ESPN and SI.com are reporting that Phil Jackson is very close to a deal to take control of the New York Knicks’ basketball operations. Jackson, of course, played for the Knicks and despite winning 11 NBA Champions as a Head Coach in Chicago and Los Angeles, in his heart he has always been a Knick, […]

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I used to be a basketball fan. The grace, the fluidity, and way the game was played was just magnificent. Today, with everyone standing around; passing between two or three players; the game is dull, which is why I no longer watch. However, Wizards center Marcin Gortat, son of an Olympic medalist boxer, has an […]

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Does anyone other than me find it contradictory that the 13 part update to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking “Cosmos” is on nine Fox cable networks? First, the show is hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, a doctor of astrophysics, so he’s very smart, and he happens to be African-American. Second, the portion of the first show I […]

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There is a problem when something works well – someone wants to copy it or do it BIGGER. Last Saturday night’s outdoor Blackhawks game in a driving first period snow was a wonderful event (your friend and humble narrator had the opportunity to go but passed due to the pain of getting in and out […]

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I used to be a huge boxing fan. I knew the champions in the major weight classes for all of the sanctioning bodies; watched plenty of boxing on television and bought pay-per-view fights occasionally. Then came the Indignant Wife, who hates boxing (but loves Asian martial arts films, alas), and guess what? Now I no […]

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So, I watched the Oscars last night, and there’s enough coverage on the very long, boring show, Ellen DeGeneris’ bits and the like. I just wanted to formalize here my thoughts on the awards and the films. First, “Gravity” deserved all of the technical awards. It put the audience into space right next to Sandra […]

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If it isn’t enough that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is facing murder charges, he is apparently beating up people in prison. Hernandez, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on first-degree murder and weapons charges, attacked an inmate at the Bristol County Jail in Massachusetts. Apparently, despite being in segregated housing […]

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