Long time readers know that there is no one is all of sports broadcasting that I hate more than Stephen A. Smith. He is a loudmouthed jigaboo who spouts ignorant opinions with an African-American slant that appeals to low intelligence Black people, who feel that he speaks to them in their language, and to low […]

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All the way back when I started writing for The Sportswriters On TV, I have long written that umpires and referees have too much power. The officials, especially baseball umpires, are some of the most thin-skinned people you would ever encounter. I always thought the most exemplary case was that of Robbie Alomar/John Hirshbeck in […]

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For the past couple of weeks, I had planned to write about the money/gambling controversy surrounding the best baseball player in the world, Shohei Ohtani. As the major sports leagues become more entwined with sports books, it was only a matter of time before players, coaches, front office staff, even owners now have the opportunity […]

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By now, the entire world knows about the death of Orenthal James Simpson this week at the age of 78 from cancer. As the most controversial man in the last part of the 20th Century, newspapers and broadcast media is covering the death with many thousands of words, as has been the case since that […]

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Over the years as a trainer, I have been evaluated by lots of people, and almost every time, there was one person who had to complain about something. Even if I did a fine job and exemplary evaluations from others, there was always someone who had a bone to pick with me. Occasionally, the criticism […]

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I have long stated that owners of professional sports teams are selling one of two things: wins, or hope for the future that there will be lots of wins in the near future. For decades, the Cubs didn’t sell hope or wins – they marketed a beautiful day outside at the ballpark. That was an […]

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Over the years, it has been an regular fight between the owners of major sports franchises and municipalities and states over taxpayers subsidizing new stadiums for the teams. The people don’t want to use money that could go for things like schools, roads, police and fire departments, hospitals instead to go to billionaire sports owners. […]

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