A Bird In The Hand vs One In The (Reggie) Bush!


So let me get this straight, Reggie Bush won the 2005 Heisman Award Trophy as the best collegiate football player in the country for that year if I remember correctly…that is what I remember happening from the great runs all over the land. So because Reggie allegedly took a few dollars from someone who was not exactly on the up and up at that time that makes all of the games he played in forfeits and effectively he was an ineligible player, I understand and respect rules and realize that there has to be consequences for actions that are giving someone or somebody a competitive advantage, but riddle me this Batman…Did Bush play any harder or better with these alleged payments you tell me if he did? Look when it comes to college big time sports (D1 Football & Hoops) I really have found that I’m morally bankrupt…

I just cannot pretend to be on this high and mighty horse and high ground of, “don’t take the money, don’t take the benefits, hey Reggie lets go to the USC Bookstore and see how many of your #5 jerseys sell today at 75-90 bucks a pop and you get nothing but that great education and room and board!”

I am jaded enough in living life in the real world that everybody has their hand out and these “assets” on these campuses generate a lot of revenue and give these “Mecca’s” of higher learning and opportunity at getting their message through the sports programs. I say do everything the right way the best you can but if you can get what you can get…don’t get caught and make peace with your higher being after the fact.

So USC gave back the Duplicate award and took anything that represented Bush at USC out of their achieves…that is ok, but if you want to impress me give back the money you made off of Bush in 2005, that will tell me that it is not just one big fat dump on the guy and passing the buck by the university.

Like I said a few birds in the hand are more than one in the BUSH!

Steve Haywood
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“The Game”

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That Being Said… Sports Buzz In 2010


I have been very reluctant to write a blog over the holidays. I tried to enjoy my family and friends and read others points of view to see where my perspective falls in the general landscape. It has been a entire month and I’m ready to get back after it so I will start slow and ratchet it up rather quickly so stay with me people.

Today’s blog is a few quick hitters of which I will get into more details with some of the topics later on in more detail.


My 1st thought is on the Green bay Packers potential run into the NFC Playoffs. They are next to the San Diego Chargers the hottest team in the NFL, and that will carry them only so far in the post season. Can they beat Arizona and then whomever after that the weeks after that get them to Miami the 1st week in February? Sure it can, will it? Nah…will not be the NFC rep even though they have all the pieces to get there. Got to catch breaks and that is really hard to do on the road for 3 consecutive games, if they do though it will be as sweet as anything I can remember in following sports ever.



Gilbert Arenas…there is so much here to delve into that I must write the long blog on this, but I will say this…guns are serious business, as well as forgetting to maintain a certain extent of common sense, in this case both have to be addressed and will be.


Manny vs. Floyd - Boxing’s biggest spectacle doesn’t look like it is going to happen because of concerns about who and when people will be tested. Trust me folks this the equivalent of anything you can have I have only my way…not yours. There is too much money and these two ego-maniacs have too much damn pride to not see who the better man is in the ring. They agreed to terms too fast, things were going to smoothly, there has to be drama either manufactured or real to create the animosity that helps to hype the fight. TRUST ME 2010 will not go by without a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight…it just won’t.

It’s good to be back…hope ya missed me.

Steve Haywood
On-air Host
“The Game”
Good Karma Broadcasting
540ESPN and ESPN Deportes 1510
310 West Wisconsin Ave Suite 100
Milwaukee WI 53203

One Punch Gets You A Year Suspension


Oregone Boise St Blount Football

Legarrette Blount…the Oregon RB suspended for the entire year, why do I get the sense that there is a racial divide on the punishment??

To some black sports fans, the indefinite suspension with certain requirements met to be reinstated by the team is bogus. What are those certain requirements? Why the entire year?

Some black people…who? Isn’t that LeBron’s cousin? Doesn’t he play for the New Jersey Nets?

Happy white people…some type of extended time out with no French fries or ice cream for desert.

Angry white people…some type of flogging has to be involved then send him to play in Boise, yikes!

I’m waiting for the folks from PETA to somehow spin this into animals being harmed by the whole event.

We laugh so we don’t cry people.

Steve Haywood

ESPN 540 “The Game”

Farve’s Legacy Hero Or Sellout


Is He The Packers' Lost Boy Or Driven By Revenge

Is He The Packers Lost Boy Or Driven By Revenge

There is this thing going on when talking about the multi-layered conversation that is the return of Brett Lorenzo Favre, but there is one element of this conversation that should in a lot of ways not really be of relevance…Favre’s legacy as a Player in the NFL.

As a Green Bay Packer for 16 years his numbers don’t lie, he put it on tape week in and week out. Favre burned memories in our collective minds that from a personal standpoint I think we all remembered and enjoyed. There are only 2 ways that that legacy will be altered, the 1st being if he beats his former team and hinders them from winning a Super Bowl or he takes the Vikings as their QB to heights that the Packers do not attain.

Other than that,  I am not one to tell one what they should feel someone’s legacy should be, but to say his is altered is just plain ole non-sense!

Steve Haywood

ESPN 540 “The Game”

Brandon Jennings A Young Buck With Swag


Young Buck Trying To Bring Some Swag To Brew City

Young Buck Trying To Bring Some Swag To Brew City

I’m betting my NBA credibility on this! Milwaukee is not ready for this… Just enjoy it when it starts and for as long as it lasts.

Steve Haywood

ESPN 540 “The Game”