John Smoltz’s constant talking ruins MLB broadcasts
We may as well get started. I don’t think those Fox Sports execs are going to show. They never do. They never accept my invitation to sit and watch a …
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We didn’t need Washington Post to tell us Kim Mulkey is bad for college sports
In a world gone nuts, a laugh, now and then, can temporarily deliver us from evil. Kim Mulkey, the often repugnant, clown-outfitted, attention-starved, raging, sideline-stomping coach of LSU’s women’s basketball …
Relentless commercials part of painful March Madness experience
As both the NCAA Tournament, now enriched by six-year “graduate” transfers, and Passover both approach, I’m reminded of first-night Seder meals and the tradition not allowing strangers to dine alone. …
Roger Goodell’s neglect has created greed-driven NFL mess
Though we know that for his $70 million-plus per year Roger Goodell is a very busy man, is he too busy to take care of the NFL? We know his …
Showboats are still making senseless errors five decades after NFL infamy
I recall that day as if I’d just seen a constellation, something from outer space, something I’d never forget as I’d never see it again. This was Monday, Oct. 18, …
Sports overrun with worst of fans, media, leadership
There is little worse than wasted anticipation, a pizza stuck to the top of the home delivery box, a Starbucks coffee cup that leaks, a second date with a woman …
Another analytics lover in the Bronx may not be best for Yankees
I’m not Pythagoras. I’m more like Moronicus. In math, once I have to carry the one, I’m in trouble. But if I were to spin a wheel that carried 30 …