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In 1994, Major League Baseball cancelled its World Series. It was the first time in American history that had ever happened. Our national pastime reminded all those watching that baseball was first and foremost, a business. It was a shock Continue reading Cable cancels ESPN’s culture (and other confusing conundrums)
Have you ever experienced one of those eerie, bigger-than-life moments where you suddenly and startlingly realize that everything is right and proper with the universe and that you are smack dab, exactly where you are supposed to be at that Continue reading Domingo German’s perfect game night no match for our family’s
When you think of the times and places throughout history where sports and politics have intertwined, the first images that come to mind are probably presidents throwing out ceremonial first pitches at baseball season openers, or commanders-in-chiefs quipping one-liners while Continue reading Book Review: Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency by Chris Cillizza
When I first saw that Nick Taylor (no, not the one from Duran Duran) had sunk a 72-foot-putt on the fourth sudden-death hole to capture the Canadian Open, I didn’t think of how miraculous a sports feat this was. I Continue reading The day that sports changed forever
Lo and behold, professional golf has, at least momentarily, embraced a truce. The Great Golfing Compromise of 2023 came to the shock of absolutely everyone, for not a single soul saw this group hug as a reality. The PGA-LIV fissure Continue reading PGA Tour loyalists fall for banana in tailpipe
Mike Greenberg has co-written another book. Most of us know Greenberg as long time SportsCenter anchor and avid (and as you’ll soon find out, opinionated) sports fan. He has recently branched out and written his fifth book, this one called Continue reading Book Review: Got Your Number by Mike Greenberg
I have this friend. Let’s call him Brotha E. While having moved around quite a bit professionally over his career, E’s family hails from Philadelphia. Despite his liking of multiple teams, in multiple sports, one thing has always remained constant: Continue reading Brotha E’s Split Decision: An exercise in the psychology of human fanhood
Major League Baseball once again made history while no one noticed. The Houston Astros had a no-hitter the other night! In the Game Four of the World Series no less! And we barely celebrated. Womp womp! There are a few Continue reading The Lost Art of the Start
The Tampa Bay Rays post-season came and went. If you blinked, you missed it. For their efforts, a fairly successful regular season in which they went 86-76, the Rays earned a wild card berth, just not a prime-time game (small Continue reading Three strikes and you’re out… of home games: The inequity of Major League Baseball’s new but not improved post-season format
The best book I’ve read about baseball’s steroid era was Jose Canseco’s “Vindicated,” his follow up to the ground-breaking, tell-all tale “Juiced.” After all, who better to write a book about steroids than the man most associated with them? The Continue reading Book Review: Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever by Dan Good
