Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is a HUGE baby. Earlier in the season, Ovechkin was pissed over not playing in a overtime because his coach at the time Bruce Boudreau didn’t like the effort he was seeing from the two time NHL MVP. So, he has a hissy fit and did everything except sit in […]

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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. – William Shakespeare (All’s Well That Ends Well Act iv. Sc. 3) By now, everyone knows of the death of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno yesterday. The 85-year-old Paterno died 85 days after being fired by Penn State Trustees […]

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There have been and will be numerous articles and television specials to commemorate Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday today, and I’ll add my own birthday greetings to the man who may have been the most important sports figure of my life. My grandparents, who were sports fans, but didn’t like strident black athletes or performers, were […]

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CNN.com reported that an Ohio landlord violated the Ohio Civil Rights Act by putting up a sign that read “Public Swimming Pool, White Only” at her Cincinnati duplex, but the landlord, Jamie Hein, wanted the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to reconsider. The commission ruled last year that the sign “restricts the social contact between Caucasians […]

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I’m not proud of this, but I do think that sports agents are some of the scummiest people on Earth, right down there with used car dealers, lawyers and corporate CEOs. I admit to being ashamed when I read that former super-agent Leigh Steinberg filed for bankruptcy protection this week, said that he takes responsibility […]

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Happy New Year to everyone. The Indignant Family went away for the new year, and your friend and humble narrator is rested and ready to start 2012. but before we get started on the new stuff, let’s briefly touch on the issues that happened while I was gone: • Alabama soundly defeated LSU in the […]

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It’s been a very long and not particularly pretty 2011, so I’m ready for the New Year, So, I’m taking some time off from everything except for the Indignant Family, including my site. I will be back the week of January 9, 2012. I wish all of you a safe holiday and here’s hoping for […]

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