Other than the title of an old song by the great Todd Rundgren, I admit to having mixed feelings about bicyclist supreme, Lance Armstrong. On the one hand, his is a powerful “feel good” story: overcoming testicular cancer and going on the win cycling’s greatest prize, the Tour de France not once, but a record […]

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There are two things that professional athletes hate to be called worse than anything, and that is weak and/or soft. But that is what players who fold under pressure can and should be called, and this week, I’m leveling both of these terms at Chicago White Sox pitcher Javier Vasquez. A career record of .500, […]

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William Clay Ford is the descendant of Ford Motor Company originator Henry Ford, but other than the peaks and valleys in the fortunes of the auto maker, the younger Ford is best known as owner of the Detroit Lions, and in that role, William Clay Ford has been of the most inept and clueless owners […]

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While some might say that the Raiders allowing 17 points in the final eight minutes of a 24-23 loss to the Bills could have proven the straw that broke the camel’s back for Al Davis, Lane Kiffen’s days as head coach of the Oakland NFL have been numbered for some time. But it appears that […]

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Houston players are still upset about having to play the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee following Hurricane Ike. For those who may not have noticed, Major League Baseball scheduled two games of a scheduled three game series in Wrigley Field north, namely Miller Park in Milwaukee. With the difficulty of getting tickets for Wrigley Field, it […]

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This is the last week of the 2008 baseball regular season and there are too many stories to count. Let’s “touch all the bases:” • First, I would like to congratulate the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs have a magic number of two, which means that the team will clinch its division any day. It isn’t […]

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We have played just one game in the NFL and already two start players are having knee surgery and will miss the entire rest of the season. The biggest name, of course, is Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady, who was submarined last week against Kansas City. It turns out that he tore his ACL and MCL […]

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