First, I’d like to wish the E-Street Band’s saxophonist Clarence Clemens a swift and complete recovery from a stroke. “The Big Man,” 69, Bruce Springsteen’s sidekick and onstage foil for over 30 years, has suffered health problems for a long time including a spinal problem and double knee surgeries in recent years. And I don’t […]

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If it’s June, it is about time for Chicago Cub pitcher Carlos Zambrano to have a melt down. In past years, he fought his catcher in the dugout; insulted his teammates; gotten suspended and had to undergo anger management classes. Yesterday, he lashed out after the Cubs blew a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning […]

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Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was released from prison today after spending nearly two years behind bars on a gun charge. He spoke to the media and then reportedly headed to Florida to be with his family while he contemplates his chances of playing again in the NFL. As he left Oneida Correctional […]

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If it’s spring/summer, it is the time that I hate around my house. I don’t mind sharing my back yard with nesting birds, it’s the red winged blackbirds that swoop down on me protecting their young that gets to me. If birds could understand, I would tell them that I don’t give a sh#@ about […]

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The Chicago Tribune reported today that the Chicago Cubs are one of nine franchises in violation of MLB’s debt service rules, according to information presented in a confidential briefing at the owners meetings last month. Of course, the Dodgers and Mets have been in the news on account of their finaincial difficulties for their troubles […]

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If famous deaths actually come in threes, someone else famous is about to die, because James Arness, Marshall Matt Dillon for decades on “Gunsmoke” on both television and radio died today at the age of 88, and Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the doctor who performed assisted suicides also died at age 83. I’ll let you make […]

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• Last week’s game 7 between Boston and Tampa Bay in the Eastern conference finals of this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs was one of the best game 7s ever. A tight game that ended 1-0; it was exciting, never boring. Then we get a 1-0 first game of the Stanley Cup finals last night; a […]

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