Cue the pom-poms shot and loosen your neck for a head-swiveling holiday weekend of college football. Yes, the world is right again, with the return of the earnest, over-performing amateurs who earn millions for their schools...

2016

Aug

'SUPERSTORE' MAY NOT BE A GREAT SHOW, BUT IT'S A GREAT SHOW OF AMERICA'S WORKFORCE By Gerald Jordan

They are the behemoths that bestride suburban and rural shopping stops across America. They are the monsters that their opponents say ate Main Street mom and pop stores...

2015

Dec

THE FINAL BOWL MATH TEST: DIVIDING 4 TO GET 1 By Gerald Jordan

A tuxedo isn’t necessary, although it does seem quite appropriate tonight. When the nation’s top four college football teams collide on New Year’s eve to decide who’ll meet two weeks from now in suburban Phoenix to crown the national champion, this day – more than all the others during this ESPN-prolonged bowl buffet – matters...

2015

Dec

LOSERS VS. ALSO-RANS WILL TEST EVEN HARDENED BOWL FANS By Gerald Jordan

College football bowls represent binge watching on a grand scale... The real pros are about to be tested. Beginning Saturday, 42 football bowl games will be played in contests that range from old guard and traditional to some head-scratching matchups...

2015

Sep

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME COLLEGE FOOTBALL? By Gerald Jordan

The egalitarian season is under way. College football... It’s egalitarian because every state has a college or university that purports to play football at some level...

2015

Jul

TV WILL SPOTLIGHT RUN FOR GRAND SLAM By Gerald Jordan

This Open Championship could be a good one. Jordan Spieth enters the week having won both majors for this year and is favored to win the third one...

2015

Jun

NEW U.S. OPEN GOLF COURSE REDEFINES BUNKER MENTALITY By Gerald Jordan

The 115^th U.S. Open is scheduled to tee off Thursday on a new course – 8 years old – that is making its debut as an Open championship venue. That means, other than Jordan Spieth, no other recognized competitor has played for a cup on Chambers Bay...

2015

Apr

TIGER WOODS IS BACK AT AUGUSTA -- BUT FOR HOW LONG? By Gerald Jordan

This is golf’s holy week, and the cathedral doors will be open at Augusta National for the repentant to come to the altar. And judging by his performance at the Masters press conference this week, no one is more repentant than Tiger Woods...

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Gerald Jordan

Gerald B. Jordan is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas. Earlier in his career, he was a respected, unusually well-dressed TV critic for the Kansas City Star.

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