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Anyone who knows me – or is even a regular reader – knows about the important part my siblings play in my life. They’re both a great influence and a great comfort in my adult life, and growing up as the youngest of five I’d always admired and wanted to be more like them.
My […]
Last week, the Swiss government made the decision not to turn over film director Roman Polanski, who is currently wanted in the United States for skipping out on a hearing that would have determined his sentence for statutory rape.
There’s a documentary called “Wanted and Desired” that chronicles the media circus surrounding the accusations and […]
Let’s talk about First World Problems.
First World Problems is a phrase used when someone complains – especially in excess – about problems that arise from the pleasures and privileges we enjoy as leaders of the free world.
For example: someone foaming at the mouth over the fact that their new smart phone drops calls […]
Sports produce great art.
Pretentious hipsters scoff at the idea, but it’s absolutely true. Ernest Hemingway, A.J. Liebling, and many others have done some of their best writing based on sports.
Then you have sports photography. Chuck Miller can certainly attest to the strength of sports as a […]
Growing up, it was always my understanding that you prayed for unselfish things. Prayer was reserved for things like hoping an ill loved one gets better, or that someone gets home safe, or that you wake up the next morning.
You didn’t pray for money or personal victory.
Yet in sports we see it all […]
My reaction to the news of George Steinbrenner’s was akin to getting a phone call informing me that an extended family member had passed. The first phone call I made was to my father.
Being only twenty-eight years old, I haven’t known of a Yankees team without Steinbrenner steering the ship: uncompromised, undeterred by others, […]
This article is a continuation of Sports Week, an uncompromised view of sports from the eyes of yours truly. Today, we discuss the elephant in the room of the sports world right now. Oh, wait, that’s not an elephant, it’s just Lebron James’s enormous ego.
Lebron James has a ritual. Before the start of every […]
So I want you all to listen to this, okay?
Note – it’s SFW; all the naughty stuff is bleeped out.
At first, my reaction was being sad that a guy with so much talent had so many issues.
Then it dawned on me that, wow, he’s more messed up than I thought. […]
Harvey Pekar, probably best known for the film “American Splendor” where he was portrayed by Oscar-winning actor Paul Giamatti, has been found dead in his Cleveland home. He was 70.
Harvey was cantankerous, combative, and a contrarian. He had his personal […]
I’m devoting this week to a topic that produces no small amount of inspiration and always elicits an interesting and visceral reaction from people.
Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow kicks off Sports Week. A quick rundown/preview of the week:
MONDAY – Why some in Johannesburg are breathing a sigh of relief now that the World Cup […]
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