It’s not going well for Russian President Vladimir Putin. His puppet wannabe dictator in the United States is being actively investigated for help from the Russians in last year’s election; the Obama era sanctions have not been removed. Despite the fact that he announced he would, surprise, be running for reelection as Russia’s “President,” where […]

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Aaron Hernandez, Dave Duerson, Junior Seau, Mike Webster. These are just a few of the NFL players, all dead now, who were discovered to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (“CTE”), a progressive brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. It helped cause their deaths, caused deterioration of their businesses, caused wild, often violent mood swings. Family […]

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I haven’t written in the past about Lonzo Ball and his father LaVar Bell. Since I don’t follow basketball much anymore, I only caught news articles and broadcasts occasionally. I know that Lonzo Ball is a highly touted guard who has been regularly compared with Jason Kidd. He was drafted first by the Lakers, but […]

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One of the main problems of football and basketball coaches in unbelievable hubris. They believe their own hype; they believe that they are infallible, above the law, above reproach. College coaches are even worse than their counterparts in the professional leagues. College coaches make more money than college presidents; athletic directors wield much more influence […]

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If it were anywhere else except Texas, we wouldn’t be having this issue. Ezekiel Elliott is going before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York in an attempt to grant him an injunction that allows him to keep playing while his case against the NFL progresses. For those with short memories, the Dallas […]

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For the past few months, it was considered a fait accompli that the NFL would renew the contract of Commissioner Roger Goodell. He has brought untold billions of dollars to the league, which is the main job criteria of any commissioner to his bosses, the owners. But the Ray Rice incident, Deflategate, the Ezekiel Elliott […]

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Before the season started, I wrote here that I was having a problem getting geared up for the NFL in part because no team has signed quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a result of his national anthem protest last season. Every available quarterback from every league has gotten an opportunity before Kaepernick. As usual, the old, […]

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