Last Thursday Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price verbally confronted TV analyst Dennis Eckersley on the team’s flight to Toronto. Apparently, there were heated words between the current and former pitchers on the plane. The next day, Price met with manager John Farrell and team president Dave Dombrowski, but Farrell didn’t elaborate on the meeting […]

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When I first was laid off, one of the first things I took time to watch was the Oscar winning documentary “O.J.: Made In America.” This is a gripping documentary that gives the watcher a view of being young, black and gifted in America and then, being a famous celebrity in America, and what it […]

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This is a rare, purely political post. You have been warned. Earlier this week, Democrat Jon Ossoff lost a special House election in Georgia to Karen Handel, another GOP operative who is a firm follower of Donald Trump. A number of years ago, I donated money to Barack Obama’s campaign, and as one would imagine, […]

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I should know better than to get into Facebook arguments. I got into some in the past and then, I stopped. A simple, one sentence answer to a question led me into a very dark place. The post was from Pro Football Weekly asking whether or not the fact that quarterback Colin Kaepernick was still […]

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Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mary Mitchell, who mostly writes on local black issues, wrote an article printed today about how the Chicago Cubs’ “super fan” Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers was thrown out of the park on April 19th. Long time readers know that when I was an Andy Frain usher at Wrigley Field, there was no […]

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To many Chicago Bears fans, the Jay Cutler era ended none too soon when the team released the veteran quarterback after 8 years in which the team won one playoff game, but Cutler broke most of the team’s passing records, but only in between making bad plays and turnovers. At 34, Cutler should have a […]

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The sports world was shocked today when it was announced that former New England Patriots All Pro tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his cell having committed suicide this morning. Hernandez’s story was at the beginning a feel good story. Raised by his mother and father, life changed when Dennis […]

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