China was stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics today for fielding an underage gymnast. The International Olympic Committee acted (that is pulled its collective heads from their collective holes in the ground) after investigations by the sport’s governing body determined that Dong Fangxiao was only 14 at the 2000 Games. Gymnasts […]

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the right move yesterday by suspending Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for the first six games of the season, even though he avoided sexual assault charges in Georgia (it should be noted that the QB can cut his suspension to 4 games with “good behavior”). The two-time Super Bowl winner […]

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There are few Blackhawk fans bigger than myself (literally and figuratively), but as the team is in a 2-games-to-1 hole against pesky Nashville in the first round of the NHL playoffs, I have to wonder about my attitude. Am I worried? No – there’s nothing I can do about it. Am I still rooting for […]

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One of the main reasons that Chicago Bears fans have always hated Michael McCaskey is that he comes off as someone who knows no work. He was lucky enough to be born into the Halas family, the owners of the Bears. He took some of that money to get himself an Ivy League education including […]

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While on the baseball beat, last weekend umpire Joe West came under fire from the Yankees and Red Sox after he told the Bergen, N.J. newspaper The Record that the Red Sox and Yankees took too long to play baseball. He said it was “pathetic and embarrassing” that the two teams evaded the measures put […]

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At an appearance at a game in San Francisco last weekend, under suspicion home run king Barry Bonds said he is “proud” of slugger Mark McGwire for returning to baseball as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach and for admitting his use of performance-enhancing drugs. “I have a really good friendship with Mark McGwire. I’m […]

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We knew that the Eagles wanted to rid themselves of quarterback Donovan McNabb: he’s old; he’s expensive; and while the Eagles have been consistent contenders and even made the Super Bowl once, McNabb has been unable to take them all the way. However, one wouldn’t think that they would trade him within the division unless […]

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