Category: Uncategorized
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Unique to hockey?
In era of quick fixes, and a lack of loyalty, it’s worth remembering the career of Bob Pulford, who just passed away. Because the Hawks won three Stanley Cups post-Pulford, I haven’t heard his name mentioned in years. Heck, I thought he had already died. My bad. I’m including the national coverage of his passing…
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What am I missing?
113% of the time, rhetorical questions are best left unanswered or forgotten all together. Earlier today I saw that something called Stranger Things is finishing up a five-season run on Netflix. As sure as I am that Greg was the better pitcher of the Maddux brothers, I’m sure that some of my older friends have…
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Speaking to me
Amidst the excitement, hype, and noise of college football and the NFL, I’ve been able to settle into a late morning basketball game with the only team I’m currently passionate about (no MLB yet). Amazingly, Grant Hill is on the call of an early season Big East game on TruTV, and it’s almost as if…
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Tide gets rolled!
As someone not especially fond of SEC sports, I’ve been waiting to yell this from the top of a mountain. I’m not sure if this specific team is any more annoying than those coached by Nick Saban, but I am happy that they lost to this particular Hoosiers football team. A team led by a…
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Missing and miles..
I hadn’t intended to go after the sports media and the coverage of baseball’s off-season, but the reporting of Tatsuya Imai’s posting and free agency has forced me to rethink journalistic integrity. I know for a fact that agents use the media to move the market on their clients and that some writers/reporters are complicit…
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Troy Aikman speaks the truth..
Earlier today, Troy Aikman discussed the relationship between coaches and quarterbacks and said that too often high draft picks often are failed by their coaches/organizations but are blamed for failing their teams. He said that Norv Turner elevated the play of the Cowboys team he played for and said that some other quarterbacks benefited from…
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Most wanted?
Sometime earlier this week, the world came to an end at least the NFL as we know it today. Folks in the national media speculated that Travis Kelce played his last NFL game in Kansas City. Aside from being engaged to Taylor Swift, we’ve been led to believe that this should matter to most of…
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Pick your poison
I don’t know which is more disheartening, the look on the face of a 7-year-old boy who has just learned that Santa doesn’t exist or the face of a Greek restaurant owner who was forced to seat a party of two (my sister and me) in a booth that comfortably seats 6 and uncomfortably seats…
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If a tree falls in Sacramento…
It’s amazing how one simple ML trade can get me onto six or seven tangents, not all of which will interest the average fan. I’m not an Athletics closet fan, nor I do I think they will compete for the AL West this season which isn’t to say that I’m not intrigued by some of…
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Nothing to see here
While the Bears were getting ready to beat the Packers in surprising/spectacular fashion, their president, Kevin Warren did the unthinkable. He wrote a letter to Bears fans explaining (sort of) how the team was now looking at Northwest Indiana as a possible landing spot. Nobody thought the timing was especially good. Thankfully, the players and…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 