Back in the day, I was a huge boxing fan. Growing up, my friends and I had to be called the fans of Muhammad Ali. He came to prominence in the early 1960s and was the champion until the U.S. Government stripped him of his title later in the decade. Also, for decades, boxing was […]

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I grew up a fan of the Chicago Bears. My earliest memory was watching the 1965 Bears with rookies Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers starting their Hall of Fame careers. But there was anotehr rookie on that team too – Doug Buffone. Buffone played for 15 seasons as a linebacker, and his steady play allowed […]

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Long time readers know that I’m no fan of marathon running. Besides inconviencing millions of residents to satisfy up to 100,000 runners, someone often dies running these things, and in my opinion, people who run 5-10 miles at a time look much healthier than people pushing the limit. Now, there’s the issue of cheating – […]

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As many implied (myself included), it appears that we were right when we surmised that the San Francisco 49ers and former Coach Jim Harbaugh had tired of each other. However, we thought it was just Harbaugh and the front office, especially GM Trent Baalke. It turns out that the players had enough of Harbaugh at […]

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Back when I was working as a bank examiner, we traveled extensively, going from bank to bank each week. The other examiners became your friends and comrades, but, this being the 1980s, sports was something passionately followed, and, other drinks argued about. Back then, I was still a rabid NBA fan and I had always […]

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Well, the time is up and the Chicago Cubs have brought up hitting phenom Kris Bryant. Bryant had eight home runs in Spring training, and everyone put Theo Epstein and the Cubs down for starting the season with Bryant in the minors in order to take advantage of a clause in the collective bargaining agreement […]

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When you hear or read a statistic that no one challenges, if you are a writer, you tend not to challenge it either, especially if you don’t have the time or resources to do your own research. And I’m not talking about Fox News, The Drudge Report or the other propaganda/lies/made up stories passed off […]

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