Truly, I knew that this day was coming; the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Federal Law prohibiting sports gambling were unconstitutional. According to the 6-3 ruling (I haven’t read which of the “liberal bloc” voted with the conservative justices), states can make their own determinations on the issue. Actually, does this really have any […]

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The relationship between the NFL and its payers and fans of color continued this week. Colin Kaepernick, the center of the kneeling during the National Anthem controversy and has not played football in over a year, had been invited to work out for the Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback job. That is until Kaepernick refused to […]

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The first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is made for basketball and gambling. This year, the basketball has been at its usual high level, but for once, the gambling is different. Usually, a safe bet is to pick the number one, two or three seeds, plug them into the finals; pick 12 seeds […]

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While the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments in full force, it is tempting to enjoy the festivities and forget about the bigger problems the NCAA has. An ongoing FBI investigation has discovered that players from more than 20 Division I men’s basketball programs have possibly broken NCAA rules. Schools identified by Yahoo! as having […]

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There are sometimes stories that make one shakes one’s head in disbelief. No, this is not a political diatribe; there are enough of those already. Because it’s Winter Olympics time, we get to join in the pageantry and artistry of sport. Since it’s the Winter Olympics, not the Summer ones, the U.S. ends up doing […]

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The specter of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE, hangs over many contact sports – hockey, boxing, and especially football. So many former players have died, either through actual illness or from suicide that many parents of young men are not allowing their sons to play football. Teams cannot be formed in many middle class suburbs. […]

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I feel sorry for the Ball brothers. They are young, they are talented, and their father is an egotistical jackass. Lonzo is playing well for a rookie with the Lakers. Younger brother LiAngelo has left UCLA after the Chinese international shoplifting incident. The youngest brother LaMelo was committed to also attend UCLA (Lonzo went there […]

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