It may be the fact that ESPN is covering sports all the time, but testosterone levels in its Bristol, CN. headquarters may be out of control, especially among the baseball announcers. Baseball analyst and former New York Mets General Manager Steve Phillips is the latest member of the “Baseball Tonight” group to be accused of […]

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This is what “Reality TV” hath wrought. The hours of coverage of the balloon flying over the central US reportedly with a young boy inside shows us what kind of voyeurs Americans have become. Instead of taking time to follow health care reform; or reports over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; Americans were concerned […]

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The documentary “The Corporation” shows that one of the weaknesses of American jurisprudence is the ability of corporations to act as “individuals” in a legal sense. As such, the government can’t give corporations the “death penalty” if they continually break the law, pollute, etc. Unfortunately, corporations can suffer the same “sins” of hubris, and pride […]

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Small minded bigots just won’t go the way of the dinosaur or the Edsel. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish’s 8th Ward, refused to issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend, Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond, La. Ms. Humphrey is white and Mr. McKay is African-American. While […]

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Let’s face it, athletes attending Florida State University weren’t recruited for their intellectual acumen. People like Deion Sanders and others went to school to play sports and every NCAA rule was bent if not snapped into little pieces by Bobby Bowden and the administration. This week, after months of appeals, and wrangling over public records […]

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There are times when African-American “Leaders” should keep their mouths shut. Both the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton sent letters to the NFL asking the league to reject the bid of racist conservative Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams. The letters have led the league to issue its own statement that […]

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All too often, today’s modern athlete is bashed by retired athletes for their seeming lack of social conscience or at least public comments on public issues. Part of this is that times have changed, and in most ways for the better, but it is also due to the big money and high profile of athletes […]

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