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What the heck?

This is just not right

July 20, 2009

I promised myself I'd never do an Erin Andrews post. Promise broken.
She should be steamed. Completely, totally, absolutely and insanely angry.
As ESPN said: "Erin has been grievously wronged here."
The story: Some nut job posted a video online that purports to be taken through a peephole in a hotel room door that shows Andrews sans clothing.
Andrews is [...]

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Trash cans can affect our sleep

July 16, 2009

I have an ethical and logistic dilemma in my life: How does one get rid of garbage cans? Where I live, the local garbage company decided our old  Home Depot cans would not work anymore, so they gave us these monstrosities, one for recycling, one for trash. They have more square feet than most bathrooms [...]

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Anyone see Letterman last night?

July 16, 2009

Paul McCartney was Dave's guest, and it was really cool (great writing there!). Come on, Paul McCartney.
OK, the hair dye job is pretty awful. And he’s not John Lennon, but he’s still an original Beatle, and he did the interview in the same theater where he first appeared in the U-S-of-A in 1964: The Ed Sullivan [...]

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A blog is a perilous thing

July 16, 2009

Sean May. Scott May. John, Paul, George and Richard. Alan pointed out that I put Scott May in the headline of a previous post. I’ve had this problem before. A couple years ago I wrote about the Bulls drafting Yannick Noah. A friend pointed out his forehand would be welcome, but it was the wrong [...]

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How long does it take someone to do this?

July 12, 2009
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The Daily Mail of London called it 'Babe, set and match'

July 1, 2009

I wonder if Wimbledon will be looking for a new spokesman in the near future.

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Some things just make ya want to barf

June 30, 2009

Like this … this kind of makes me want to barf. I guess a man has every right to earn a living, and the price of gas is going up … But really, now. We are talking major upchuck city. (Geez, do I have too much time today or what?)

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We all grew up with the Farrah Fawcett poster, right?

June 30, 2009

No jokes on the outtake photos, please.

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Gotta like an airline with a sense of humor

June 30, 2009

The Kiwis have it!

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Interested in buying Bernie's pad?

June 29, 2009

Bernie Kosar's home (right) in Florida is on the market. Asking price: $3.5 million. The home includes a bizarre-looking sleeping arrangement (below) that seems right out of Thomas Jefferson and Monticello – our third president slept on the first floor in an alcove in the middle of the house (below as well), so he could jump [...]

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We pause from sports for a few moments …

June 26, 2009

… to ponder the death of Michael Jackson. For me, it's a loss to entertainment, but I always get a kick out of seeing the world fawn and mourn a celebrity simply because he was a celebrity. I mean, is Jackson's death worth exponentially more angst than the deaths on the streets of Iran these [...]

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Sunday's Beacon Journal

June 21, 2009

For those interested, my Sunday "Beside the Point" in the Beacon-Journal dealt with the fact that the NBA is such an easier league to cover than the NFL. LeBron James misses the media once and you'd think the sky was falling. Generally, the NBA and MLB  are very mature and professional in their dealings with [...]

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Get your College World Series tickets now!

June 18, 2009

Ever seen more goofballs and mopes in one camera shot? Love the outrage on this guy's face (it can be stopped after 50 seconds or so).

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The last and final toughs while fying …and flying … to Orlando

May 24, 2009

–I've about had enough of American Idol.
—Brian Windhorst from the PD broke the story this morning that Dan Gilbert might be welcoming Chinese money into the Cavs. Apparently a gentleman named Hua (Kenny "Smith") Huang has been with Gilbert the first two games, and he's ready to inject some money into Gilbert's operation.
This is interesting. [...]

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Maybe he doesn't like the tax plan …

May 19, 2009

What in the world did James Harrison mean when he made this comment about not going to the White House on the traditional football/basketall/lacross/rhythmic gymastics champions visit.
Harrison said: "If you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we don't win the Super Bowl. As far as I'm concerned, he would have invited Arizona [...]

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There are memories, and then there are memories

May 18, 2009

This should take us all back to some scary days.

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Sports Illustrated's morph into People is just about complete

April 24, 2009

My new and revamped Sports Illustrated arrived in the mail yesterday, and the magazine's transition to the People magazine of sports continues. SI used to be a magazine with great reporting and great writing and incredible photos. Hopefully, the photos will remain. Because the dumbing down of the magazine to People level is just about [...]

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Blimping for the MVP

April 21, 2009

Goodyear is joining the NBA's MVP craze. The blimp is, at least. Maybe it's an Akron thing. Because Goodyear has blimps in South Florida, Ohio and SoCal, Goodyear will conduct its own MVP vote – the three leading MVP candidates are in Miami (Dwayne Wade), Ohio (LeBron James) and LA (Kobe Bryant). The blimps will fly [...]

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"It's just so beautiful … (sniffle) … (sniffle) … "

April 20, 2009
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Idle thought

April 20, 2009

I was all set to call this sexist and all that stuff. But then I wondered: Isn't this exactly what teams and leagues want when they trot out these cheerleaders and dance teams? (Umm … Denver got my vote.)

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A chance to be like Roger Angell

April 20, 2009

Ever want to write one of those brief lyrical odes to baseball. Here's your chance.

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Check it out

April 17, 2009

Call me corny, but this link is well worth a few minutes of your time. Stick with it.

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Quick thought …

April 12, 2009

Prior to heading to the Cavs today, thought I'd send this wish to those so inclined:

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Idle thought

April 10, 2009

I always wondered what happens in a baseball press box during a rain delay. Now I know. Very little.

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A sidebar for history

April 10, 2009

For those interested, and I am … because if we don't remember where we came from we can't know where we are going … Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 144 years ago April 14. In this interesting take on the anniversary, Michael Winship, a senior writer of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, wrote on truthout.com that Nathianel Hawthorne "was [...]

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