I’ve not posted for awhile, in great part because I didn’t see any way that sports would be returning in 2020. The pandemic, the hurdles and obstacles just seemed to be too much. Already some schools have cancelled all sports until 2021. I was about to agree, let’s not even try, let’s wait until next […]

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As we see more things changing as a result of the George Floyd murder and Black Lives Matter movement, many of the superficial changes that I thought I’d never see happen are occurring all over the place. The Confederate Flag banned at NASCAR races and among the active military; confederate statues being removed. Nice gestures […]

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Back at Northwestern, where we had our own issues between coaches and Black athletes, one assumed that it had to be worse at other schools, especially in predominantly white states. I always had a feeling that there were issues at schools like Nebraska and Iowa – the Black players all seemed to group together, you […]

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I remember growing up, during my most rabid baseball fan days – 1970 to 2000 or so, and the time was marked by labor strife. From Curt Flood to Marvin Mitchell to Don Fehr on the one side and the commissioners of baseball on the other, these guys couldn’t agree on anything other than the […]

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I have said many times, here and elsewhere, that I do not follow NASCAR. For that matter, I am not an auto racing enthusiast. As a kid, I used to watch the Indy 500, but I was out of that by the time I was 13 or so. Over the years, I felt that NASCAR […]

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Hello from a new world. The events of the past week have thrust the United States and the World into truly uncharted waters. A movement has gained ground, at the cost to more lives and damaged property. I had planned to post a story on the potential return to the NHL season and whether the […]

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I think that the world is ending because of greed. No one, certainly rich people, can’t have enough. Enough money, enough stuff, and always it seems at the expense of poorer, weaker people. There is no group of people greedier than sports owners and often, players. One of the hardest hit industries in the pandemic […]

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