I could never imagine what it would have been like to be an alum or fan of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team when the allegations surfaced about Jerry Sandusky’s predatory sexual history with young boys. As horrible as that was, the fact that Hall of Fame Coach Joe Paterno and members of the […]

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One of the most heinous rules in sport is for college athletes not to be paid for their services beyond a scholarship, room and board. This is the frame work for the multibillion-dollar NCAA to even exist, but the tide has been turning. Federal antitrust lawsuits have slowly eroded strict amateurism rules during the past […]

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In a story late this afternoon, it was announced by team President and CEO Ted Phillips that the Chicago Bears recently submitted a bid to purchase the property at Arlington International Racecourse. Churchill Downs, which currently owns and operates the racetrack, announced this past winter that the property would be up for sale for redevelopment […]

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Joe Paterno was a football coaching legend. He held the all time record for victories in big time college football. Then came the, at first allegations then proven that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually assaulting young boys in a program Sandusky headed for underprivileged boys. Paterno lost his job, his record for awhile, and […]

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For as long as I’ve been writing sports, I have agreed with Charles Barkley that professional athletes should not be role models. Just because someone can hit or pitch amazingly, or dunk a basketball, or skate doesn’t make them people that kids should emulate. Other than the riches and fame, athletes are like everyone else […]

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Over the past few years, more and more attention has been given to mental health issues, among people and also among athletes. Just living in the 21st Century has stresses and add pandemics, delusional people and politicians, and simple decency and compassion, and it’s a wonder we’re not all taking anti-depressants. (For the record, I […]

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There are people with mental issues and you feel for them, and then, there are people with mental problems who foist their mental issues on others by throwing, harming, placing others in danger as a result of their actions. These people either don’t realize they have issues, are in denial, need to be the center […]

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