The biggest story in sports today is the heart attack suffered on the football field by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. In the first quarter, after a relatively routine football play on Cincinnati wide receiver Tre Higgins, Hamlin got up off the ground and just collapsed. Medical staff were there almost immediately, had to perform […]

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You may have guessed that I have had/shared season tickets for the Chicago Blackhawks for over 14 years, during which time, the team won three Stanley Cups. Those were glorious days, and like everything good, has come to an end. In the seven years since the 2015 Championship, the Hawks have missed the playoffs four […]

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In the history of sport, most times, when government steps into the mechanism of sport, it blunders by heavy-handedly legislating something unawake of or unconcerned of the ramifications of their actions. Examples of the bad includes baseball being exempt from anti-trust law; to the positive is the case of Title IX which requires equality in […]

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We all have heard stories about or unfortunately endured horrible family gatherings caused by bellicose friends and/or relatives, grudges or new slights, intoxicants, and other things. They make us cringe thinking about them, or not looking forward to them. However, as a long time NFL fan/writer, I have often wanted to be a fly on […]

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I hate to say I told you so, but in this instance, I told you so. The experiment by Jerry Reinsdorf and the White Sox to bring back Tony LaRussa to manage the team was a folly. I remember not being a LaRussa fan during his first tenure with the White Sox, mostly how the […]

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I’ve been extremely busy lately, and so I’ve missed the opportunity to discuss so many things: the White Sox – the most underachieving team perhaps in history; LIV versus the PGA; Northwestern traveling to Ireland and returning with a Big Ten victory. So many stories… I had to find time for the amazing feats of […]

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“He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.” – Hamlet, Act I, Scene II Everyone should have heard by now that broadcasting legend Vic Scully died yesterday at the age of 94. You do not need me to rehash all of the stories: broadcasting 67 […]

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