Spanny's Sports Talk

 If you're a Louisville Basketball fan, it's no secret that the last couple of years have been disappointing to say the least. We still have an ongoing investigation from the Bryan Bowen pay to play situation, the 2020 tournament got cancelled when we had a real shot of winning the whole thing, then we missed out on the tournament the next season after a disappointing season, then this past year happened, where we had flashes of excitement, but in the end, it was one of the worst seasons in the program's history. And as a result, in all of that, Chris Mack and Louisville mutually parted ways, thus ending the disappointing Mack era of the programs history. All of that sounds really horrible, and trust me it wasn't fun to experience, but I believe there is hope on the horizon. And that hope's name is Kenny Payne.  (Kenny Payne, Picture courtesy of BigRedLouie ) Kenny Payne was hired by the University on March 18, 2022. Payne is a very popular hire with Louisville fan...

(This hilarious picture is courtesy of a twitter account named @MaddenNeedsHelp ) Electronic Arts has gotten more and more backlash for their Madden series in the last couple years than I think they ever have before, and it is 100% warranted. Playing this game has become more and more frustrating year in and year out, and as someone who loves the game of football and wants to play a football video game that they can enjoy, I can't stand it anymore. I've been able to tolerate it in past years, but this year was the final straw. Literally after a month of owning the game, I uninstalled it as I raged to my friends in our Xbox party about it. Whether it's the franchise mode that they put no effort into, the face of the franchise mode that everyone agrees is a horrible experience, or the actual gameplay itself... I am tired of this game and tired of giving my money to EA every year. This game is going to continue to go downhill, and there are many reasons why.  Franchise Mode As...

  In the past couple of years, we've witnessed the MLB change many rules, some better than others, but more times than not the fans are split on these decisions. The commissioner of the MLB, Rob Manfred, has said that the reason these changes keep being made are to speed up the game and make each game a lot shorter than it is currently. The main reason he wants to speed up the game is because he wants to attract more fans to watch the games. Although I understand where he is coming from, I think there are much better ways to go about trying to attract an audience, but we'll get to that later. There's also the issue of player safety, and generating more offense, which to be honest I'm kind of 50/50 on that at this point. Here are some of the rules that have been made in recent years: Bigger Bases The choice to make the bases bigger is the most recent change the MLB has made. They tested this new rule out in Triple-A last season, and after seeing the effects of it, they h...

Hello everyone! My name is Jacob Spanyer, and I am a collegiate student-athlete in Louisville, Kentucky. I am somewhat struggling on figuring out how to word all of this, I've never really written about myself or my own work ever so I'm kind of just winging it here.  The way that I got into writing is actually a pretty funny story. I am one of those people who went to college with basically no idea of what they wanted to study when they got there. I had gone through a couple of different majors and tested out a couple of classes that went towards specific majors and I was still completely lost. Then at the beginning of this school year, I was in a basic English class that I am pretty sure everyone is required to take, and I was assigned to write an essay on a cultural icon. I chose Spider-Man as my cultural icon, and I ended up having so much fun writing that essay. I had always thought of myself as a good writer, but I had never had the opportunity to pick what I was writing a...