Entries Tagged as 'News/Politics'
The arbitration hearing of Alex Rodriguez has gone on for weeks but today, there was some drama. The Yankee third baseman stormed out of the meeting when the arbitrator refused to compel Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify. Rodriguez wants to confront Selig as he tries to get his 211 game suspension overturned. […]
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Sounds sexist, right? Being glad that I have two girls instead of boys? What a horrible person I am, correct? Well, the reason is that I would probably want boys of mine to play football, and in light of the stories about head trauma that is coming out now (this week NFL Hall of Famers […]
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There is a story on the Huffington Post today that the City of Atlanta plans to demolish current home of the Atlanta Braves, Turner Field, when and if the team moves to a new facility in the suburbs. Already, there was talk that Cobb County, I guess a more affluent suburb is wooing the Falcons […]
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Sure, the State of Illinois has a huge pension problem. Despite being a “blue state” we have a corrupt Democratic state legislature that can only pass laws wrapped in a $50 bill. Yes, our governors are more likely to end up in jail. But we have medical marijuana legalized. (How long before recreational marijuana is […]
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Less than one day after articles were written detailing Ritchie Incognito’s hazing and threats to Jonathan Martin, many people are blaming the victim. Jim Trotter’s “Inside The NFL” column on SI.com wrote, “there are NFL personnel people and active and former players who believe Martin handled the situation poorly by allowing it to spill out […]
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Anyone who follows me on Facebook or has even been on this site knows that I hate the Green Bay Packers. I was born and raised in Chicago, and my grandfather had Bear season tickets. So, I was almost literally born a Bear fan, which also means that I have hatred of the Packers built […]
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Long time readers know that there are few television “journalists” I despise more than ESPN’s resident NBA jackass Stephen A. Smith. Because he sounds “street” and appears to have that same worldview, he has become chummy with a lot of NBA players and hangers-on. So he uses his contacts to spread falsehoods in the name […]
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