ESPN has been great for sports and also, not so good. According to reports however, “The Worldwide Leader in Sports has a toxic workplace environment. This week, the New York Times revealed comments made last year by Rachel Nichols, who is white, when she learned that Maria Taylor, who is Black, would host ESPN’s studio […]

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In Illinois, where I live, marijuana is legal – sold in stores like booze. While I’ve never really indulged in weed myself, I know for a fact from my years as an usher at concerts and sporting events, stoners were about as dangerous as sleepy puppies, unlike drunks, who in general want to fight. I […]

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For the past few years, I have avoided politics here at evilopinion.com. When I first started the column, there were more directly political posts, but as a large segment of the populace absolutely refused to agree and what reality is, it was pointless to address their released their preciously forced silent racism, misogyny and anti-Semitism. […]

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I could never imagine what it would have been like to be an alum or fan of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team when the allegations surfaced about Jerry Sandusky’s predatory sexual history with young boys. As horrible as that was, the fact that Hall of Fame Coach Joe Paterno and members of the […]

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One of the most heinous rules in sport is for college athletes not to be paid for their services beyond a scholarship, room and board. This is the frame work for the multibillion-dollar NCAA to even exist, but the tide has been turning. Federal antitrust lawsuits have slowly eroded strict amateurism rules during the past […]

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In a story late this afternoon, it was announced by team President and CEO Ted Phillips that the Chicago Bears recently submitted a bid to purchase the property at Arlington International Racecourse. Churchill Downs, which currently owns and operates the racetrack, announced this past winter that the property would be up for sale for redevelopment […]

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Joe Paterno was a football coaching legend. He held the all time record for victories in big time college football. Then came the, at first allegations then proven that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually assaulting young boys in a program Sandusky headed for underprivileged boys. Paterno lost his job, his record for awhile, and […]

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