The University of Alabama canceled classes from Jan. 6-8 to permit students and faculty to attend the BCS Championship Game against No. 2 Texas on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif. In case anyone was concerned about the missed classes, the school announced that students will have to make up for the lost class time. This […]

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There has been a big deal made by the Chicago Sun-Times and my old friend Rick Telander that another Rick, Morrissey had left the Tribune and would now be writing for the Sun-Times. I read Morrissey occasionally, usually only paying attention when he is at his most inane. While he is far from the shouting, […]

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Since I posted a couple of days ago, convincing stories have been flying all over about Tiger Woods being involved in numerous extramarital affairs. It doesn’t surprise me at all. After all, Woods is talented, rich, famous, clean cut, good looking, in the prime of life. The way I used to see women throw themselves […]

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The Tiger Woods incident has brought me to a point that has been building for a long time and it’s now time to issue it to the world. To all agents, publicists, hangers-on, sycophants and members of the posses of famous people – when something happens, don’t ask us, the public, to respect that person’s/family’s […]

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Earlier this week, former Chicago Bull forward Ron Artest made headlines because he told The Sporting News in an interview that he drank alcohol during games when he was playing in Chicago, in part, because the team lost so frequently. “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime,” said Artest, who played with the Bulls […]

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As much as the media, the fans, and others proclaim the necessity of sports, especially in schools to “build leaders,” “teach teamwork” and other platitudes, is it all really crap? In light of the economic hard times of the past several months, sports and other extracurricular activities have been downsized, eliminated, or forced the participants’ […]

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When someone is great at something, especially if they’re rich, famous and a huge celebrity, when people get a chance to pounce on your image, the vultures stop circling and dive in to feast upon the carrion. Such is what’s happening to Tiger Woods. What we do know for fact is that he had an […]

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