Speaking of Florida State and young Mr. Winston, there was quite a long article in the New York Times on Sunday that detailed how the local police department handled FSU athletes very differently from other students and non-students. The article detailed a pattern that validates the lax investigation of criminal sexual assault charges against Jamaeis […]

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My feelings on the St. Louis Cardinals are very obvious – all you have to do is look at the banner on the top of this site. My initial reason for this was because as an Andy Frain usher, the rubes and country bumpkins who descended on Wrigley Field every year were a pain in […]

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Often, we see professional athletes start their own charities to support various causes. However, it appears more and more that the charity is a tax dodge, or a public relations vehicle. Sometimes we hear that the money that is supposed to go to the charity never does any good, except to the athlete. We have […]

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For decades, the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) has made out like bandits. They auction off the rights to host Games for billions of dollars from the countries and the municipalities (both over the table and under the table in the forms of money, but also “favors” including sex and other perks); share none of the […]

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I did not see the end of the Kansas City Royals incredible comeback in the Wild Card game against the Oakland A’s the other night, mostly because I though the Royals were done when the A’s were leading 7-3 late in the game. However, I was also channel surfing when I found Frontline’s story on […]

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One of the problems with being a major media outlet is what happens when you have to report on a major partner? Can you be impartial if you are making money with an organization where there are issues? I’ve been very busy, so I never got a chance to discuss the Bill Simmons/ESPN situation. For […]

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We have another football player acting badly, but this time at least, we don’t have to wait for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to make an uneducated, ill considered decision. This time, it was Florida State University. Already the subject of a sexual abuse accusation that was poorly investigated Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has been […]

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