For whatever reason, sports has long been perceived as being very patriotic. The National Anthem is played before most games, many franchises do good work for veteran’s charities. As we found out awhile ago, the Defense Department was paying teams to have veterans at games and to promote militarism, showing that sports owners have more […]

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It’s easy to just get down on athletes when they do something wrong: PEDs, drugs, spousal abuse, and I’m not here to absolve these people from their actions, but there are some whose downfall is just sad, in great part because they were cast in a role their parents wanted, not themselves. We hear all […]

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A couple of people have asked me why, with the banner on this site and my previous comments about my hatred for Notre Dame sports, I have not pounced on the story of the six ND players who ran afoul of the law earlier this week. It was wondered if I was losing my edge? […]

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I’ve been away for a week or so, but I have been following the Olympics and other than some idiotic behavior by some athletes and the news media, the Olympics came off as a great success. No one was injured by violence (more on that in a moment); we didn’t hear of anyone poisoned by […]

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I cannot swim. I’ve never known how to swim, which is a bummer for the rest of the Indignant Family who all swim like fish. But Daddy doesn’t go further than my neck in great part, because I almost drowned once. Looking back on it, pools and beaches have never been a big thing for […]

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Stories came out this week that former NFL Quarterback Tim Tebow is now trying his hand at being a baseball pitcher. Some of the usual suspects followed with jokes and comments. Long time readers know that I have been down on Tebow since he entered the NFL and started proselytizing his religious beliefs every chance […]

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With the Opening Ceremonies of the Rio Olympic Games happening tonight, a small ray of light may glimmer in the darkness of the upcoming Games. It seems that everywhere you look, there’s some article or television piece that blasts the Games, the IOC, and Rio. Even I at evilopinion have reported on the problems with […]

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