The “Bathroom Law” that is in place in North Carolina has cost the state millions of dollars as businesses refuse to invest there, conventions get moved, and even Michael Jordan, who has taken a great deal of flak for not standing up for black issues in the past, has said that he is considering moving […]

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Eighteen months and only after the U.S. Court of Appeals refused to review the case, Tom Brady is finally dropping his appeal and accepting the 4-game suspension levied on him in the “Deflate-gate” affair. Brady Tweeted as much today, meaning that he will miss the first four games of the New England Patriots’ season. Brady, […]

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This week brought the retirement of Tim Duncan, one of the NBA’s best power forwards of all time. His Spurs, the only team he ever played for, won 5 NBA titles with Duncan; Duncan won 3 NBA Finals MVP awards, 2 MVP awards, and was an All Star in 15 of his 19 seasons. Under […]

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As a former Andy Frain usher, there was nothing worse than rain delays. If it rains in football, they keep on playing. If the same thing happens in soccer, unless it’s a torrential downpour, they keep playing. In hockey and basketball, most of the games are indoors, so the weather is a moot point. But […]

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One has to ask if the Chicago Bulls “Brain trust” GM Gar Forman and Head of Basketball Operations John Paxson are using the old Indiana Jones plan: Making it up as they go. They traded Derrick Rose; OK – that made sense, both sides needed a divorce. They needed a point guard, but they sign […]

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Long time readers know that I don’t follow much NBA basketball, but in light of the Cleveland championship, even I have spent more time keeping track of the NBA. I haven’t investigated what happened to the league’s finances, but it seems that suddenly the teams have stupid amounts of money to spend on free agents […]

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Unlike the intelligence of the Kevin Durant signing for both sides, the Chicago Bulls seem to be unable to put a quality team together. They traded injury prone one time home town hero Derrick Rose to the Knicks. OK, that makes sense, Rose and the Bulls needed a divorce and Jimmy Butler is the reigning […]

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