Football is the sport for the unbridled id – instinct to run, block, hit the “enemy” – the members of the other team. Football is discussed in terms of war: the bomb, territory, among others. I think it is this constant contact and aggression in practice and during games that helps to explain football players […]

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I have to give it to ESPN’s Outside The Lines – they do a very good job of investigative reporting despite the inherent conflict of interest in investigating teams and sports that the network pays billions of dollars to broadcast. The latest involves the University of Louisville, the haven of Coach Rick Pitino, he of […]

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Life has kept me from the site, gentle reader, so I appreciate your patience. But I am back, and while I was gone, I was going to write a piece on the explosion of fantasy sports websites and their almost complete domination of the airwaves through commercials on sports stations and even regular programming. Fan […]

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For a few years now, the “business model” that has made billions of dollars on the backs of unpaid “student athletes” has been crumbling. The head injury settlement; the ongoing courtroom fight over paying players like employees; the big conferences being allows to break slightly from the rest of the NCAA in adding stipend money […]

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Last week, the Blackhawks training camp opened at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and Patrick Kane, under investigation for rape in upstate New York not only attended, but he also faced the press. He said what one would expect: he is innocent and expects to be vindicated in the process, but he can provide […]

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I’ve been away on my annual Toronto Film Festival trip, but I couldn’t help noticing the story of two Texas high school football players tackling a referee from behind and jumping on top of him. At first, it appeared to be an unwarranted, unheard of attack on an official. No matter what, there should be […]

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I admit that even though I live in the Chicago area and am pretty well known in my suburb and by my neighbors, I do worry sometimes if I run the risk of being injured or killed by overzealous police officers for “walking while black,” or “driving while black.” One would think that an older […]

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