Column: The Goode Worde

A Perspective on Sports and Life, From Mother With Love

By Harlan Goode | May 16 2008

Another Mother’s Day has come and gone, and I have not followed through on my promise of a Cadillac ...

Miami Sports' Big Three Head South for the Season

By Harlan Goode | Apr 25 2008

The sun rose bright in Boston Monday morning, fending off one final chilly surge from old man winter. Runners of ...

Selfish Kobe Still Doesn’t Deserve MVP Honors

By Harlan Goode | Apr 18 2008

I’ve never been the biggest Kobe Bryant fan. I’ve always found him to be a bit selfish, a ...

Greedy Sports Monopolists Prove Easy to Root Against

By Harlan Goode | Apr 11 2008

The New York Yankees. The Dallas Cowboys. The Los Angeles Lakers. Behold the sports worlds’ axis of evil. Rooting for ...

Tar Heels' Bench May Not Be Great, But They're Still Good

By Harlan Goode | Apr 04 2008

Carolina fans have plenty to cheer about these days. When your team has outscored its four tournament opponents 372-271 and ...

Fans Need Consolation After NCAA Highs

By Harlan Goode | Mar 28 2008

The feeling has festered within you for days. Sadness soured into anger. Anger acidified into vengefulness. Now, you find yourself ...

At West Virginia, Mountaineering is a Full-Time Job

By Harlan Goode | Mar 18 2008

Brady Campbell memorized the mental checklist long ago. Bushy red beard? Yep. Tattered buckskins? Got ‘em. Mid-19th century musket and ...

Freshmen Phenoms Choose Personal Stats Over Team

By Harlan Goode | Mar 14 2008

When a new collective bargaining agreement between NBA commissioner David Stern and the players union set a league age limit ...

NYC Goes From Hoops Heaven to Basketball Grave

What would it be like if all the Wisconsin cheese suddenly turned green? Or if every jazz musician in New ...

WVU Head Man Known For His Winning, Sinning

By Harlan Goode | Jan 25 2008

The funniest mental image in college basketball is not gangly Roy Hibbert standing confidently at the top of the key ...