The only certainty to sports in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries has been that there will be labor strife. Major League Baseball was the first with labor problems, and for decades, player strikes and ownership lockouts were more the norm than the exception. Then the NBA joined in the “fun,” the NFL actually […]

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There is nothing that gets Chicago fans riled up more than the Bears. When they’re winning, people are happier and to many, the sun shines brighter, it’s warmer, life is just better. When they aren’t, the skies are grey; people are grumpy. When the Bears won their first 7 of 8 games, fans thought the […]

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When I think of rabid fans that are take support for their teams too far, I think of the City of Philadelphia. Whenever I write about the history of Philly fans, I always get push back from current and former Philadelphia residents that I paint too harsh a picture of the city. I don’t think […]

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The current and former New Orleans Saint players who were implicated and suspended for the Saints’ bounty program had every reason to believe that having current Commissioner Roger Goodell’s suspensions adjudicated by former commissioner Paul Tagliabue would be tainted by conflict of interest, but it looks now like Tagliabue tried to have it both ways. […]

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A few months ago, I think I wrote that Bobby Petrino would be back in the coaching ranks, and now he is. Petrino is now the head coach of Western Kentucky. In case you’ve forgotten, Petrino was fired by Arkansas last April for a “pattern of misleading” behavior following a motorcycle accident. The coach was […]

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My neighbor Asher, whose father’s company graciously set up this rant festival of mine, and I regularly argue over the merits of Joe Flacco as quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens. Asher thinks he is a great quarterback for appearing in four straight playoffs, but I say that he can’t measure up to the Mannings, or […]

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Let’s get this right out – ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is an idiot. I had stopped watching the College Football GameDay program a long time ago, even before the Indignant Daughters came along, mostly because, unlike the NFL Pregame, the announcers couldn’t hide their outright rooting for their alma maters: Herbstreit going on […]

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