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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

I don’t usually bring my regular job here to evilopinion – it keeps me from getting into trouble, but if you haven’t discerned by now, I work for a bank as a credit trainer. I do enjoy my work – I get to be creative in a generally non-creative industry and I get to help […]

[Read more →]

As beautiful as figure skating is, and as grueling and demanding physically as it is, there is one major problem with the sport: IT IS SUBJECTIVE. One man’s great performance is another’s mediocre one. And the sport has been plagued over the years with proven and alleged impropriety, so it should be no surprise that […]

[Read more →]

I admit to having this naïve notion that 99.9% of the cheating at all levels of sport involves men. Women have a professional basketball league, but its life is precarious. There aren’t any million dollar female athletes outside of tennis and figure skating, right? But then I look at the big money women’s college programs […]

[Read more →]