During the Super Bowl week, I wrote a piece criticizing Rick Mease of The Washington Post for writing a biased article in favor of Roger Goodell. I found this to be relevant today during the NFL draft, where Goodell is… Read More ›
Month: April 2013
Boston Magazine cover displays strong message
After over a week of seeing newspapers, television stations and magazines display graphic pictures and images of the Tsarnaev brothers, the Boston Magazine’s latest cover displays a strong message that everyone can enjoy. On the cover of the magazine is… Read More ›
Comparing women athletes to men devalues talent
When Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban said he would draft college basketball star Brittney Griner or at least invite her to play on Dallas’ summer league team in Las Vegas, he put Griner in a lose-lose situation. If Griner said… Read More ›
Jackie Robinson’s lasting impression
Every year Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, the day baseball’s color barrier was finally broken. With every player in the MLB wearing Robinson’s No. 42 jersey, the celebration reminds us all that Robinson’s impact… Read More ›
Carlos Quentin’s cowardly act deserves steep consequences
Carlos Quentin said, “It’s a man’s game,” but unfortunately he acted far from a man when Zack Greinke hit him in the arm with a 3-2 pitch in a 2-1 game. History aside, where Greinke has hit him in the… Read More ›
The fall to grace of two arms
The life of a pitcher could end in a flash. One day you are throwing heat and spinning knee bucklers, and the next your career is over. Two arms, one right and one left, have gone from the top of… Read More ›
With Michigan in the national title game, Chris Webber needs to join his ‘Fab Five’ teammates
Still twenty years later, Chris Webber is trying to escape his infamous timeout with 11 seconds left in the 1993 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship game, down 73-71 with no timeouts left against North Carolina. The timeout led to… Read More ›
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Sandlot
Twenty years ago today, history was made thanks to the new kid on the block with a goofy hat who can’t catch a baseball, and that kid that was always better than you on the playground, nicknamed “The Jet.” The… Read More ›
Forty years later the DH is alive and ready for more
Forty years ago Ron Blomberg changed baseball forever when he stepped to the plate for the Yankees as the first designated hitter in MLB history. The DH has turned into a true position that many players have made a career… Read More ›
Young talent could rule MLB
‘Tis the season to be jolly already in April if you are a baseball fan. There may not be chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but hot dogs, fresh cut grass and the crack of the bat is just as… Read More ›
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