I know that the title isn’t the exact quote, but I don’t think that pride is enough to capture the attitude involved here. I wasn’t paying attention last night, until this morning when I read the amazing – that Jacksonville had fired Head Coach Urban Meyer. I was not surprised that Meyer got fired; I […]

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I have long aspired to be on TV or radio broadcasting sports. I did basketball analysis of Northwestern Men’s basketball games back in school around 1979-1981. And everyone knows that I wrote for the two television shows back in the day. But I always felt that I would be good being a talking head on […]

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I am wearing a Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Championship t-shirt this morning. It’s one of seven Stanley Cup winner shirts that I own – two from 2013 and 2015 and three from the 2010 title. Of course, we now know that during the 2010 playoffs, the Blackhawks front office covered up and protected their video […]

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As I big fan of the Chicago Blackhawks, I was very troubled by the news that lawsuits had been filed against the team because of unwanted sexual encounters between a player “John Doe” and then video coach Brad Aldrich. The team fought (and continues to fight as far as I know), the lawsuits aggressively including […]

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Now than Andrew Wiggins has taken the COVID-19 vaccine and rejoined the Golden State Warriors, that leaves Kyrie Irving and the Nets. Irving, long known for bizarre beliefs, has openly said that he would not take the vaccine, even though, but New York and California law, he would be banned from playing in those two […]

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Last Friday, stories came out in the press that Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden had sent a racist email. Gruden apologized to the public, to the team, to anyone who would listen. I believed all weekend that Gruden would avoid any serious punishment and in fact, Gruden was on the sideline for the […]

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Hubris Does Pay Urban Meyer is the ultimate Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sports figure. On the one hand, he has won football games everywhere he has coached, but controversy has followed him to every stop. He came to prominence as Head Coach at the University of Florida when he won two national championships. On […]

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