Late last week, when the Pennsylvania jury started deliberations in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse trial, I hoped that justice would be done, unlike the Roger Clemens jury who winked and nodded as Clemens was allowed to walk on all charges. Of course, other than the fact that sports were involved in each case, […]

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I was frankly shocked by the verdict brought down by the jury in the Roger Clemens case yesterday, but I guess I shouldn’t have been. More and more often, the rich and famous get off, while poorer unknowns go to jail, and often it seems, on bogus evidence or testimony (especially in capital cases, it […]

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Since we last spoke, there were three deaths of people in the news that are worthy of mention. First, there was the great Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who died last week at the age of 60. Stevenson looked like Ali, but the only time we Americans could see Stevenson was in the Olympics. He […]

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I grew up watching boxing. I still love it, but since The Indignant Wife hates boxing, I haven’t watched very much for a very long time, but I see the 20/7 pre-fight series that run on HBO from time to time, so I kind of know who is fighting, and so I’ve heard of junior […]

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As I have written here several times, I have long believed that more needed and continues to need to be done to protect professional athletes from head injuries, especially football and hockey players. CTE, or CTE or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has appeared in the brains of a significant number of NFL and NHL athletes’ autopsies, […]

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It is the nature of today’s culture and social media that any comment by anyone if grist for the universal mill. Now, you make a comment, or get drunk on the ground like Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, and suddenly, it’s everywhere. Chicago White Sox announcer Ken “Hawk” Harrelson learned that lesson this week. So, it […]

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It is hard to think that former NBA star with the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Woolridge is the same age as I am. Maybe it was all the money. I worked at the old Chicago Stadium for Andy Frain, some of those stories have made their way to this page. But, to quote The Bard, “I […]

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