I know that you never meet people in the media for real. I’m lucky; I’ve met many of my sports heroes and famous people over the years, but there are so many more that I never met, but they still meant a lot to me. One of those people was Jim McKay who dies over […]

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This may be the first time in history that you’ll see the names Evander Holyfield and Ed McMahon in the same article, unless we are talking about a Tonight Show rerun or a guest spot on Star Search. Both of these men are facing the foreclosure of their multi-million dollar homes. McMahon, 84, former sidekick […]

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I used to be an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan. I loved to watch the Lakers back in the Jerry West/Gain Goodrich/Wilt Chamberlain years. I was also a big fan of the “Showtime” Lakers with Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. By the same token, I hated the Celtics. They were “white America’s basketball […]

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I have become an Ozzie Guillen supporter since he took charge of the White Sox. I had hated him since he was apparently misquoted for complaining about the fans booing the players after the 1984 strike (what he had actually said was that both sides deserved to be booed, but the players were the only […]

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As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, one way of sending a message to the team is to fire/reassign hitting coach Greg Walker. As I wrote above, Reinsdorf is fiercely loyal to “his guys” and Walker has been a good soldier for the Sox as a player and coach, but it’s time for new […]

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As surely as the tides; as certain as death and taxes; the San Diego Padres announced that pitcher Mark Prior would be undergoing season ending surgery on his shoulder. Since being a phenom in 2003 going 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA, Prior has spent most of his time on the disabled list, not the mound. […]

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I admit rooting for the Chicago South Side baseball franchise much more than the team that plays on the North Side. As such, I have received questions asking when I was going to blast a member of the White Sox. Well, this week, I got a great opportunity… In the offseason, the White Sox lost […]

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