I have argued for years that Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame, because no one could prove that he bet on baseball while amassing 4,258 hits, the most in the game. After years of lies and denial, Rose admitted betting on baseball several years ago, but he said he only bet while […]

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Sports are supposed build teamwork and sportsmanship. Rules of fair play are important for young people to learn to help navigate the world they live in. Unfortunately, winning seems to be the only thing that is found to be important, and the corporate attitude that anything is fair as long as you win, goes against […]

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Soccer is, on the face of it, a simple game. All you need are a ball, open space and something to act as a goal: two poles, lines on a wall, anything to distinguish a goal area works. I believe that this is one of the main reasons for the sport’s popularity, especially in impoverished […]

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One of the expansion ideas that has had mixed success for the National Hockey League has been starting or moving franchises in warmer climates. The belief was that hockey fans from the Northern States and Canada that settled in Florida and Arizona would flock to watch the sport. As I mentioned before, the experiment has […]

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Usually, two groups of people that one would never sit at the same dinner table, maybe not even invite to the same party are agents and sports franchise owners. The agents’ job is to make as much money as they can for their client (at a 10% or more fee for themselves). Owners are trying […]

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I think the ultimate topper to most people after the arrests and indictments filed against numerous FIFA officials last week was the unmitigated arrogance of FIFA, especially its President Sepp Blatter. Last Friday, FIFA held its elections and Blatter won reelection on the first ballot and Blatter defiantly took office saying that he could not […]

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My schedule has been very hectic lately, and I had planned on talking about the Minnesota Vikings-Adrian Peterson verbal battle last week, but time got away from me. Of course, everyone knows that Peterson was charged with abusing his son with a switch, and Peterson, rightly I think, didn’t feel a lot of love or […]

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