Late word is hitting the Internet that Bud Selig, Major League Baseball’s commissioner since 1992, will retire following the 2014 season. The former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers is expected to officially announce his retirement next Wednesday. I, for one, say – good. Selig has built the business of baseball, and to the positive, has […]

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Often, I wish that a head football coach would send a real message to his team about conduct off the field. Well, Matt Labrum, the head football coach at Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah, may have sent the ultimate message to his team. Amid reports of cyberbullying and other off-the-field problems plaguing his team, […]

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To many, myself included sometimes, it seems like the world is tilting off kilter. Mass shootings; Tea Party morons; climate change, portions of Chicago becoming war zones. Sometimes,. It’s enough to wonder if people have lost their f#$%ing minds all at once. Sometimes, however, we need to remind ourselves that the world is moving in […]

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Most observers are saying that the NCAA structure is doomed, and that changes are definitely afoot. NCAA President Mark Emmert says that the changes may be coming so quickly that the college sports world may be vastly different in just a year. I don’t know if that will happen that quickly, but change is definitely […]

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They both moved from New York City to the West Coast; both have had years of great success; both have had years of terrible baseball. But what makes the San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers rivalry deadly? A man wearing a Dodgers hat died Wednesday from a stab wound suffered in a fight between fans of […]

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I meant to write about former Cub Ryne Sandberg getting to manage the Philadelphia Phillies back when he was named interim manager a few weeks ago, but it was during my crazy busy period. Since replacing Charlie Manuel, Sandberg’s Phillies have gone 18-17, but that was enough for the team to take the “interim” part […]

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According to most studies, people learn by watching other people then usually by doing. While I do not condone bad behavior by athletes nor do I absolve them of responsibility for those errors, I do shake my head at the people they are around, often adults, from the time they appear to be talented athletes. […]

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