With all of the unrest that is going on in the world, and with sports significantly curtailed as least as a live spectator event, one would think that maybe that’s the reason that I haven’t been posting as much here. The truth is simpler – more work, more duties, less time. However, there was a […]

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The pandemic has exposed many things, good and bad about the country, the world, and the sports world. The NHL and NBA play on in their bubbles (the hockey players apparently doing a much better job that the NBA who had a few players sneak out to break the quarantine, got caught and in trouble […]

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I’ve not posted for awhile, in great part because I didn’t see any way that sports would be returning in 2020. The pandemic, the hurdles and obstacles just seemed to be too much. Already some schools have cancelled all sports until 2021. I was about to agree, let’s not even try, let’s wait until next […]

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Back at Northwestern, where we had our own issues between coaches and Black athletes, one assumed that it had to be worse at other schools, especially in predominantly white states. I always had a feeling that there were issues at schools like Nebraska and Iowa – the Black players all seemed to group together, you […]

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I have said many times, here and elsewhere, that I do not follow NASCAR. For that matter, I am not an auto racing enthusiast. As a kid, I used to watch the Indy 500, but I was out of that by the time I was 13 or so. Over the years, I felt that NASCAR […]

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Hello from a new world. The events of the past week have thrust the United States and the World into truly uncharted waters. A movement has gained ground, at the cost to more lives and damaged property. I had planned to post a story on the potential return to the NHL season and whether the […]

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I think that the world is ending because of greed. No one, certainly rich people, can’t have enough. Enough money, enough stuff, and always it seems at the expense of poorer, weaker people. There is no group of people greedier than sports owners and often, players. One of the hardest hit industries in the pandemic […]

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