I didn’t have a lot of time to post last week with the Super Bowl looming, which is probably for the best because I would have picked the Panthers and be eating a fair share of humble pie. However, part of that is because I try very hard to avoid the pre-game media. Two weeks […]

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If you look up sports cheating in the dictionary, one is more likely than not to see cycling as the epitome of dishonesty. With Lance Armstrong as the leader in wins and taking performance enhancing drugs, cycling is in many ways more of a joke than ever, but leave it to some ingenious racers to […]

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A fan of 21st Century sports probably always has the thought of cheating in the back of his/her mind. Be it the very real potential of a played using performance enhancing drugs, or the possibility of a match or point fixing scandal, the integrity of sport is more of a concern then ever. Tennis is […]

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I still believe that Antwaan Randle El was one of the best individual players in Big Ten History. Yes, he played quarterback at Indiana University, a long moribund team always upstaged by the basketball team. But Randall El was a one man show: with no great running back behind him, not a great offensive line, […]

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Long time readers know that I have very little respect for ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit. Having played at Ohio State, he is a rabid “homer” who crabbily puts down any change, advancement to his beloved college football. Of course, since he got his notoriety from being a Big Ten QB back in the […]

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I am, as you know, a film fan: I watch lots of films, attend the film festival in Toronto each year for fun. I believe that I am a knowledgeable film follower. I am also African-American, but being of my age, I guess I’m used to not seeing very many black people in movies unless […]

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I admit that I don’t understand many hackers – breaking into computer systems just to prove you can is immature braggadocio. I do understand the hackers for money, and I do also understand sports fixers. It’s all about money, but like hackers, I do wish they’d go away. We have seen scandals in most sports […]

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