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Latest Poster Boy For Bad Athletes

November 13th, 2015 · No Comments

I have been fairly busy, but I have wanted to comment on Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy. Hardy has been a troubled customer ever since he came to the NFL, but over the past few weeks, he has become Ground Zero for what’s wrong with every NFL player, if not professional athlete. In 2014, […]

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Standing Up In Junior Hockey

November 10th, 2015 · No Comments

For some reason, it is more obvious in hockey than in other sports when players get tired of a coach and lay down to get him fired. We’ve seen it many times (and it’s been suggested even more often). Seldom do you see a team band together around a coach and staff other than go […]

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The Return of the Cold War in Sports

November 10th, 2015 · No Comments

One of the funniest National Lampoon magazine covers had a female Soviet bloc woman athlete in her running clothes with a noticeable bulge in the crotch. Back in those days, we used to joke about ice skating scores coming in “9.5 from the German judge; 9.8 from the U.S. judge – Oh: 4.3 from the […]

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Sport As A Means Of Social Change, But Is It All Just About Money?

November 9th, 2015 · No Comments

I have said this before, but Missouri in many ways, should be located in the Deep South, especially in terms of the relationship between the races and the relationship between people of color and government/police. I have never felt comfortable the times I’ve been there, and all one has to do is look at not […]

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Star Of The Week

November 9th, 2015 · No Comments

I’m sure that NHL Commissioner Gary “The Count” Bettman is breathing a sign of relief today along with the entire Chicago Blackhawks front office. After a week where he scored 4 goals and had 5 assists, Patrick Kane was named the number one star of the week. Kane has been under a huge cloud amid […]

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It’s Hard Not To Cynical In Today’s Sports World

November 5th, 2015 · No Comments

Everything is for sale. Body parts, relatives, integrity, nothing matters in this world except for the almighty dollar. Even patriotism, which could mean anything from general love of country to a “love or leave it” kind of unthinking slavish devotion. As it turns out, the Pentagon has been funding many of the tributes to service […]

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No Winners Here

November 3rd, 2015 · No Comments

Last night, 22,000 fans watched as Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane continued his torrid scoring pace, tying the score at 2 against the Los Angeles Kings early in the third period by taking the puck and while the Hawks changed lines in really a one-on three break, ripped a rocket shot that whizzed past All […]

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