I know that they apologized, but the Indianapolis paper that drew horns and a devil’s beard on Duke coach Mike Kryzewski was very accurate to many sports fans like myself. As I have written many times here, I don’t pay much attention to basketball in general, but when it comes to college basketball, I root […]

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This week is The Masters golf tournament and Tiger Woods is there, playing in his first tournament since his November car accident and the revelations about his serial adultery. He did a press conference today where he once again, participated in the public flogging of his image. Now, let’s let him go play golf. The […]

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I am vaguely aware of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. She’s pretty enough, I guess, but she’s not drop dead gorgeous in my opinion, and I don’t even remember if she’s particularly good at her job, since I know enough about football that I generally ignore sideline reporters as superfluous at best, annoying at worst. But, […]

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There has been a mini-controversy here in Chicago regarding Ozzie Guillen, web sites, his son Oney and Tweeter. The ever outspoken manager of the White Sox is one of the few public figures who has his e-mail address available, and people use it. Often, unfortunately, racial epithets get sent to him. The White Sox themselves […]

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As we prepare for baseball season, there is yet another Wrigley Field story. For awhile, the Chicago Cubs have tried to find a way to obscure an advertisement for a casino across the street from the left field bleachers (positive spin – the team doesn’t want to condone gambling; my cynical side – the team […]

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SI.com reported today that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season. The 57-year-old manager has , like a player who tested positive, been subject to increased drug testing since his failed test, which was administered by Major League Baseball last July. Reportedly, he has passed all of his subsequent […]

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To no one’s great surprise, Tiger Woods announced that he would return to the PGA Tour at the Masters on April 8th. This would be his first public appearance on a golf course since his auto accident opened the floodgates of infidelity reports, sexual addition rehab, etc. Now, there will be some hecklers, but Augusta […]

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