The Great Steriods/Hall of Fame Debate: Players have been cheating for more than a century

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Cubs great and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg said today that his fellow former Cubbie Sammy Sosa should not be barred from induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame because of his recent positive test in steriods:

“It’s something that’s against the law and against society,” Sandberg said. “It was cheating in the sport.
“I think it [...]

In Sports June 23, 2009

A final (delayed) thought on Kobe Bryant and the Lakers

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Since I can remember, I have always rooted against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. I cringed with disgust when Kobe threw that final alley-oop to Shaq that buried the Portland Trailblazers in 2000. I thoroughly enjoyed Phil Jackson throwing Kobe’s leadership skills under the bus in his book following his initial departure from [...]

In Sports June 21, 2009

The genius of the full court press

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Malcolm Gladwell has a great piece in the latest edition of the New Yorker called “How David Beats Goliath.” Gladwell details why underdogs, under the right conditions, often have a great chance of winning even when faced with seemingly impossible odds.
In the Biblical story of David and Goliath, David initially put on a coat of [...]

In Basketball, Sports May 13, 2009

ESPN’s supposed best and brightest

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This pretty much buries the imaginary feud between ESPN’s two most famous writers, Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly, or as I refer to them respectively, “the writer who gets paid millions of dollars a year to write 800 words per week” and “the writer who gets paid millions of dollars a year to record podcasts [...]

In Anything, Sports April 8, 2009

Shaq on fire, on the court and off

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Last Friday, a week shy of his 37th birthday, Shaquille O’Neal abused All-Star big man Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors, scoring 45 points on 20 of 25 shooting. Afterward, O’Neal insisted he could do that every night if only he got more touches.
“I think I’m the only player who looks at each and every [...]

In Basketball, Sports March 2, 2009

The End of the NBA?

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David Falk dropped some absolute bombs in the New York Times Sports Section on Sunday, but unless you read the paper, you would not have heard about it. It is a subject no one wants to talk about because it is the NBA’s worst nightmare.
Falk, the original Super Agent, representative of Michael Jordan and Patrick [...]

In Basketball, Sports February 25, 2009

Barkley gets jail

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(Newser) – Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced [...]

In Basketball, Sports February 24, 2009

The gift that keeps on giving

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Sarah Palin is hoping to get an $11 million dollar book advance. And certainly there are still a lot of Palin supporters, but I hope book publishers realize–before shelling out the cash–that none of them read.
Meanwhile….
$180,000 worth of Palin’s clothes are being stashed in trash bags at the RNC office in Washington.
Seems like she’s having [...]

In Politics, Sports January 23, 2009

Eli the Terrible

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Last postseason, Eli Manning famously made it through the entire postseason–which he played entirely on the road–while only throwing one interception. This, of course, discounts the botched pick by Asante Samuel that would have given the Patriots the Super Bowl victory, but it was nonetheless an impressive feat for someone who, up until that point, [...]

In Football, Sports January 13, 2009