Today, the 2018 World Cup Soccer Tournament begins in Russia. The World Cup is one of the most popular sporting events on the planet, especially since, outside of the U.S., futbol is the most popular sport in the world. Buying into that Fox spent a boatload of money (I heard $400 million) for the rights […]

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For every 1,000 things that the current resident of the White House does wrong, there’s one thing that he does that, usually by accident, is almost secretly a good thing. Instead of letting the issue die, Trump pushed NFL Owners to demand that players stand for the National Anthem. For anyone who has been living […]

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The NFL has announced a rule change that would penalize any team whose players kneel for the national anthem At first, the reports were for a team be assessed a 15 yard penalty. However, this plan had a major flaw – players talking to one another or looking across the field and see players from […]

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There has been a big deal over the weekend regarding Major League Baseball and Cubs’ infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist over footwear. One might ask: is he wearing orange cleats, or stiletto heels or maybe 1970s era Gene Simmons KISS platform monster shoes? As it turns out, Zobrist wears black cleats, he says as a tribute to […]

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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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