The NBA will be postponing the start of training camp and the league will begin cancelling preseason games as the lockout of the players continues. All summer, there has been no real sense of urgency, but now that games are effected, perhaps the sides will begin to get serious. However, it doesn’t look good for […]

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The Toronto Film Festival is over and I’m back with you. This year’s film festival recap is progressing; I hope to have it by the end of this week. In the interim, a few thoughts…. • Isn’t it hypocritical for the hyper-conservative Chicago Tribune to sensor last week’s Doonesbury cartoons? I went online and saw […]

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It seems like every year, there are hockey tragedies. Hockey players are renowned partiers, so fatal automobile accidents (often involving alcohol) seem to occur all the time. Even ex-hockey players are not immune, as we in Chicago know with the death of Keith Magneson in an automobile accident several years ago. This season, the tragedy […]

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It is funny that at the same time that you can’t read a newspaper or watch a newscast without hearing about some young athlete in trouble with the NCAA or the law, the unbridled greed of the universities is also making news. Last week, Texas A&M after numerous rumors, announced that it would be leaving […]

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I was watching the NFL Network last night as they showed the New York Giants – New York Jets preseason football game when I saw a “Breaking News” banner flash across the bottom of the screen. Michael Vick had reportedly come to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles for a six-year contract extension that could be […]

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It’s must be tough to leave the spotlight as an athlete. You go from being a celebrity that everyone wants to be near, to a has-been, almost overnight. It had appeared that former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan had made that transition, having worked for the team since his retirement in a variety of roles, […]

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As you can tell, I haven’t been around to comment on lots of stuff, so here are a few brief thoughts: • The Cubs fired Jim Hendry – no surprise there, as his talent evaluation of players like Fukadome, Milton Bradley, and Carlos Zambrano have been WAY off the mark. Also, he spent the house […]

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