We all knew that it was just a matter of time before ESPN “punished” sports anchor Jemele Hill for her tweet that Donald Trump is a white supremacist. Never mind the fact that the tweet is true, the White House has put pressure on the network to fire Hill. Of course, a much classier President, […]

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Yesterday, the media reported that coaching assistants of three schools along with numerous representatives of shoe companies and others were indicted for bribery involving payments to players and their family members in return for the player agreeing the play for a certain university. In addition, it was rumored that another school located in Kentucky was […]

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All over the nation, schools and non-for-profit organizations are having problems fielding football teams. One northern suburb of Chicago very close to where I live, Highland Park, has cancelled their young football league, much due to the fear of CTE, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, brain damage which apparently comes from sports injury, especially football. This week, […]

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This morning, ESPN and CNN blared with breaking news that four assistant basketball coaches from Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State and the University of Southern California were among those arrested on federal corruption charges after they were caught taking thousands of dollars in bribes to steer NBA-destined college stars toward certain sports agents and financial advisers. […]

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As the NFL, player protests and presidential tweets are the stories on the front pages and lead the sports sections all over the country, another story concerning a practice nearly as old as racism, is rearing its ugly head in the area right where I live. The subject is hazing. It is defined as “the […]

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I have meant to address the Jamele Hill situation for awhile, but never got around to it. For those of you who don’t know, Ms. Hill is one of the anchors on the main 6:00 PM Eastern SportsCenter on ESPN along with Michael Smith. They are a departure from the usual SportsCenter anchors – both […]

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The NFL is in trouble. For now, ratings are down; for the future, CTE looms over the sport like a toxic cloud. A nearby suburb is having trouble fielding football teams at the pee-wee level. Yes, there are still plenty of athletes playing high school and college football, but young boys, especially from middle class […]

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