In the previous piece, I wrote about saying goodbye to two legends who we have watched for decades: Vin Scully and Arnold Palmer. While it’s sad to say goodbye to anyone, it is natural for it to happen to people in the Autumn of their lives. When it’s someone young – in the prime of […]

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When the NHL announced their idea for an international competition, I thought two things: first, this is just for money; and second, this is to try and placate the players and fans when NHL players no longer are allowed to play in the Olympics. The World Cup of Hockey is like the Conference Championship games […]

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For whatever reason, sports has long been perceived as being very patriotic. The National Anthem is played before most games, many franchises do good work for veteran’s charities. As we found out awhile ago, the Defense Department was paying teams to have veterans at games and to promote militarism, showing that sports owners have more […]

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In the old days, stadiums were permanent. Once they were built, they were used for years. Also, just as solid was the name. Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Soldier Field – no matter the year or event, that was the name and everyone knew what the name was. Then came the 1990s and another source of […]

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It’s easy to just get down on athletes when they do something wrong: PEDs, drugs, spousal abuse, and I’m not here to absolve these people from their actions, but there are some whose downfall is just sad, in great part because they were cast in a role their parents wanted, not themselves. We hear all […]

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A couple of people have asked me why, with the banner on this site and my previous comments about my hatred for Notre Dame sports, I have not pounced on the story of the six ND players who ran afoul of the law earlier this week. It was wondered if I was losing my edge? […]

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I’ve been away for a week or so, but I have been following the Olympics and other than some idiotic behavior by some athletes and the news media, the Olympics came off as a great success. No one was injured by violence (more on that in a moment); we didn’t hear of anyone poisoned by […]

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