Only 2 men received the happy news from the Baseball Hall of Fame today that they will be inducted in July, and both had a wait on their hands. First was Robbie Alomar, who was a lock to enter the Hall, but was forced to wait by the prickly baseball writers due to his 1996 […]

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Just a couple of days after Brett Favre announced his latest, and presumably last retirement from football, the one season he spent in New York continues to sully his reputation. Earlier this week, Favre was fined a paltry $50,000 by the NFL for not being completely forthcoming about allegations that he sent sexually explicit e-mails […]

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With the NFL regular season now over, the chief interest is seeing which head coaches will be losing their jobs. The 49ers have already axed Mike Singletary and may be facing a tug-of-war for Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh with the University of Michigan. The Browns fired Eric Mangini this morning. The Vikings are working hard […]

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We all get spam e-mail. Anyone you’ve ever bought something from will send you e-mails about the latest sales/deals/products, etc. But I received an e-mail this morning that made me sit up and take notice. It was addressed from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. How did the commissioner get my e-mail address? Was it a complaint […]

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Going into New Year’s Day, the Big Ten Conference was on a roll. Iowa and Illinois had won their games; the Conference had five games on television on New Year’s Day and still had Ohio State, suspended players and all, playing Arkansas. After the dust had settled, Jim Delany and the conference are hoping Ohio […]

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I thought that I would have more time over the holidays to correspond with everyone, but the Indignant Children have been more indignant than usual. So, I never had the chance to wish you a Happy Christmas (my apologies) , but I do have the opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. But […]

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We all know it is a cash grab when the Big Ten Conference went looking to expand, adding Nebraska and probably coming closer to bringing Notre Dame into the fold. But, if there’s one thing that the Conference has never been that good at is cutting edge marketing. In September, the Conference announced that it […]

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