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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Wimbledon this year is notable mostly for the early exits of some of the game’s top players. Rafael Nadal lost on the first day; Maria Sharapova was bounced in the second round, and Roger Federer was ousted in the second round – the first time he left that early in a major since 2003. All […]

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A few quick thoughts: • I’m going to need a defibrillator to watch the rest of the games in the Stanley Cup Finals. I want the Blackhawks to win so badly I can barely watch. • Whenever someone dies, I automatically think of the family left behind, especially young children, which makes the sudden and […]

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When this story broke yesterday, the first thing I thought of was a line from the neat 1984 action film “Blue Thunder:” Warren Oates, in his last performance, told Roy Scheider “if you’re walking on eggs, don’t hop.” Apparently, Major League Baseball has gotten Biogenesis director Tony Bosch to implicate about 20 big league players […]

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Well, they’ve threatened it for a long time, but this week Joe Paterno’s family will file suit against the NCAA. The lawsuit is filed by the family along with several members of the Penn State Board of Trustees, faculty, former players and coaches. The suit claims that the report issued by former FBI director Louis […]

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