Some stray thoughts on the whole Kobe Bryant debacle: 1: Kobe admitted that he committed adultery with the woman who’s charging him with rape. I’m betting all my money that this isn’t the first time Kobe has “wandered in foreign lands,” if you catch my drift. In fact, if this woman was among the first 20 or 30 he’s doinked
Read moreIt looks more and more like baseball is going on strike. Again. Let me say before I get too far into this that the issues are very real, and that all things considered a disastrous work stoppage leading to dramatic downsizing of the game may be baseball’s best hope long-term. The professional game, that is. I don’t think baseball as
Read moreYou can’t even mention the World Cup these days without touching off the tired old “soccer will never be big here/why isn’t soccer bigger here” argument, which at this point is more ritual than debate. But in light of the US team’s superb run in Copa 2002, which concluded with Friday morning’s 1-0 loss (a match where the Americans actually
Read moreFirst John Rocker proved to the world that he was an idiot. Now it looks like Bud Selig’s turn, but there’s probably more to the story than meets the eye. According to the Associated Press, the Atlanta Braves pitcher has been “ordered by baseball to undergo psychological tests before deciding whether to punish the outspoken reliever for remarks he made
Read moreI try to avoid getting teary-eyed about This Great Land in Which We Live. We all know the United States has tremendous shortcomings, and it seems like our every success only reminds us of ten more problems which have not been adequately addressed. Tonight, though, we saw a remarkable moment, and for a few seconds between innings at Shea Stadium
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