Somehow, I can’t seem to remember a time when Shaquille O’Neal wasn’t in the NBA, but it actually has been 19 years since he entered the draft as the number 1 overall pick from LSU. We had a feeling that he would have a fine career in the league, but I think that he has […]

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• Last week’s game 7 between Boston and Tampa Bay in the Eastern conference finals of this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs was one of the best game 7s ever. A tight game that ended 1-0; it was exciting, never boring. Then we get a 1-0 first game of the Stanley Cup finals last night; a […]

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Long time readers of this site and my previous site know that I have been an outspoken critic of Ohio State’s now former Head Football Coach Jim Tressel. Allegations against his program have been floating around since he went to Columbus in 2001, but I especially didn’t like the way he recruited, used and then […]

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I can just hear Blackhawk announcer Pat Foley saying Winnipeg into the microphone. I hope that there is more to do in Winnipeg, because Foley told me that he hated going to Winnipeg – besides being boring, it is very cold up there, just like Calgary and Edmonton (but with less to do). Finally, the […]

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My alma mater, Northwestern University sits on top of the sports world this week. No, we still haven’t won a bowl game in football, and our men’s basketball team remains the only school in Division I (or whatever it’s called now) to never have made the NCAA Tournament. But we have been a dynasty in […]

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So, obviously, my new favorite teams in basketball and hockey are the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Bruins respectively. Why, you ask? Because they are playing the Miami Heat and Vancouver Canucks in their sport’s finals, that’s why. As I’ve said here often, I don’t want LeBron “The Decision” James to win an NBA Title. Period. […]

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One of my pet peeves is when a journalist makes a mistake. I don’t mean the occasional flub by someone on television or radio, which is still live and mistakes do happen. (I am also not talking about the un-real world of lies, falsehoods, and half-truths that makes up Fox News). But when someone is […]

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