Finally, this weekend has arrived for the Packer faithful – “traitor” Brett Favre brings his Minnesota Vikings into hallowed Lambeau Field to play the Packers, the team Favre left two seasons ago. Someone I knew from college is bringing her son into Wisconsin just to be there to boo Favre. It would have been a […]

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Now that the Ricketts family owns the Chicago Cubs, will the Chicago Tribune now cover the team without bias? Will the White Sox actually get equal coverage? Just asking?

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I’ve never liked Andre Agassi. I have always respected his tennis talent, but I’ve never thought much of him (and its not because he married the object of my extreme lust, Steffi Graf). It started when he was just getting famous. I was in London in 1991 during Wimbledon and Agassi was the new hot […]

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Most people believe that if one has the talent and the luck to play professional sports, you’ve got it made. One or two contracts, and even the most extravagant person should have enough money to live well for the rest of their lives, and their children should be taken care of. But, like Santa Claus […]

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There are just too many possible jokes that will be thrown around Major League Baseball if it is true that slugger Mark McGwire will end his baseball exile and accept a position with the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting coach. Of course, McGwire played 4 1/2 seasons with St. Louis, in which he hit […]

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ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. During last Saturday’s broadcast of the Minnesota-Ohio State, a graphic was shown listing the top five drivers in NASCAR’s points race. Fellow analyst Chris Spielman asked where was Montoya, who is Colombian. Griese replied he […]

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When I was younger, I used to feel never to leave a sporting event early. No matter how bad the game; how lopsided the score, you should never leave early. As I’ve gotten older, I have changed my opinion, if a team is sucking on the field, or not putting out effort. I have better […]

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