One of the positives about sport is that there’s always a winner and a loser, but in the case of the Chicago Cubs versus the rooftop owners that sell tickets to watch games over the left and right field walls, neither side deserves to win. They belong to each other. For those of you not […]

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Long time readers know that I am old fashioned when it comes to sports. I like the rules to stay mostly the same, teams to stay in the same locations. Of course, some changes are needed: the end of the center line rule has rejuvenated hockey; and there have been franchises that never got the […]

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Both the NBA and suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling are each circling the wagons in the coming battle against one another. Of course, this still stems from Sterling’s comments in an audio recording of him berating a female friend for publicly associating with black people, including former NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson. The […]

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We have reached the conference final round in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and of course, Chicago fans like myself see the end of the tunnel, another championship within reach. The Blackhawks are seven wins away having won game 1 of the Western Conference Final with game 2 tomorrow night against the Los Angeles Kings. Other […]

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After putting both feet deeply in his mouth and getting banned for life by the NBA, both Donald Sterling and his estranged wife Shelley Sterling crawled out from under their individual rocks giving interviews to the media trying to put their spin on the incident, but neither one made their case. First, Shelley was interviewed […]

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I am happy that I have the two Indignant Daughters – I wonder what I’d be like if I had boys in competitive sports. So far, my girls are involved in figure skating and swimming and both may be good enough to compete competitively, so I’m not immune, but since I don’t skate and can’t […]

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This week, rookie NFL jersey sales are centered on two players: Johnny “Football” Manziel Cleveland Browns jerseys, and St. Louis Rams Michael Sam jerseys. OF course, Manziel is the former Heisman Trophy winner whose draft stick fell until Cleveland drafted him with the 22nd pick in the first round. Small, not possessing the strongest arm, […]

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