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MLB surely has changed —with more ridiculous ineptitude
Sure, the preferred way to explain the decay of fundamentals throughout big league baseball is to shrug, and say, “Well, The Game has changed.”
Masters way off with shameful 'honor' for ex-con
CBS and ESPN can marinade all the solemn, sanctified glop on the Masters and its hallowed grounds and buildings they choose. Pastor Nantz’s hush-toned seasonal sermons can preach his reverence...
Eagles GM undercut his own noble concept — and exposed the true NFL ethos
The words recently spoken by Eagles GM Howie Roseman, self-made 49-year-old father of four and gatherer of Super Bowl champion personnel, made both noise and news.
Transgender athlete policy among trio of illogical legal rulings that have left sports in ruin
Justice is served! Come and get it!
Right from Opening Day, greedy Rob Manfred shows where MLB's priorities lie
After you’ve punched your best customer in the head, what’s the best way to apologize? That’s right, next kick him in the groin. It’s the Rob Manfred/MLB business model.
Ridiculous March Madness moment once again proves that college sports are a con
Not everyone will have a future in video games to fall back on.
Perennially underused March Madness voice offers rare example of quality broadcasting
There are exceptions to most every rule. As long as they’re exceptional.
West Virginia governor's phony cry of NCAA corruption breaks hypocrisy meter
Momma never told me there’d be days like these.
Whoopi Goldberg's preposterous view on trans athletes shouldn't come as a surprise
Good morning. First, a warning: Whoopi Goldberg will be featured in this column.
NCAA Tournament will be DEI-like showcase with phony equality
The TV rosters are loaded with dubious choices placed in conspicuous positions for transparent social messaging.
The artificial 'woo'-ification of sports has pervaded — and ruined — the rest of TV
Diminished standards have become standardized. Even the natural act of laughter has been compromised to a con.
Dwyane Wade's Heat 'cookies' story belongs in latest absurdities
Flipping through my weekly stack of notes, they’re yet again loaded with absurdities and unintended but nonetheless institutionalized farce.
The biggest calamity in sports is flourishing in obscurity
What hath greed wrought!? Well, to those who once recognized and cherished the sport in our sports, what hasn’t it wrought? Or bought?
Hockey's new 4 Nations event so good not even TV can ruin it
As things that go bump in the night, we have the just-concluded and highly attractive 4 Nations in-NHL-season ice hockey tournament.
One stat reveals the true depths of MLB's analytics mess
Fed any good stats, lately? Not likely, but we have some disturbing ones.
Love at first write: An ode to 44 years of marriage through 'couldn't make it up' sports stories
But behind every successful man stands a strong woman, even if I preferred that she covered my front, where it’s more dangerous.
Roger Goodell let Kendrick Lamar exploit Super Bowl halftime show
Roger Goodell allowed Kendrick Lamar to exploit his spotlight not to entertain the Super Bowl audience but to renew one of those rapper beefs with Drake.
This Super Bowl broadcast was doomed from the start
To a large degree, if you’ve seen one Super Bowl during the Roger Goodell Football-As-Pop-Prop Era, you’ve seen ’em all. And how much can you do every year with onion...