I do love comedy movies, but I admit that the current fart/dick/gross out movies haven’t done anything for me. I like wit move than “Jackass,” and have not been much of a Seth Rogan fan (although “This Is The End” with Rogan and James Franco was hilarious). I personally cant wait to see “The Trip […]

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I have not posted about police violence against black men since the Ferguson, MO decision/protests, so I have not written on the Eric Garner decision, but one of the more asinine comments on the cause of the incident has come from Sen. Rand Paul. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t dignify his comments with a response, and I […]

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It’s been a week since the Grand Jury failed to indict Darren Wilson in the murder of unarmed black teenager Mike Brown, and while the rioting seems to be over, the protests comtinue including some in downtown Chicago last weekend. On my way to see the David Bowie Is exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary […]

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We have played 12 weeks of the 2014 NFL season and the contenders and pretenders have identified themselves. Teams like the Packers and Broncos are at the top of the heap, and teams like Jacksonville, Tennessee, the Raiders yet again, and the Bears are making plans for the offseason. The other thing that is obvious […]

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As has been detailed here and in numerous places, the world of college sports is changing. The Big 5 conferences have in many ways broken away from the NCAA; players could be considered employees, meaning paying players and covering their health. These are things that will cut significantly into colleges’ and universities’ profit margins. It […]

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I wish that I could say that I’m surprised or even shocked by the fact that a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson, MO police Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, or that there would be rioting afterward. This whole incident has been a cluster-f$%k from the beginning. […]

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Being a parent is a special responsibility; anyone who has children knows that. But what happens when the child is talented in sports and becomes wealthy? Some of the worst parents known are the tennis parents who live off their children for decades. Former American champion Michael Chang’s parents were known to be a horror, […]

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