It ended as everyone expected – the Chicago Blackhawks lost last night to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings in five games. Three of the games were settled in overtime; two were Detroit blowouts. Now it’s up to the Penguins to keep Detroit from winning the Cup again. But this is an open […]

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I’m posting this because I agree with Penn State’s historic football coach, not because my boss has a cardboard standup of Joe Paterno in her living room. The venerable coach says he’d like to see either Rutgers, Pittsburgh or Syracuse join the Big Ten, but not Notre Dame. Paterno, according to SI.com, was meeting with […]

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On the surface, by all accounts, Thursday, May 21st, 2009 was a pretty bad day for the Chicago White Sox. On the field, they suffered through one of the worst losses in team history – a 20-to-1 thumping from the rival, hated Minnesota Twins. Mid way through the day, the Sox were trying to make […]

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Everyone knows that NFL teams will employ almost anyone who can help a team win, so, it’s only a matter of time before a team signs Michael Vick. Vick is out of jail, serving the last couple of months of his sentence on house arrest with a monitoring anklet. As a dog lover, no one […]

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When Ryan Leaf entered the NFL out of Washington State, he looked like “the real deal.” Big frame, big arm, coming out of a passing system; it looked like he was going to be a big name quarterback for years. But, like Akili Smith, Cade McNown, Andre Ware, and Tim Couch, there are as many […]

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As you probably know, I’m not a golfer. I have several million things I’d rather do than play or watch golf. I do pay attention to Tiger Woods, but that’s about it. But I do know of many of the other top golfers, if for no other reason than they have struggled to catch the […]

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Even before the series started, the press outside of Chicago dismissed the Blackhawks. Matthew Barnaby, former NHL player with a grand total of 67 games of playoff experience amassing a mind-blowing 7 goals and 15 assists in 18 seasons in the league and ESPN analyst said after the Red Wings won Game 7 of its […]

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