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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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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