If we need moronic racists on television, all we need to do is to turn on Fox News, but CBS has decided to add another one. Former baseball reliever John Rocker will be a cast member on Survivor. There are reports that the former Atlanta Braves pitcher will be competing alongside girlfriend Julie McGee on […]

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There was a very good story on HBO’s “Real Sports” talking about the decline in golf and some of the extreme measures that certain golf movers and shakers are willing to initiate to save the game. A story on CNN Money highlights the problems and suggests reasons that this is happening. First, the evidence: Adidas, […]

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When I was a kid, I looked forward to Baseball’s All-Star Game. I love scoring baseball games (still do on occasion) and I made up a huge score sheet just to capture all of the substitutions. I made my mother made dozens of copies so I could score games (Copiers were much less prevalent in […]

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I have unfriended a couple of people on Facebook, acquaintances or former coworkers spouting Tea Party propaganda mostly. There were heated discussions at times on the site, but in both instances, I just quietly terminated the connection. No announcement, no formal comment, just a decision that they weren’t worth wasting my time and energy on. […]

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A big part of getting good seats at baseball games is the feel of being near the field, a better chance for a foul ball, and being on television. When I worked at Wrigley Field in the seats closest to the field, my grandmother used to look out for me in the stands. She said […]

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Other than the asinine rulings of the Supreme Court this week, the most depressing thing about life in this country was the $100 million earned by Michael Bay’s latest piece of cinematic excrement: “ Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Despite replacing current celebrity magazine bad boy Shea LaBeouf for Mark Wahlberg, I have already heard about […]

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Rich people aren’t like normal people. For one thing, of course, they can buy almost anything they want. The people around them don’t dare tell them no. As a result, they believe that the entire world can’t rebuke them in any way, and today’s oligarchs really believe that they are above all law and rules […]

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