Well, the sun came up this morning, and it’s a beautiful day in Chicago. The Indignant Family are all alive and well. There were no floods, earthquakes, or natural disasters, so why does the day seem so crappy? Maybe it’s because the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship last night? I had no great feeling […]

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One of the most aggravating parts of being a fan of major college football has been the ceaseless argument over which school is the national champion. Yes, there was a BCS title game, but the participants in the game chosen by the “Bowl Championship Series” were as flawed, incomprehensible and arcane as the old coaches […]

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I was frankly shocked by the verdict brought down by the jury in the Roger Clemens case yesterday, but I guess I shouldn’t have been. More and more often, the rich and famous get off, while poorer unknowns go to jail, and often it seems, on bogus evidence or testimony (especially in capital cases, it […]

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Since we last spoke, there were three deaths of people in the news that are worthy of mention. First, there was the great Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson, who died last week at the age of 60. Stevenson looked like Ali, but the only time we Americans could see Stevenson was in the Olympics. He […]

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I thought that by the time I got around to writing about it, the Stanley Cup finals would be over. The Los Angeles Kings had won despite being outplayed in 1½ of the games. But Kings’ goalie Jonathan Quick looked unstoppable, and the Kings played off of that to a 3-0 lead. But then, the […]

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Tim Thomas is a nut. He is also a great goaltender. He angered many (myself included) when he refused to go to the White House because of President Obama. (I did love the Washington Capitals fans that held Obama face masks against the glass when Thomas came on the ice. It was better still when […]

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I grew up watching boxing. I still love it, but since The Indignant Wife hates boxing, I haven’t watched very much for a very long time, but I see the 20/7 pre-fight series that run on HBO from time to time, so I kind of know who is fighting, and so I’ve heard of junior […]

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