Slowly and unsteadily, the sports world is returning.  Today, the Premier League comes back, joining many of Europe’s soccer leagues.  Boxing and UFC have restarted, the Belmont Stakes will be taking place on Saturday, and the NBA continues to plan … Continue reading Sports Corner Peeks Out from the Bubble

I am a bit pressed for time today, so let’s just offer a salute to Kenny Atkinson, whose reward for building a team that attracted two of the best players in the NBA was to be fired before he really … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 11, 2020

This has not been a pleasant season for the Knicks or their fans.  As usual. We’ve seen young players stuck on the bench, coaches and management fired and hired, all sort of efforts to reinvent the wheel without a basic … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 4, 2020

Let’s hear it for David Ayres, the operations manager and occasional Zamboni driver who became the emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes and also became a star.  At least for a few days.  It’s the sort of story they make … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 26, 2020

It’s kind of a quiet sports week.  No NBA games till Thursday.  The NHL trade deadline is upon us, but that never really gets a lot of attention.  And there aren’t spring training games yet. So every time Rob Manfred … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 19, 2020

JAnd so pitchers and catchers report. And all is right in the world of major league baseball. Except for a cheating scandal that seems bigger every day and threatens to overshadow the season. And for a dispute between the MLB’s … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 12, 2020

The NBA trade deadline is Friday.  And while it seems like a few notable second and third tier players will be on the move, the biggest trade of the week might happen in another sport entirely. Several reliable sources are … Continue reading Sports Corner – February 5, 2020

This Sunday, Katie Sowers makes history as the first woman assistant coach and the first openly gay coach to participate in the Super Bowl.  This certainly doesn’t fix the decades of sexism and homophobia in the NFL and in sports … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 29, 2020

Some teams have rivalries.  The 49ers and Chiefs do not.  But they do share quarterbacks.  Five of them who left the Bay Area for the Midwest, most notable Joe Montana, who was traded to KC to make way for Steve … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 22, 2020

So let’s start with something you might have missed: the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association have reached a landmark contract agreement.  Changes include higher base salaries, better travel accommodations, and maternity leave with full pay.  There is a long … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 15, 2020

The NFL coaching merry go round spins.  Mike McCarthy lands in Dallas, Ron Rivera in Washington, Matt Rhule in Carolina, and someone named Joe Judge at the Meadowlands.  Jason Garrett is gone, the Rooney Rule is useless, and Cleveland still … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 8, 2020

A new year is upon us. and we can look forward to the usual array of events and then some.  The Summer Olympics return to Tokyo at the end of July, preceded by qualifiers across the US and the world.  … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 2, 2020

My, how things have changed in the last decade.  Oh, the NFL is still king and Tom Brady and Drew Brees are still playing like champs.  And Rafa Nadal is still ranked #1. But we’ve seen the emergence of e-sports; … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 26, 2019

A tip of the helmet to Drew Brees, on his record-setting night.  He is both the all time touchdown king (at least for the moment, since Tom Brady is just behind him) and the man with the single best QB … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 18, 2019

Marvin Miller didn’t want to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  He considered the Hall to be an extension of management, and also a place where his head on battles with management would naturally be sanitized into something far … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 11, 2019

And so, with Auburn’s somewhat controversial win over Alabama, Nick Saban and company are on the outside looking in for the first time since the College Football Playoff was born. What a brave new world we live in, with LSU … Continue reading Sports Corner – December 4, 2019

Get your turduckens ready, put up your feet, and prepare for a Turkey Day weekend marathon of sports!  The traditional bad game involving Detroit, the many rivalry week games, NBA games Wednesday and Friday, even a daytime nationally televised NHL … Continue reading Sports Corner – Thanksgiving Eve 2019

Carmelo Anthony is back.  I don’t really expect much from him, to be honest, but as someone who appreciated him in his time with the Knicks, I hope he gets to score a lot of points and have some fun … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 20, 2019

Let’s here it for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers!  Once a perennial contender, with seven national titles, the Gophers have re-emerged after a long slumber to go 9-0 and possibly face Ohio State for the Big Ten title.  The … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 13, 2019

It was another bland football weekend.  The top ranked CFB teams were off.  The NFL slate was pretty dull, with few good matchups and fewer exciting games.  Who will rescue us from the midseasons blahs? Why, none other than FOOTBALL … Continue reading Sports Corner – November 6, 2019

The NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and after a flurry of activity leading to yesterday, it all kind of fizzled.  Even though the entire roster of the Jets less two was available. But now we are ready to … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 30, 2019