Wouldn’t it be the ultimate irony if one of the greatest players in baseball history ended his career fielding in practice? That looks like the case for 42-year-old Mariano Rivera, the closer with the most saves in baseball history. He was shagging flies in the outfield before the Yankees’ game in Kansas City like he […]

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All too often, sportswriters (myself included) write that coaches are akin to used car salesmen: shysters who use and discard players at every level: high school coaches “sell” prospects to colleges by limiting access and other ways; college coaches bring in players then the players get money under the table, or leave college with limited […]

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Once the NFL had suspended Saints coach Sean Payton for the 2012 season while levying an indefinite suspension on former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was accused of masterminding the bounty bonus program, and the GM of the Saints for helping to cover it up; it was only a matter of time before the […]

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So, as reported for awhile by numerous sources, the NCAA is finally considering a four team playoff for BCS division football. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany has been hinting about it for weeks while putting the kibosh on rumors that the Rose Bowl officials were against any playoff. For the first time, all the conference […]

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Last night, your friend and humble narrator looked forward to two Game 7s in the NHL Playoffs and the first round of the NFL Draft. What could be better to sit on the couch in front of the HDTV and watch sports? But there was one thing that soured this scene a bit. The reaction […]

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Speaking of watching the NFL Draft last night, did anyone else think it was weird that every draftee came on the stage and then had a bear hug from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. I’m sure that Goodell has gotten to know many of these young men personally especially after the college season ended, and I’m […]

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The critics are coming out of the woodwork attacking Michael Jordan, as his Charlotte Bobcats achieved the dubious feat of having the worst winning percentage of any team in NBA history. The Bobcats ended this season with a record of 7-59, finishing with an all-time worst 106 winning percentage; taking the title from the 1972-73 […]

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