Syracuse, N.Y. -- Now that we have the New England Patriots and the Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Cubs standing as a kind-of three-headed Colossus of Rhodes over the professional landscape of our nation's three most popular sports, it is time to declare what should be obvious:
Thank goodness for college basketball, warts and all.
That sport may be suffering from IQ deficiency, sure. And the athletes' periodic poor aim suggests the presence of cinders in eyes. And, work with me here, too many coaches still think that they're Gladys Knight and that the players are the Pips.