Last week, when word surfaced that Michigan State Head Basketball Coach Tom Izzo had been approached by the Cleveland Cavaliers about their vacant head coaching position, I thought it was just the usual rumors that come every summer with some team/university’s wish list for a big name coach. After all, everyone knows that in Cleveland […]

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As I stated last week, I have wanted to comment on the movement of colleges following “the money.” We knew that the Big Ten was going to expand, and needed to because 11 teams are too unwieldy to schedule, but the simple addition of one school to balance the schedule soon turned into speculation that […]

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Steven Strasburg is just 21 years of age, but he has already been a star for years. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated; he was the subject of speculation when it appeared that the lowly Washington Nationals would have the overall first pick in the amateur draft a couple of years ago. Then […]

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I have gotten a couple of inquires asking where I’ve been in light of the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup. Let me explain…. I have been working very hard and traveling. In fact, I was in a bar in downtown Boston for Game 6. I had to find a bar that didn’t have a […]

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Two. I’m not panicking. The Blackhawks lost in overtime. I was more worried when they didn’t show up at all in games against Nashville and Detroit. Besides, this wasn’t going to be a sweep – the Flyers have heart (which the Sharks do not). So, let’s go Hawks tonight, and make this series 3-1 and […]

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I have long said that baseball umpires, NBA refs, and NHL officials have far too much power (more on that below), but it is another callow, stupid move when the powers-that-be refuse to do the right thing. As many of you know, umpire Jim Joyce ruled Cleveland’s Jason Donald safe at first base, in a […]

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There has been some discussion on ESPN and elsewhere about the number of ejections MLB umpires have issued on players and managers recently. I don’t know the figures, but I’d bet there probably the same number of ejections now as any other year, but perhaps there’s more scrutiny. However, I was surprised at what White […]

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