Entries Tagged as 'News/Politics'
Speaking of the Hall of Fame, one man who arguably should be there as he was the most significant man in baseball history in the latter half of the 20th Century, Marvin Miller, died this week at the age of 95. Miller was the head of the players union for over three decades and built […]
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Ever since Nebraska joined the Big Ten (and since Notre Dame entered the ACC in every sport except football), Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has said that he was happy with the size of the conference, but, once again, he was not being exactly truthful. Eying the lucrative New York and Washington D.C. markets for […]
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A few weeks ago, I attended a talk on the MF Global scandal, but I didn’t realize that I was “going in the belly of the beast,” at the Heartland Institute. You may remember that I wrote on the incident here on evilopinion, but I never disclosed the name of the organization. Since then, I […]
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• I hope that everyone is happy that I didn’t jump on the Obama wins – I told you so bandwagon. There’s enough people and organizations making jokes and ridiculing Republicans without me. However, as I posted on Facebook last week, the country has serious problems and liberals don’t have the market cornered on ideas. […]
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Ordinarily at this time of year with baseball over, football on Thursday night through Monday evening, the temperatures falling, the leaves off the trees and more darkness than sunlight, nothing pleased me more than coming home and flipping through the NHL Centre Ice games to watch some hockey. Of course, I can’t do that since […]
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If athletes leave their youthful professions with some of their riches, their brains intact, and the rest of their bodies in relative good shape, they still aren’t safe from people who try to steal their money. A few months ago, Cal Ripken, Jr’s mother was kidnapped and forced to drive around and use her ATM […]
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I’ve been extremely busy with work and the Indignant Family, so I haven’t had the opportunity to comment on the biggest story in sports this week – a very bad week for former Chicago White Sox. First, let’s discuss the DUI arrest of former catcher Carlton Fisk. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised – Fisk […]
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