It has been another tough few days for Penn State. Last week, a group purchased a banner that flew over Beaver Stadium saying “Take Down the Statue (of late Head Coach Joe Paterno) or We Will.” Finally, the Board of Trustees ordered that the statue be taken down from the front of the stadium, which […]

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The NBA announced today that, along with expanded use of replay during games, jerseys will be allowed to have advertising on it starting in 2013-2014. The jerseys will be patterned after professional basketball and soccer in Europe, and there will be limitations. Why? Money, of course; this move is expected to generate up to $100 […]

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I apologize, but work and family have kept me away from you for a couple of weeks, but I’m back with a vengeance…. There was one story that I failed to comment on from last week. Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson told Sports Illustrated that Alex Rodriguez’s statistics were tainted by his admitted use […]

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As I write this, I am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a lot closer to Penn State than Chicago, and among the people I have talked to, they seem to be stunned after the Freeh report on the Jerry Sandusky cover up was made public. For those of you who have been on vacation, the report stated […]

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Trust me, with a wife who is Taiwanese and children who are, of course, half Chinese, I enjoyed the emergence of Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. He took the NBA by storm last winter and was a marquee player for the Knicks until Carmelo Anthony returned from injury and Lin got hurt himself. Lin became a […]

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So many stories – so little time: • Once again, there are reports that Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard is asking to be traded. If I were owner Rich DeVos, I’d grant his request. I’d trade him to a Russian team for a case of vodka and that might be asking too much. • According […]

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Late last week, when the Pennsylvania jury started deliberations in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse trial, I hoped that justice would be done, unlike the Roger Clemens jury who winked and nodded as Clemens was allowed to walk on all charges. Of course, other than the fact that sports were involved in each case, […]

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