With the tragedy that is Ferguson, Missouri and the reality of violence, crime and mass incarceration of African-American men in this country, the story of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team has been one of the true “feel good” stories of the summer. I have only mentioned them once in passing in an earlier […]

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The Mante Te’o story with the fictitious girlfriend remains the strangest story I think I have written on here on evilopinion, my earlier sites, or the television shows I have contributed to over the past 24 years. At first, I thought that I had seen the second this week. It started out as yet another […]

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Nine-year-old Antonio Smith got angry yesterday at his mother because she wouldn’t give him a cupcake and went outside of his house on 73rd Street on the South Side of Chicago. It was the middle of the afternoon, but by 5:13 PM, Antonio, who liked to dance, was pronounced dead, shot five times in his […]

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Mike Ditka is a beloved figure here in Chicago. A Hall of Fame Bear as a tight end; the only coach to lead the Bears to a Super Bowl Victory with the Super Bowl Shuffle Bears in 1985-1986, Ditka is an icon here. Add the “Super Fans” sketch from Saturday Night Live and now in […]

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I have been away for a week, and so I have not been able to comment on the Notre Dame situation where 4 players have been suspended under investigation of academic fraud. It made local and national headlines when it was announced that cornerback KeiVarae Russell, wide receiver DaVaris Daniels, linebacker Kendall Moore and defensive […]

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As you know, I’m not “into” golf at all. I don’t play the game, nor do I follow it. I do know that there are some strange rules in golf, many of which can turn simple mistakes into a player getting suspended. This week, a PGA player admitted to a possible mistake and returned over […]

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As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors met this week to vote on a new governance structure for the “Power 5” conferences. Those conferences, the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 have felt hamstrung by the smaller schools that make up the 351 member NCAA. […]

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