Sports Fan Symposium

Dear Mr. Paterno, Can I call you Joe? It just feels more natural that way. My Dad never called you anything other than Joe. Even when I was 7, he just referred to you as Joe with such a sense a familiarity, respect, and admiration. Surely this Joe character had to be a close family … Continue reading »

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To call holding of course! No, I’m not talking about NFL umpires. I’m talking about baseball, a sport with most every rule being very rigidly defined. Its a sport that doesn’t need four men dressed in blue to make the correct calls. The main umpire duties include calling balls and strikes, outs, and foul or … Continue reading »

If there was ever a silver lining to the NFL lockout, it would have to be the rookie wage-scale. Long has this sports fan been opposed to the inordinate amount of guaranteed money that was paid to the top draft picks each year. Many a franchise hopes have rested on the untested shoulders of college … Continue reading »

The Pittsburgh Pirates are a winning ball club right now, and they are trying to stay that way. The city is obsessed with their first place team as they should be. It’s been 18 years of misery. With the trade deadline quickly approaching, local talk radio has been centered around the Pirates being buyers this … Continue reading »

This past season, the NHL proved it was back. The regular season was good, and the playoffs were outstanding. However, the Finals left me wanting something more. No disrespect to Bruins or Canucks fans, but I couldn’t get into the battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup. My team had been eliminated in the first round in … Continue reading »

With the rash of NCAA sports violations, many fans have been calling for schools to pay college athletes, especially football players. Fans and athletes cry out about the “millions” being made by the universities and conferences. We’ve heard the plight of the impoverished youth that were able to trade their athletic prowess for a free … Continue reading »

Although I am interested to see how these guys do, I guess the chances either of them (Gerrit Cole or Trevor Bauer) do anything at the big league level aside from chew Redman tops out at like 7%. So hard for me to get into the baseball draft. Don’t watch these guys play ever so … Continue reading »

I don’t have twitter, so here’s a little tweet… Why is Lebron catching so much flak? So he didn’t win a title and, he was a little preturbed… Micheal didn’t win every title every season, Tiger didn’t win every tournament he played in, Muhammad Ali lost the title to Smokin’ Joe, Rodger Federer loses matches … Continue reading »

LeBron deserves all of the criticism he is getting. And more. He brought 90% of this upon himself when he declared within the span of a year that he 1) wanted to be the world’s first sports billionaire 2) be a global icon 3) will win 7 titles On October 1st of last year, 8 … Continue reading »