I know that over the past few years, I sincerely wished for overblown wide receiver Terrell Owens to please go away. The outlandish antics on the field; the stupid wars of words with coaches and quarterbacks were permitted when he was one of the best receivers in the game, but the NFL is a brutal […]

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There have been and will be numerous articles and television specials to commemorate Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday today, and I’ll add my own birthday greetings to the man who may have been the most important sports figure of my life. My grandparents, who were sports fans, but didn’t like strident black athletes or performers, were […]

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Happy New Year to everyone. The Indignant Family went away for the new year, and your friend and humble narrator is rested and ready to start 2012. but before we get started on the new stuff, let’s briefly touch on the issues that happened while I was gone: • Alabama soundly defeated LSU in the […]

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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve given my “end of year” list of favorites and there is one omission that I found that I had to add; then a sports apology: • For whatever reason, I thought that The Decemberists CD – “The King Is Dead” was a very late 2010 release, but I […]

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Before the holidays begin, I’ve been really busy with work and family duties, so I apologize for not being as diligent as before. A few Pre-Christmas thoughts: • I guess former Chicago Bear wide receiver Sam Hurd was more interested in being Al Pacino’s Tony Montana than Jerry Rice. When he was arrested for trying […]

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A lot of people have wondered why I haven’t taken on the Tim Tebow phenomenon, and it’s because I thought that the Tebow story would be settled by now one way or the other. But the Broncos keep winning, and Tebow is under the spotlight. First, let me admit that I’ve never liked the Denver […]

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I have long protested that Michael Bay of the Transformers’ films, “The Rock,” “Bad Boys” 1 and 2, and “Armageddon” is the worst director working today. I don’t care how many billions of dollars he bilks from the young and the stupid that watch his unintelligible films that mostly feature things blowing up. But there […]

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