Facing a deadline yesterday in which to appeal the 2nd Circuit Court’s opinion that upheld New England Patriots’ Quarterback Tom Brady’s four game suspension from the NFL in the Deflategate scandal. Brady filed an appeal Monday for a second hearing by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the first review was a 2-1 decision […]

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It is a longstanding journalistic standard to publicize a big news exclusive. After all, journalists are in the business of selling papers, generating ratings for television shows, getting eyes on commercials. However, sometimes, what is listed as a bombshell merely confirms one’s opinion of a person or team or league. ESPN’s Outside The Lines is […]

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If you have visited here before and read any of my hockey stories, you may know that I despise NBC hockey analyst Mike Milbury. Milbury played 12 seasons as a defenseman for the Boston Bruins, before becoming an assistant GM and head coach for the Bruins, then having a disasteous stint as GM and head […]

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In the argument about the naming of the Washington Redskins, I have admitted that as a kid growing up, I never heard anyone complain, not even the friends I had who had more Native American ancestry that the rest of us. As the complaints got louder and more and more people began to stand up […]

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Every sport, at every point in the sport’s history, has a “most popular player.” The ”face of the game” if you will. Often, it’s the best player, or at least among the best players in the sport, but other factors, like being on the best team, or being on the most popular team, and often […]

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So, we’re down to the conference finals in the East and West of the NHL and what a weird group we have… In the East, we have Tampa Bay, who just came up short in last year’s Stanley Cup Final to the Blackhawks. They played very well against the Hawks with perhaps a key injury […]

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Baseball fans in Chicago are positively giddy. Ordinarily, this time of year belongs to the Blackhawks, winners of three Stanley Cup titles in six seasons, but this season, the Hawks fell short in the first round of the playoffs, leaving the city with baseball. Last season, after years of bad baseball and promises, the Cubs […]

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