2016 has been a monster to too many cultural icons: Parliament/Funkadelic’s keyboardist supreme Bernie Worrell, Anton Yelchin, Maurice White, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner, Bowie, Prince. We lost Abe Vigoda and Alan Rickman Away from music, we of course had Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe barely days apart. Well, this morning we lost two more sports […]

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What was once a Cinderella story has now ended – former Englewood area guard, once NBA MVP and All Star and then oft-injured Derrick Rose was traded from the Bulls to the Knicks in a multi-player deal. The Bulls sent Rose, Justin Holiday and a second round pick in the 2017 draft to New York […]

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LeBron James is now, officially, one of the best players in the history of the NBA. He was probably there already with his two NBA Championships in Miami, but he was never deemed to “put his team on his back” and take them to victory. The other members of the “Three Amigos” Chris Bosh and […]

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When I read about this, I couldn’t help but think about the old National Lampoon cover with the butch looking female athlete with a medal and a bulge in the crotch of the shorts. That cover of course poked fun at the East Germans whose cheating in the 1970s and 1980s was historic, but nothing […]

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The Stanley Cup Finals are over and the Pittsburgh Penguins have triumphed. They outplayed the San Jose Sharks in nearly every game in every situation. It doesn’t really surprise me because I wrote before the Western Conference Finals that nether the Sharks or their opponents; the St. Louis Blues, had shown any grit or heart […]

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With his death, one thing comes to mind – I have never not known Muhammad Ali. He won the light heavyweight Olympic Gold Medal in 1960 – I was 8 months old. I can’t say I knew who he was then, but I can’t say when I didn’t know who he was. Boxing back then […]

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Last week, the Indignant Children participated in the local rink’s annual Ice Show. It allows all of the children enrolled in the various ice skating classes the opportunity to dress up and show off their skills before family members and friends. It is a good show and everyone does seem to enjoy it, but I […]

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