With the Coronavirus pandemic and most of society slowed if not stopped, this has been a time of great change in sports. The NHL shut down, maybe returning in July; the NBA season still in limbo; college football in limbo; the NFL hoping to go on as planned in the Fall; and baseball looking to […]

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One would think that I would take great joy in throwing mud on a Green Bay Packer great, but this story is nothing but sad on so many levels. It was reported last week that Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre took over $1 million in speaking fees for events that Favre did not even […]

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Like every other sports fan, I have been glued to “The Last Dance,” the 10 hour documentary about the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls final championship before being broken up like a jigsaw puzzle. It has been fairly well done and it has been fairly open on Michael Jordan’s gambling issues heading toward the reasons for Jordan’s […]

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It is May 1st, and all around the sports world, a couple of things are in bloom. Today in Illinois and other states, golf courses are being allowed to open as long as there are no more than 2 people to a party and social distancing rules remain in force. At the same time, NASCAR […]

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Like them or hate them, melodramas are fascinating to watch. If it’s an argument in the street, or gossip in the neighborhood; it is hard to turn away. It’s like watching the Jerry Springer Show – you know that it’s trash and that you should turn it off, but you can’t; it’s like looking at […]

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Part of what makes being a billionaire fun is the ability to own a sports team and make it like a Fantasy Baseball or Football League, but with real players. Of course, these people have lives, but in the overall scheme of things, the players, coaches, even the front office personnel make a great deal […]

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Fortunately for us sports fans during the pandemic, we have the NFL offseason and ESPN’s “The Last Dance” on the final year of Michael Jordan’s tenure with the Chicago Bulls. Out of all that comes the NFL story that has everyone’s mouths open. After acquiring Tom Brady from the Patriots, Tampa traded a 4th round […]

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