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

As I type this, the World Series and the NBA season are about to start.  And the current controversies about both, more the one involving the Astros than the one involving China, are leaving very bad tastes in my mouth.  … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 23, 2019

Yes, Halloween is coming.  But so is the start of the NBA season, meaning that for a week or so, pretty much every major sport will be going (outside of college basketball and the WNBA).  So much to watch, so … Continue reading Sports Corner – October 16, 2019

I’ll be brief and let you do the talking.  All the sports are with us.  NBA training camp.  MLB playoffs, WNBA finals.  NFL and CFB.  Tons of soccer.  And the return of the NHL.  So much sportsball! Have at it! Continue reading Sports Corner – October 2, 2019

Baseball season nears its end and the playoffs are nearly upon us!  Can the Astros’ one two combination of Verlander and Cole tame the Yankees’ bats?  Will the Yankees continue hitting all those homers?  Will the Twins finally break their … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 25, 2019

Five QBs who took snaps in 2004 are still playing.  And three will not be starting this Sunday.  The questionable Ben Roethlisberger is out for the year with a poorly defined elbow injury.  40 year old Drew Brees is down … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 18, 2019

Congrats to Rafa Nadal, who held off a furious comeback effort by rising star (and occasional grump) Daniel Mevedev to win his 19th Grand Slam.  Congrats also to Bianca Andreescu. The future of tennis is arriving rather quickly.  Even if … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 11, 2019

Welcome to a special NFL Kickoff Week edition of Sports Corner.  (Boy, that is a bland anniversary logo.) Today. I will make a few predictions. With the arrival of reviewable pass interference calls, no one will have any idea what … Continue reading Sports Corner – September 4, 2019

On the cusp of the NCAA and NFL football seasons, all anyone is talking about is the sudden retirement of Andrew Luck.  I have to say, I didn’t really find it that surprising, given his long and painful injury history.  … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 28, 2019

Next Monday marks the start of the US Open tennis tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.  Practically my backyard.  But before 1978, the event was held at Forest Hills Stadium in (where else) … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 21, 2019

Attend the tale of Antonio Brown’s helmet.  If nothing else, it’s certainly enlivened the pre-season.  Even if I can’t say it makes much sense that a player wants to use worn-out equipment to protect his noggin. Or that anyone would … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 14, 2019

Feeling under the weather today, so not much of a preamble.  Also, there still isn’t much going on.  Unless you are looking forward to a full slate of preseason football games, or unless like me you are revelling in the … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 7, 2019

Yes, at long last, it’s NFL preseason!  Games that not only mean nothing, but feature a lot of players we’ll never see again!  And yet these games will sell out, and get better ratings than most regular season baseball games.  … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 31, 2019

Not a lot going on in actual games right now.  Just baseball, and it continues to be a bit on the dull side. There is a lot happening off the field, but much of it – Tyrek Hill, Rolando, Dwight … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 24, 2019

Heartwarming stories don’t usually do much for me.  But I find it easy to be moved by the way the Angels came back home after the All Star break and after the untimely death of Tyler Skaggs.  Paying tribute to … Continue reading Sports Corner – July 17, 2019