It used to be called the worldwide leader in sports. Now they're all about the soap operas. From Mark Mangino to Bill Belichick, these guys are famous for beating a dead horse to death again and again. If you need further proof, take a look at some of the major headlines that was on ESPN this week.

Bill Belichick Gambles and Hits Snake Eyes in Patriots Loss to Colts

On Sunday night, we saw quite arguably the best game in recent memory of the NFL. In less than four minutes, the Patriots went from handing the Colts their first loss of the season to suffering the biggest setback in their franchise's history. Pats coach Bill Belichick gambled on a fourth and two, ended up being one yard short and set Peyton Manning and the Colts up with the game winning touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne on 2nd and Goal.

Since that call, ESPN has managed to decimate the legacy of Belichick and chastise him for not having enough faith in his defense, hence putting the victory in the hands of a man who has proven to be a tough as nails quarterback that has three Super Bowl rings and can win under pressure. So if Belichick made the call and the Patriots got the first down, he would be a hero. But since he came up one yard short (sound familiar, Tennessee?), he is being called an idiot/ass/moron by the very guys he helped make famous.

ESPN, what's done is done. It's time for you guys to let it go and realize that this man has won more rings than anyone in this decade. The Rams, Ravens, Bucs, Giants, Colts and Steelers all won in this decade. With one more win, the Steelers will tie them with three. So until ESPN has a crackpot team of proven Super Bowl contenders, not pretenders who had to go there seven or eight times to win the first, bury the story and move on!

Women's Rights Group Wants Tom Cable Gone

For starters, I am not a chavinist by any means. I just find it insulting that this Women's Rights Group wants Tom Cable gone. Not just from the Oakland Raiders organization, but from the NFL as well. But yet, they have yet to say anything about the graduate from Ike Turner University, Brandon Marshall.

Marshall was on trial this past summer for allegedly having a UFC Fight with his former girlfriend. So what makes Cable so different from Marshall? Is it because Cable punched out an assistant (forget allegedly. We all know he did that.)? Is it because Cable refuses to admit to anything? Or is it because this Women's Group is secretly out to pull the plug on Al Davis, thereby sending him back to the depths of hell where he came from?

But if you check on ESPN.com, they are still talking about this way after NO charges were brought against the guy!  Need I say more?

ESPN Strikes Out With Steve Phillips

If you've found yourself watching baseball on ESPN, you are familiar with a man known as Steve Phillips. He usually does the games on Wednesday night, but he got busted having an affair with some smoking blonde. The result? He got canned, and she did too. Now they won't even acknowledge the fact that he even worked there.

Even worse for poor Mr. Phillips is that everyone on ESPN will get a cut of his royalty checks. Damn, that is whack! Is this how ESPN treats their former employees. Try asking the former host of Around The Horn.

Kansas Players Call Mangino Bully

What is worse as a college player? The fact that you sucked so badly that you had to play in Kansas? Or the fact that you sucked so badly in football that you had to play it in Kansas? I would say that Nebraska is worse, but since they have National Championships coming out of their ass, so guess what Kansas? You guys suck more than Florida International!

But now there are sensitive players coming out calling their current/former head coach Mark Mangino a certified bully. Because he provoked them with slurs and yelled at them, he was dubbed a bad coach. But the problem is that he has led them to several postseason berths and several victories as well.

So if this guy is such a bad coach, then how the hell has he been coaching for so long? He won big while in Kansas, but unfortunately, it takes one guy to start a chain reaction. If he was this bad of a guy, then why did these players stay with the school? "I didn't let him affect me!" Of course you didn't, because you know if you did, he probably would have sat on you and put you in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.

That, and what other college would accept you after you just called out your coach?