While ordinarily I would be mildly amused when something bad happens to the Green Bay Packers, last night, the replacement referees screwed them in the worst possible way. As you probably saw, with the Packers up five points at the end of last night’s game against Seattle, Seahawk QB Russell Wilson heaved one toward the […]

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Long time readers know that if it’s early September, it’s time for my annual Toronto International Film Festival trip, which is where I’ve been. Fourteen films in 6 days left me tired, bleary-eyed, but I did see some fine films (the annual summary is coming). In the mean time, there have been a few things […]

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The NFL season starts tonight with the Giants and Cowboys playing one night early as to not compete with President Obama’s Democratic nomination speech. Unfortunately, the game, and all games this coming weekend, will be played without the regular officials. They are being locked out by the league because the league and the union cannot […]

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I didn’t have an opportunity to write on this, but better late than never. Former Notre Dame running back and commentator Allen Pinkett was suspended without pay for last week’s game in Dublin versus Navy for saying on an interview with WSCR-AM of Chicago: “I’ve always felt like, to have a successful team, you have […]

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Lance Armstrong gained his fame for never quitting – not against testicular cancer, not against the bike, and not in the mountains of the Tour de France. But, Armstrong is giving up this fight, some say the biggest of all, by choosing not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the […]

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There is a version of sportswriting that I’ve always abhorred and that is the muckraker. The first one I remember was Bernie Lincecome in the Chicago Tribune; he didn’t report the news, he took the headlines and try to create controversy. I remember players and coaches who refused to talk with him. Personally, I found […]

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It’s not enough that Roger Clemens beat the rap on charges that he lied under oath of taking performance enhancing drugs, now, the 50-year-old is attempting a comeback. Clemens has signed with a minor league team, and bad teams like his former employer, the Houston Astros, in need of attendance, could be considering taking on […]

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