subscribers herald advance of cable-less homes?
The trend toward homes without expensive cable or satellite television reached something of a threshold last quarter when a leading trade site reported a year-to-year drop in subscriber households. Are you a candidate? → Read More
Four weeks? I'd have given Tom Brady four months
Every organization needs someone at the top who tries to uphold basic integrity; what Tom Brady did violated that basic tenet and he had to be firmly punished. → Read More
Is Tom Brady so rich and successful that he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him anymore?
I asked a well-known PR expert in corporate and personal damage-control how he'd advise Tom Brady now that the NFL's "Deflategate" report has implicated him as a liar and cheat. The question is: Does Brady even care about his reputation anymore? → Read More
With Meerkat, Periscope on the loose, two top sports media execs consider future of cable revenue
The advent of personal live-streaming apps and the ease with which they allow piracy of marquee telecast sports events calls into question how big sports media can protect their cable-generated cash cows. → Read More
Meerkat, Periscope live-streaming apps could change way we watch sports: David Jones
The way young adults watch television is different than older Americans -- they've not only cut the cable, many never hooked up. And personal live-streaming technology promises to be their ally. → Read More
Brian Daly leaving Penn State basketball staff, citing return to family in Philadelphia
The Penn State associate head coach and big-man specialist has three teenagers and a wife in Philadelphia whom he misses and vice versa. It was time to reunite. → Read More
After the hype was finally over, Mayweather-Pacquiao was vacant as Paris Hilton's head
The super-marketed welterweight championship unification bout fizzled as Floyd Mayweather did what he does -- run all the way to the bank. → Read More
10 boxing matches better than Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will ever be
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will fight Saturday. The pay-per-view in the U.S. for Mayweather-Pacquiao will cost around $100 to watch in your home. → Read More