In the same week that MLB Commissioner Bud “Head In The Sand” Selig announced that baseball was “cleaner than it has ever been,” rumors abound around the next round of suspensions for use of performance enhancing drugs. Everyone has been waiting for the shoe to drop in the form of suspensions for the 20 or […]

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I don’t want to write a whole lot on this subject for two reasons: this is far from being an isolated case; and second, I don’t want to single out one player among dozens/hundreds. Former Minnesota Viking/Miami Dolphin quarterback Daunte Culpepper surrendered his nearly 10,000-square-foot home to SunTrust Bank back in April in lieu of […]

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The word “fan” in sports nomenclature is short for “fanatic.” Dictionary.com’s listing for sports fan is “an enthusiastic devotee of sports.” Just two weeks after the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, the town and this writer are still on a high that will last long into the summer. Despite that, even I realize the […]

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There are stories that you know aren’t funny, but… When I first say this story, I thought of a scene from “The Big Chill.” Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Kline are in a field and it is obvious that Goldblum has just finished peeing. He said “that’s the great think about the outdoors – it’s one […]

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Chicago Cub fans don’t have reliever Carlos Marmol to kick around anymore. The team designated Marmol for assignment this week meaning they have 10 days to trade or release him. In a corresponding move, the Cubs also released third baseman Ian Stewart, who has been at Triple-A Iowa. Then it was reported that former Cubs […]

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Only in American can a body such as the Supreme Count make history twice in one week – once for rights and one against. By now everyone knows that the Supremes ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, both of which prohibited gays and lesbians to marry. This has been long […]

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Finally, the police arrested Aaron Hernandez for first degree murder this week. He has been charged in the death of semi-pro football player Olin Lloyd and then trying to cover it up by having the security system in his house removed and other physical evidence destroyed. As Hernandez was being arrested, the New England Patriots […]

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