As reported on SI.com, this week, University of Kentucky Head Basketball Coach John Calipari made headlines suggesting that changes be made in NCAA rules. That’s not a surprise since he has a more-than-vested interest in the change he is calling for. Calipari went on a rant against the age-limit rule in an interview on WKJK […]

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I know that multiple players and their families have sued the NFL saying that the league knew or should have known that playing the sport is bad for your health especially after the discovery of CTE. Now the family of a deceased hockey player is suing the NHL, and while I feel for them, like […]

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I admit that I worry about the Indignant Daughters. They are both very beautiful and are very “girl-ly,” and I have made only half joking comments about building a moat and stocking it with piranha and building gun turrets on all four corners of the Indignant Abode as they get closer to dating age. It’s […]

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The word fan is short for fanatic, which is what sports fans are – rooting on their teams with their entire being. They see calls through their passion; they cheer their teams; they boo the opposition. I know because anyone whose seen me at a Northwestern football game or Blackhawks game knows that I’m anything […]

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I know that I am dating myself here, but when I was growing up, at least in my house, when an African-American person was doing well in sports, we tended to root for them. Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Dick Allen, the late Norm Van Lier were some of the athletes that my family followed and […]

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Finally, we see the cry baby in billionaire Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Yes, Wrigley Field needs millions of dollars in improvements, and yes, he is hamstrung by the fact that historic Wrigley Field is a monument and requires permission before serious changes are made. He is also hamstrung by the politically connected owners of […]

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LeRoy Butler, retired safety of the Green Bay Packers, won’t be coming to a Wisconsin church anymore because he tweeted support for Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as gay this week. “Congrats to Jason Collins,” Butler tweeted April 29, the day Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated cover story but a […]

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