tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155503282011-09-11T23:34:06.092-04:00I used to write in college, now I do it in the blogosphere. I know you didn't ask me, but I will tell you how I feel on various sports issues. Maybe, I'll throw in some pop culture and political comments as well. I hope you like it.C.T.noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15550328.post-92226666826353893362008-08-13T13:43:00.002-04:002008-08-13T13:54:56.389-04:00

I finally got to see my beloved New York Mets play in person. And I didn't even have to drive to Queens to do it.The Amazin's began a 3 game set with the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. I had already been to a Nats game when they played at RFK Stadium. Moving to Nats Park is the equivalent to the Jeffersons movin' on up to the East Side.The stadium is probably the most-accessible one

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They say that bad things happen in threes. Well, in my sports world, I hit that trifecta just in the past 4 days. Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker was robbed and knocked out in Las Vegas early Monday morning. Fortunately, he's expected to recover. The Mets fired manager Willie Randolph early Tuesday morning. As in before the sun even came up early Tuesday morning. The firing was unsurprising,

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All I can say is, I hope the Raiders don't suck again.That is all.

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School is back in session all over the USA. And one thing many teachers tell students is to never be afraid to ask questions. Well, I've got a few of my own:Do Major League Baseball officials think that making sure that Red Sox manager Terry Francona is wearing his uniform underneath his jacket and not a Rocawear sweatshirt is more important than catching players using steroids.Why is anyone

C.T.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15550328.post-26854571451707467252007-08-15T13:32:00.000-04:002008-12-11T15:19:18.190-05:00

As of this entry, Mike Vick's lawyers are trying to work out a plea deal in this big dogfighting ordeal. Many have said that Vick wants to work something out so he can eventually resume his career as a star quarterback. These moves raise some questions:Why is everyone thinking that Vick should focus on returning to football?Football would be the last thing on my mind. If I'm looking for a shorter

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I really need someone to explain the hold-out mentality that many of top draft picks in sports have."Everybody has a price" was the Millionaire Man Ted DiBiase's line from the WWF. I understand that philosophy, but some of the offers and signing bonuses I see these young players turning down would have me signing up twice. That's millions of dollars I didn't start the day with. Why are these guys

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756..... FINALLY!!!!!Congrats, Barry.Now lets get back to our normal sports coverage already in progress.

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I got to see two of the classiest athletes in the world -- Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken -- get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.I was a part of the seemingly 95% of the Baltimore area that made the long drive up to Cooperstown, New York. Numberous times I heard people make the joke about whoever is the last person to leave Charm City should make sure to turn out the lights.I got to

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It is funny to hear everyone give their opinions on how they think the media has already convicted Michael Vick in his dogfighting issue. Most sound like it's the first time anyone of Vick's stature has ever been thrown under the bus for something he has yet to even be tried for, let alone convicted.But, as everyone on the planet knows, public opinion has no due process. Some of the people I

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As of this posting, Barry Bonds is just 3 homers away from breaking Hank Aaron's career mark of 755. Much has been made of whether MLB commish Bud Selig will be in attendance. He hasn't committed either way. Aaron has pretty much said he won't be there. And that's fine.But for Selig, his job title mandates that he follow Bonds to every ballpark until the record is set. Unless Bonds does what a

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Sports Illustrated might as well scrap any list of nominees for this year's Sportsman of the Year. We already have a winner: Derek Fisher.Fisher's daughter Tatum has a rare form cancer in her eye. So, in order to sufficiently give her the fatherly support and get the extensive care she needs, Fisher asked the Utah Jazz to release him. He decided to walk away from the team and make his daughter

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These are truly the lazy days of summer.The days are just going by so slowly. It must be fitting that the only "major" sports going on happen to be the slowest moving sports: baseball, golf, tennis, bowling. If it wasn't for the speed -- and the wrecks and the cheating and the bickering -- in auto racing, summer would be a total slow-fest.But salvation is just weeks away as pro football

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Sorry to start on a down note but...It is unfortunate that the case of the missing Ohio woman, Jessie Davis, came to a tragic end. Someone, though, still has to explain why her case got wall-to-wall coverage (with jailbird Paris Hilton sprinkled in between). Has anyone found Ali Gilmore (pictured right), missing for more than a year in the Tallahasse, Florida, area. It should be noted --

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I used to laugh at people who tell me they set their VCRs for their favorite daytime soap.But, today, I had to set mine. Not for a daytime drama. Unless you count someone trying sink an 8 foot putt for the second time... to win a brand new car.It was the last day for an original episode of "The Price is Right" with Bob Barker as the host. This is bigger than the last episode of "M*A*S*H". (

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Sometimes playing the race card is valid: The Don Imus situation. Police profiling tactics. No minorities on "The Flintstones" or "The Jetsons."But there are other times when people play the race card and it just defeats the purpose. I give you exhibit A:In an interview with GQ magazine, Detroit Tiger Gary Sheffield offered a reason why there are so few African American baseball players: They

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Why can't current homer king Hank Aaron just man up and tell the world the real reason he won't see Barry Bonds break the homer record is because he thinks Bonds is a steroid-using piece of crap?Why are some people more upset at the timing of Jason Giambi's "apology" remarks regarding steroids than at what Giambi had to say?Why is the father of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock -- killed

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Why should only a select few honor a man who changed the world of Major League Baseball?That was the issue when baseball commissioner Bud Selig allowed players to wear Jackie Robinson's number 42 on Sunday, the 60th anniversary of his debut with the Dodgers. But the league did not limit who could wear the number which, in an excellent move, was retired league-wide in 1997.Even though there were

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No matter what opinions you have in the Don Imus or the Duke Lacrosse controversies, it can be agreed that the situations that both teams found themselves will make them stronger unit as they continue their collegiate careers.The women of the Rutgers basketball team will forever be linked to the words of of a stupid idiot. If they make the NCAA Tourney from now until eternity, Imus will always be

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Roger Goodell summed it up very nicely:"Your conduct has brought embarrassment and ridicule upon yourself, your club, and the NFL, and has damaged the reputation of players throughout the league."That's what the NFL commissioner put into a letter sent to the Titans' Adam "Pacman" Jones and the Bengals' Chris Henry as they received their punishment for acting like complete jackasses off the field.

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Much will be made of Tim Hardaway's animosity towards gay people. And any criticism of his recent comments is well-justified -- except in the case of honesty.Former NBA player John Amaechi came out of the closet last week while promoting a book about his experiences. So, Hardaway -- like many other current and former NBA folks, and athletes and coaches from other sports -- were asked to give

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If it wasn't for Prince, the complete Super Bowl XLI viewing experience would have been dull at best.When the Bears' Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, it looked like the Colts were going to be in for a very long night. But thanks to the Colts offensive line, running backs Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes -- oh, and some Peyton Manning guy -- Indy got themselves a

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Did I miss something? Apparently, there were reports that Serena Williams had looked overweight heading into the 2007 Australian Open. Okay, I'll admit I wasn't really focusing on the entire package, so I didn't notice a thing.(I am really not that oblivious because, yes, it was apparent that Tyra Banks had put on some weight since her famous Sports Illustrated cover. So, I don't understand why

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"...An embarrassment to football.""The worst team in NFL history."Those were just a couple of the adjectives used used by local sportscasters-- on the east coast -- to describe my beloved Oakland Raiders after their Monday night performance.I would prefer to call them a train wreck, but that would be an insult to trains everywhere.Quarterback Aaron Brooks is horrible. The run defense continues to

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Okay, only a couple of weeks, but I've been busy. So, here's some thoughts on things that happened in my absence from blog-land.Although he still hasn't diminished my disdain for the boring-ness of golf, Tiger Woods is da man. I guess after his 5th straight tournament win, all the arguments about him being the greatest golfer ever now have all the proof needed.It was bound to happen: There are

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Back in the day... okay, in the early days of cable television, If you wanted wall-to-wall college football on cable television, ESPN used to be the only place to go. That is, unless you were looking to see Florida A&M, Howard, Grambling, Jackson State orany other historically black college.In the past few years, things have changed and common sense has finally kicked in. Sure, BET would show

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During Sunday's broadcast of the Redskins-Bengals game, Sports Illustrated's Peter King said that retiring star Junior Seau was a first-ballot lock for the football hall of fame.But what goes into someone being a solid, no-question first ballot lock for any hall of fame?Next year's baseball hall class will be extremely interesting. There is no argument that Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn will go in

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There was a pretty good movie made in the 1970s called "Black Sunday." It is about a nutcase who tries to blow up a blimp at the Super Bowl. This premise may be a little outlandish -- although not impossible -- but in the light of the terror plot arrests in England, I hope the sports world isn't taking any chances.But it's not slow moving airships I'd be worried about. It's the average person

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It looks like the only person that could get Floyd Landis out of trouble now is Johnnie Cochran. And unfortunately, he's dead.Much like the chances of Landis returning to the good graces of the bicycling world.Landis was put on a pedestal after winning the Tour de France. He even fell behind by 11 minutes after one of the late stages. And he did all this with a bad hip. He replaced Lance

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Count me as one of the many people who just has to get to the movies in time to see all the trailers. Considering some of the junk Hollywood has put out lately, the trailers are the best part of the movie-going experience.The NFL's equivalent to the trailer -- training camp -- has begun, and it couldn't have come soon enough.You can only sit and listen to so many diatribes about Barry Bonds and

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This ain't a sports issue, I know. But, bear with me.I was listening to the radio and a traffic report came on. The reporter mentioned there was an accident somewhere in "P.G. County." The first thing that came to mind was, uh-oh... this station is going to get a bunch of phone calls.For a very stupid issue.There is a segment of Prince George's County, Maryland -- my home county -- that gets

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Forgive me, Reggie Bush, but how much money DO you want the New Orleans Saints to pay you? Or if anyone close to Reggie can answer, please do.I'm sure Bush -- believing all the hype about him possibly being the first pick in the NFL draft -- was thrown for a loop when reports came out that the Houston Texans were going to select Mario Williams, and not him, as the top pick. I'm sure only one or

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In the last two or three days of the grand jury that was looking into BALCO and steroids, many voices on the airwaves seemed to agree on one thing: Barry Bonds was going to be indicted.Boy, were they wrong.The grand jury is done. Greg Anderson, who was Bonds' trainer and refused to testify and was sent to jail, was released. And Bonds was not indicted. Our tax dollars at work.Does this mean Bonds

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There's a new morning show -- a very good one, I might add -- that began airing on a Washington sports station this week. I caught a segment where the hosts had callers ask questions prefaced with "this might be a stupid question." Some of the questions were stupid and some were actually pretty good questions. The hosts tried to answer them as best they could or with tongue poking through their

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What would you do if someone you didn't know -- or do know, but don't particularly like -- insulted your mom or sister? Not in the "Yo' mama so...." joking sort of way. But, in a vicious I-don't-plan-on-apologizing-for-what-I'm-saying sort of way.Is there a correct response? Should there be?Then why do we, myself included, get on our high horses and get mad when we see athletes lose their minds

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but simply filing a lawsuit is not illegal. If it was then I can think of at least one idiot that should deserve the death penalty.Some idiot named Allen Heckard is suing Michael Jordan. The reason? Because he looks like Michael Jordan. He is also suing Nike founder Phil Knight. This doofus wants 832 million bucks out of it.Yep. The Portland, Oregon, man contends that he

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I don't want to jinx anything, but have you looked at the standings in the National League East?If not, go take look and then hit the back button until you get back to this blog.Did you see who's on top? Yep, I'm as shocked as you that it doesn't say Atlanta Braves. I'm even more shocked that it's the New York Mets.What's so amazing about the Amazin's? It's rare. But, statistically, it's a

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The year 1986 was big year for sports for me. The Mets beat the Red Sox in the World Series. It was also tragic year for me a as a space shuttle nerd as the Challenger accident happened in late January.Today is the 20th anniversary of when the roads of tragedy and sports crossed. On June 19, 1986, Len Bias, the greatest player ever on my favorite college hoops team, died. It was how he died that

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Only some people who were hard-headed as a child -- like me -- may remember a time when mom would tell you over and over: "Don't touch the pot on the stove. It's hot." And then what do you do? You ignore the warning, of course, and touch the pot. And find out the hard way what the science of heat is all about.Ben Roethlisberger just found out that helmet-less heads aren't meant to hit

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Allow me to put on my officiating sympathizer hat again.Is there something in the water?? There have been 3 big recent incidents involving players or coaches and those that officiate their respective sports.March 18: After a Major Indoor Soccer League game, Baltimore Blast head coach Tim Wittman put a referee in a choke hold. Wittman has been suspended for the next 2 seasons for going all WWE on

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I miss Fox's "Celebrity Boxing". I wish they'd get Mills Lane his referee uniform and come up with another installment because I have a few bouts I'd help promote:Brett Favre vs. Green Bay front office (handicap match)It's funny how the Packers have to wait on their future hall-of-famer quarterback to decide he's coming back this season. I know they're getting upset because every press

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In your face, Billy Packer!!!!Go Patriots!!!!I am so happy. I've been rooting for George Mason ever since -- okay, ever since the opening tip-off against UConn in the Washington, D.C. regional final.But I have my ticket for a window seat on the GMU bandwagon. Destination: Indianapolis.Sure, I had my doubts during the game, especially right after Denham Brown hit the game-tying shot at the end of

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I'm sure I speak for many Americans when I say that my NCAA brackets have been shot to hell. But I'm not too upset about it.It's good to see 2 teams that so-called experts claimed had no business being in the tournament will battle for the right to appear in the Washington D.C. Regional final. I'm guessing the home-area advantage will uplift George Mason over Wichita State. Whoever wins, though,

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With all due respect to the Christmas season, March Madness is the most wonderful time of the year.It's the only time I'll park myself in front of the tube watch teams I've never heard of playing in tournament championships of conferences that I could only name one team from if I was on Jeopardy!. (I'll take Atlantic Sun Teams for 200, Alex.) Of course, the tournament championships are usually

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In a commentary on his HBO show, Bryant Gumbel spouted off on the Winter Olympics."Count me among those who don’t care about them and won’t watch them … Because they’re so trying … Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest

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10. It's bad enough that Motown music was an afterthought for the NFL entertainment committee, but Aretha Franklin should have just completely replaced Aaron Neville for the National Anthem. She -- and the choir in the background -- blew him out the water.9. Did ANY Seahawks fans show up at Ford Field??8. It's a shame Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana opted out of the Super Bowl MVP pre-game

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If the roman numeral in Super Bowl XL is any indication, this is going to be a extra large game.The media hype is extra large. P Diddy's and Eminem's parties are supposedly going to be extra large. An extra-large Aretha Franklin is supposed to sing the National Anthem with Aaron Neville, whose biceps are extra large. Halftime with the Rolling Stones will be an extra-large snoozefest as far as I'm

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Being a Lakers fan, I am not complaining. But, who ticked off Kobe Bryant? Bryant went off for 81 points against the Raptors on Sunday. When I heard the tease on a local station, I thought they just misread their copy. Nope. It was read correctly.Since mid-December, Bryant has been lighting the nylon up. Five 30-point games, four 40s, two 50s, a 60-point effort and Sunday's 81-point explosion.

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You hear the story -- or a variation of it -- every year. A man bowls a perfect game. Then he dies moments later of a heart attack.It's almost an understatement to say that sports is one of the most heart-pumping experiences in life. Athletes talk about the adreneline rush when they make a big play. Fans talk about how nervous they get watching a player sink a free throw to win the game. I

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This, of course, is from the I-know-you-didn't-ask-me department, but this is a notice for USC's Reggie Bush and Texas' Vince Young.Congrats on the success you both had this year. Reggie, you were tremendous making all those big runs, and Vince, you showed millions of people why the Heisman voting should have been closer.But enough happy talk. I know you've heard about the garbage Virginia

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With everything bad that goes on in the world, it is so good have sports to turn to.The death of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy's son hit the Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers families hard. Now, this week those players have to put emotions towards playing a game for 3 hours. Fans who are huge supporters of Dungy will undoubtedly have him they're thoughts or prayers, but they'll still don the

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This is for anyone who was born between 1965 and 1979. So, if you're under26, read if you want, but you may not fully understand.I work with kids everyday. So, in order to relate, I watch what they watch. I look at what is advertised for them. I listen to what they listen to. Boy, am I not impressed. However, I am concerned.As political talk show host John McLaughlin would say, "Issue

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It's that time of year again. Time to watch the annual parade where Dora the Explorer's enormous head on her TV show gets to be the recreated as a float to the size of a cargo plane. Time to gather with relatives and friends and watch the Lions and Cowboys host NFL foes. Time to sit around and eat as much as you can in one afternoon and evening, and yet be mindful that it is a requirement that

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One of my favorite game shows growing up was "Press Your Luck." Peter Tomarken, the host was somewhat of a cheeseball, but the star of the show was The Whammy. If a contestant landed on The Whammy, he would come out spoofing Boy George, getting attacked by dogs or swinging into trees while stealing the contestants' hard-earned money.Well, it seems The Whammy has been up to no good this year:Of

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I had a teacher who always said that it wasn't nice to laugh at other people's misfortunes. Well, I really didn't listen to any of my teachers' advice then, and I won't now.I'm so glad this Terrell Owens situation is getting way out of hand. It's not because I'm anti-Eagles, but they had to know something crazy was going to happen with T.O. and they apparently didn't care. When Owens came up on

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The National Basketball Association apparently has a big problem. It's not players appearing on the police blotter. And it's not how to keep underclassmen from declaring for the draft. It's how to deal with the ballers who sports baggy pants and bling at league-sanctioned events.Hey, Commissioner Stern here are some issues that are getting overlooked as you play fashion police:>> Please stop

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ESPN had a good thing going with its one-year wonder "Playmakers." Unfortunately, the network had to make a wise business decision and drop the show under pressure from the NFL. The league felt that the players were being portrayed negatively -- even though the Cougars team in the show was completely fictitious. Some of the storylines took their cues from real-life scenarios almost like "Law &

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Someone, please explain to me why coaches, managers and athletes are punished for criticizing umpires and referees. I consider myself as an officiating apologist, but I just don't get it.Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan got hit with a fine after blasting officials for reversing a touchdown in the game against the San Diego Chargers. The refs called the Broncos for having too many men on

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As the nationwide wave of sympathy and support continues, there are also is a campaign to make the New Orleans Saints the new "America's Team." It's a nice gesture -- unless you're a Dallas Cowboy fan. But, come on, these are the Saints for goodness sake. I'm an Oakland Raider fan, so the success of the Saints has no direct bearing on the Raiders unless they meet in the Super Bowl. There is no

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