One would think that after leading a team to 3 Stanley Cup Championships in 10 years, doubling the total in the nearly 100 year history of the franchise, it would take more than 1 bad year and a mediocre start for you to get fired, but that’s exactly what the Chicago Blackhawks did today. The […]

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This week, all three defendants in the first college basketball corruption trial were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A jury found James Gatto guilty on all three of his counts and Christian Dawkins and Merl Code were found guilty on both of theirs. Gatto is a former Adidas employee, Code a former […]

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I have never understood why sports leagues and college conferences stand so solidly behind their officials. Yes, officials and umpires and referees are human, and we all make mistakes, but it seems that refs are hardly ever reprimanded and almost never fired. Long time readers know that I have been a vocal critic of the […]

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The NHL season starts tomorrow night, and, as usual, I’m excited with the fact that hockey is back. However, after finishing last in the NHL Central Division, the Blackhawks are no longer the Stanley Cup Contender that they’ve been for the past decade. Age, young players not stepping up, and mostly the fact that the […]

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I don’t think there’s any doubt now that Serena Williams is the greatest women’s tennis player of all time. One short of all time Grand Slam women’s singles titles, I don’t think that there’s much doubt anymore that the younger Ms. Williams is the best of all time. Unfortunately, tennis is historically a very classist […]

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The past few years have not been kind to NCAA schools and criminality. We had the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, which many, myself included believe that it was the ultimate scandal in college history. Head Coach Joe Paterno was fired, wins surrendered, and members of the administration are in or […]

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To no one’s great surprise, Ohio state University placed football wins above ethics by placing Head Football Coach Urban Meyer on a 3-game suspension as a result of his failure to act on assistant Zach Smith abusing his now ex-wife while he was a graduate assistant at Florida and as an assistant coach at Ohio […]

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