Sunday, September 10, 2017 I thought that the best chance to see a star would be for The Current War, the latest film starring international superstar Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see the word “War” in the title, one might expect some military movie, but in this case, this is the story over the difference between […]

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I very rarely am on the side of sports owners. They are very rich; they are or are wannabe oligarchs; they often distance themselves from the common people, looking down at us, or just as money to be taken. Often, they treat their players like pawns. Not people easy to root for, or even congratulate. […]

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Yesterday, ESPN broadcast the final installment of its talk program “The Sports Reporters.” Today, there were numerous articles written about the show’s end. One of them came from Mitch Albom, who used the publicity to help him become a bestselling author of “Tuesdays with Morrie” and other sentimental books. I used to watch the show […]

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Anniversaries are opportunities to look backward and, if important, revel in self-congratulations. If it’s a media company: television, newspaper, Internet, magazines, even social media, this is an opportunity to publicize it. People like round numbers, so any “big” anniversary provides the opportunity to give even more hype. This is the 50th anniversary of Rolling Stone […]

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Over the years, I have tried to avoid loud, stupid, opinionated sports writing and sports casting. I never liked it growing up and I was fortunate to be a part of The Sportswriters on TV, which had journalists who argued and disagreed, but never vindictively or viciously. Which is one of the reasons that I […]

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Well, lots of magazines and websites are already putting their best of lists together and so, as I do every year, it is time to post my own list. Yes, my artists tend to trend older than the usual critic, but since I’m still a big music fan/buyer, I am giving my own list. Two […]

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Well, the entire world knows that the 108 year championship draught suffered by the Chicago Cubs is a memory. The city partied as in no other championship, which for Chicago is a lot when you think about it. After the Blackhawks won in 1962 and the Bears won in 1963, there was a long period […]

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