In general, the Baseball Writers of America did a good job of choosing the new members. This week, four players were elected into the Hall of Fame – Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman. They’ll join electees Jack Morris and Alan Trammell from the Modern Era committee, producing the biggest Hall of […]

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For every one player that the Baseball Hall of Fame got right, there are also some players who should have gotten in and, there could be a very disturbing trend for future votes. First, there’s Edgar Martinez, the great DH who fell 20 votes shy of the bid. Martinez, who the best DH award is […]

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The specter of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE, hangs over many contact sports – hockey, boxing, and especially football. So many former players have died, either through actual illness or from suicide that many parents of young men are not allowing their sons to play football. Teams cannot be formed in many middle class suburbs. […]

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To people in the Northeast, my title is accurate – with Super Bowl LII pitting the defending champion New England Patriots against the Carson Wentz-less Philadelphia Eagles. The rest of the country are just jealous of their success – 10 Super Bowl appearances and five wins so far. While familiarity does breed contempt, I hate […]

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First – Happy New Year to everyone. I hope that everyone had a great holiday season. Now, let’s get started in 2018: There has been no NFL coach on a more perennial hot seat than the Cincinnati Bengals’ Marvin Lewis. Already, the Lions fired Jim Caldwell; the Bears, as expected, fired John Fox; the Raiders […]

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When one mentions cheating and the NFL, invariably The New England Patriots get mentioned. Spygate, deflate-gate, various rumors and innuendo makes this link appropriate. However, I have long said that Pete Carroll’s Seattle Seahawks regularly bend the NFL rules to their breaking point and beyond. But while Bill Belichick gets the much deserved reputation, Carroll’s […]

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I feel sorry for the Ball brothers. They are young, they are talented, and their father is an egotistical jackass. Lonzo is playing well for a rookie with the Lakers. Younger brother LiAngelo has left UCLA after the Chinese international shoplifting incident. The youngest brother LaMelo was committed to also attend UCLA (Lonzo went there […]

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