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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One week after the second Ray Rice video of him knocking his then fiancée unconscious, Minnesota Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson was indicted for beating his 4-year-old son with a switch. When I first heard about it, I posted on Facebook that every African-American parent over 60 years of age should be indicted also. What […]

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The biggest story in sports while I was away involved the continuing revelations in the Ray Rice case. Rice was in trouble for knocking his then fiancée unconscious and dragging her from an elevator in the spring. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gave Rice a two game suspension, half of the suspension for use of marijuana. […]

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One of the major problems with being a sports fan in the 21st Century is knowing who is on PEDs and who isn’t. And with public apologies for bad behavior passed out like Flintstones vitamins at a summer camp, are any of them genuine? One guy who one wouldn’t have thought about is former New […]

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This has been an eventful week for rookie linebacker Michael Sam, the first openly gay player in the NFL. First, ESPN showed dubious judgment by inquiring and broadcasting concerning when Sam showers. Like he would be “tempted” will all of those men in the shower. (Not like he didn’t last season at the University of […]

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