One thing that everyone seems to decry in others (but not ourselves alas) is the lack of personal responsibility. Everyone has an excuse; everyone is a victim; no one is truly at fault; the buck stops nowhere. This is usually not the case in professional sports; people are held accountable – don’t win, you don’t […]

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Tonight is the BCS Championship Game between Florida and Oklahoma, and personally, I don’t care. It’s not that the teams aren’t deserving, or that players such as Tim Tebow aren’t compelling. It’s just that to us older folks, the college football season ends on or around New Year’s Day. I know that seasons have a […]

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I have bad news for you Chicago Cub fans: I don’t think the Cubs will win the World Series in 2009. The biggest reason: signing a lunatic to play right field. The Cubs have blamed their postseason collapse in 2008 on the lack of a left handed hitter (no one seems to mention that Kosuke […]

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I have never been a big fan of Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany. While he does a decent job I guess on most things, the conference has done little to move beyond the days of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler. Under his stewardship, the conference added a completely unnecessary basketball tournament; done little to improve […]

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It was a great disappointment to not be able to root on Northwestern University in this year’s Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Texas, but The Indignant Wife and I had been there for the Alamo Bowl the last time NU played, back in 2000, and coming off The Indignant Wife’s surgeries, and the lack of […]

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I was going to write on a number of topics, but time is short, and I’m too tired. So, suffice it to say that whatever it is you celebrate: Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, or just plain Thursday, let me wish you a happy holiday season. Of course, I also wish for a very Happy New Year […]

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We have heard that the country/world’s economic woes have hit sport, but only a little. The NFL reportedly laid off 100 people; the NHL is making contingency plans for upcoming seasons. But, is there any real risk that our multibillion sports enterprises are at risk? Perhaps not for the major leagues, but for the smaller […]

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