Steve McNair is gone and I almost want to cry. The man who provided thrill after thrill for Tennessee Titans fans—including taking the team to Super Bowl XXXIV—is now a Baltimore Raven, a situation fraught with irony and reeking a little from the stench of his now-former team's callous, all-business approach to the whole affair. In recent years, McNair (pictured left, then, and right, now) was
Friday, June 9, 2006
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Rabbits and Foxes and Hounds, Oh My!!! How the Pace Scenario Will Affect the Belmont Stakes
Posted on 1:19 AM by ergeg
By Steve Brady Several months ago, I got tired of public handicappers making my selections for me. Up until then, I’d open up the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and see who the consensus selection was, or I’d listen to the guys on the “Thoroughbred Los Angeles” radio show, and write down all their “hot picks.” Sure, they sometimes had good information about a horse, but more often that not, they were
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Poor Black Kids Can't Afford to Attend Major League Baseball, So Why Would They Want to Play a Game They Know Nothing About?
Posted on 2:25 AM by ergeg
"Where are black ballplayers?" asked the headline in Bob Nightengale's USA TODAY story of June 2. It's a damn interesting question, and the story, while pointing out that African Americans constitute only 8% of the Major League Baseball workforce—down from the 27% of 1975—doesn't really provide a satisfactory answer. Apparent reasons are cited in a swirl of vague conjecture by baseball brass, but
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