Here in Chicago, we have just begun out annual city Civil War – that between the North Side Cub fans and the South Side White Sox fans. Over the past couple of decades, the “friendly” rivalry has turned uglier with the Cubs winning a couple of divisions but being unable to make the World Series, […]

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I was extremely busy last week and the Indignant Oldest Daughter is on spring break so the family and I were out of town earlier this week, but while I was away, I saw the USA Today print something that had to come directly from the NCAA. Wednesday’s paper (which was free in the hotel […]

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The first thing that the NCAA schools say is that the scholarship athletes get an education and room-and-board, and today, even state schools cost $20,000 per year. Add the housing and food, and your talking about $40,000 or much more. However, I have never been able to understand how the schools put a value on […]

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There’s has been a lot of posturing from both sides in the NFL Labor front. On Friday, the NFLPA decertified so that individual players could sue the owners. Also, this move keeps the litigation before Judge David Doty in Minneapolis (more on this later). On Saturday, the owners established a lockout against the players. And […]

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What message do the NCAA and colleges and universities send to young people when professors who have a “lab” session on sex pay a higher price than football coaches? You know that’s what will happen when Northwestern gets around to punishing Professor J. Michael Bailey, he that had the exhibitionists doing a live sex act […]

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The local Chicago media is making a big deal of the titillating trial of Marni Yang, who is standing trial for murdering pregnant Rhoni Reuter, both of whom were having relationships with former Chicago Bear safety Shawn Gayle. Ms. Yang , 43, is accused of killing Reuter out of jealousy over Reuter’s relationship with Gayle. […]

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Years ago, in the midst of the Maurice Clarett incident at Ohio State, I wrote that head coach Jim Tressel had to have known about Mr. Clarett’s lack of educational experience and his penchant for trouble, but rode his young running back to the school’s first national championship then dropped him like a hot potato […]

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