I felt that the quote from Shakespeare was appropriate for the sudden death of Laker Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash. Eight other people including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter were also killed in the crash that appears to have been caused by fog. I always had a mixed […]

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The most disturbing attribute of the very rich, which includes professional sports team owners is the belief that they are “above” the common folk and as a result, there are no consequences for their actions. Money and clout will keep them above the fray. Most of the time, this is true. Enough people are willing […]

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I never got around to addressing this story from last week because I was just crazy busy. Once again, the New England Patriots are under investigation for cheating. This time, a film crew from the team was found to be filming the field during the Bengals’ December 7th game against the Browns. Needless to say […]

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With all of the impeachment talk and the headlines of the past three years concerning Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election (and surety that they will do it again next year), one must wonder what is on Vladimir Putin’s mind? The collapse of the Soviet Union wasn’t because some country interfered, it collapsed under […]

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There is probably no more testosterone-fueled, Cro-magnon, somewhat racist group of people than “old-school” hockey coaches and fans. Like everything else in life, life is moving fast, too fast for those who thing that things should stay the same. First of course was Don Cherry, who, after skirting the line of permissible speech on his […]

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I have mentioned here before a quote from a great, underappreciated B-movie from 1983 called “Blue thunder.” Roy Scheider plays a helicopter pilot for the LAPD when the powers that be want to bring in military gear (much as has already been done for real in many big cities). Anyway, Scheider is in trouble and […]

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As it turned out Colin Kaepernick was right: the sudden workout, the original plan to have no press, extra secrecy as to which teams would be sending representatives, and even having Commissioner Roger Goodell visibly absent, replacing him with the rapper Jay-Z was all a sham. They could report that Kaepernick was a bust, couldn’t […]

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