I am not much of a basketball fan, but I admit that I appreciate Bulls’ center Joakim Noah. In a league so dominated by prolific scorers, Noah has been a two-time All Star with defense, rebounding, assists and occasional scoring. And yes, he is one of the more eccentric players in the league, but what […]

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ESPN texted me and millions of other fans over the weekend to announce that Michael Sam, linebacker/defensive lineman from Missouri and SEC defensive player of the year had, in an interview, announced to the world that he was gay. All of the articles proclaimed, needlessly, that Sam would be the first openly gay athlete in […]

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If you are looking for another sign of the rot that is college football, you have to look no further than the media coverage of “national signing day” yesterday. High school young men were having press conferences to announce where they will be “attending” school (that is, playing football). Some will become pros, more won’t, […]

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• What a nostalgic Super Bowl – a complete blowout. We had been getting used to close games. • The cliché that “defense wins championships” is not a cliché today. • Is this the official ascension of the black mobile quarterback? Will everyone soon be running the read option? • Did Seattle just score again? […]

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I never took a journalism class, but from various movies, I have heard that one of the cardinal sins of reporting is “never bury the lead,” that is get to the point of the story early. Well, long time readers know that I bury the lead constantly (and am doing the same thing here, alas.) […]

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First, it appears that WXRT has come to an agreement with DJ Tom Marker. Since all WXRT has left is its air talent (since its playlist sucks), it probably isn’t the smartest thing in the world to fire a DJ and piss off the listenership. Alex Rodriguez didn’t just sue baseball over his one season […]

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For a long time, I’ve detailed my argument against WXRT. They are boring as hell, no fault of the DJs who I think know they are playing the same crap over and over again, but they have livelihoods to protect. That’s understandable. And there has been no impetus to listen to naysayers like myself because […]

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