Athletes are famous, popular, and often the targets of governments and other organizations when the athletes speak their minds. Ali, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Billie Jean King, LeBron James and most recently Colin Kaepernick, and so many others have faced anywhere from public rebuke to threats of jail and suspensions from their sport as a […]

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Yesterday, Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries in a single car accident. It has not been revealed what may have caused the accident, but it appears that alcohol or other substances may not have played a role. Of course, one must think back to the Thanksgiving car accident outside of the house he shared with […]

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Adding to the sheer malevolence that was 2020, it was all of the Baseball Hall of Famers that passed away. Six members of the august group died just in 2020 – Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, and Joe Morgan, the most since seven members died in 1972. While there has […]

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Maybe it was the way I was raised, but a man never touched a woman inappropriately, and certainly never showed a woman your “naughty bits” as Monty Python called the male genitalia. With technology, apparently men think it’s OK to send pictures of their penises to women. If the woman is okay with it, its […]

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Earlier this week, I asked why it’s taken so long for teams to rid themselves of Native American nicknames. In the case of Cleveland, Owner Pete Dolan said that he more seriously thought of changing the name after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police and the resulting protests. One must […]

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One of the most contentious issues in all of sport is whether the nicknames of teams are racist stereotypes for Native Americans. For several years, teams have fought back against the name change. The most strident owner was Daniel Snyder who said that he would never get rid of “Redskins,” but pressure from corporate sponsors […]

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I have not been much of a fan of bringing college athletics back in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike the NBA and NHL, it is impractical to sequester all of the coaches, players and administrators in bubble locations. Even with classes being delivered remotely, one has to admit that young people display less self-control […]

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