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"When you become the cheating baseball player, it becomes who you are, and nobody wants to walk around with that." - Steve Phillips So what about if you're a cheating ex-GM who spouts incredible wisdom to ESPN audiences on a regular basis? Do you become the cheating ex-GM or the cheating ex-ESPN analyst? Inquiring minds want to know, Steve. Ah, Steve Phillips. Now here's a guy who talks about the impact of cheating in the sport of baseball when, all the while, the moron is cheating on his wife. Nice. Phillips was fired by ESPN after he confirmed an affair with a 22-year-old ...

The game of football is complex. There are many variables, some deterministic and some stochastic and probabilistic. Who can say which outweighs the other? One thing we know: one man can not be blamed for systemic failures in the Oakland Raiders franchise. A thing we need to monitor are the decisions made after certain trends are determined. Is it a coaching problem? Is it a quarterback problem? Is it a multiple of interrelated problems, multivalued and multivariate in nature?   Let's study the data The arithmetic mean for shutout score is 27.44 The mode (most frequently occurring) is 27, showing up four times. The median is 27, which is ...

Upon arriving at his home in rustic Holland, MA I anticipated seeing Dick Hoyt burst out of a phone booth, wearing tights, a super hero's cape and an "S" emblazoned across his chest. Much to my surprise, though not really, I found him dressed in a Team Hoyt t-shirt, running pants and sneakers, sweeping grass clippings off his drive way. My thought being, of course, that if any man is truly faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, it's the elder half of the world renowned Team ...

Whether you live in Glenside, Lansdale, Kensington, Mayfair, Rittenhouse Square, South Jersey, North Jersey, New York, Boston, LA or anywhere else.... There is absolutely no question about the passion and dedication of Philadelphia fans. Philadelphia sports fans are some of the most loyal sports fans in all of sports. The Philadelphia Phillies have more losses than any other franchise in any other sport. No other franchise has ever lost 10,000 games and the Phillies managed to do it by 2007. Despite this fact, the Phillies, over the past two seasons, have managed to draw over 7 million fans and 3.6 million fans ...

Note: Many people young and old write about sports, while life's challenges sometimes press us to share, communicate and encourage each other. I was impressed to encourage Kevin and others, on this day and beyond.   Dedicated to those who love sports, their family members, and those who need encouragement.   CHEER UP, CHILDREN     Grow up, children ‘cause All the years that mother stays Are just a little while When matched against the length of life I’ll see when heaven bound.   Cheer up, children. I gave my love abundantly And nurtured all your dreams. I cried with you, I prayed with you, I soothed away your pains.   Face up, children. Old mama’s worn, a little tired My heart’s a ...

Apparently ESPN's Bob Griese forgot that during today's Ohio State and Minnesota broadcast there was a nationally televised audience actually listening to what he was saying. After an advertising spot for NASCARS race this Sunday, the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Standing were displayed on the screen. Griese's partner, Chris Speilman, jokingly asked where Juan Pablo Montoya was on the list. Without skipping a beat, and laughing, Griese replied "He's out having a taco." Wow... I was shocked. Did he really just say that on national television? There seems to be an ever growing problem with broadcaster's and analysts spouting off ...

Note: One slide show has the sound of fireworks. We are a diverse nation: the Raider Nation. So, this week our menu is diverse. We don't know if any birds are going to play football with us this week. However, we appreciate the historical visitation on last week. Our photo for the article commemorates that unusual and fascinating experience. Enjoy! We usually have a Tailgate Party before each game. Here is our "starter" menu. Shrimp Fried Rice (other meats can be included)  click link. Raider Card Addict - RCA's Flat food One package, Whole grain pitas, 4-8 in a package 1/2 pound sliced oven roasted turkey, any good deli ...

In his latest article in The New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell writes about the toll professional football takes on the brains of former players—how the years of collisions eventually lead to serious mental problems down the line. At issue is whether the sustained legal hits to the head—as opposed to illegal actions—cause the long-term damage many players suffer from later in life. Gladwell even draws a parallel to football and dogfighting, suggesting the brutality of the two sports is similar, and pondering whether football as we know it can vanish over the coming years. This issue is particularly near and dear to Patriots fans, ...

As I mention quite often in my posts, a constant is one thing that the independent league is not.  The carousel of players, draft holdouts, and the immediate need to boost attendance through endless ever-changing promotions…. In a business model, that caters to family entertainment, in a crowded market place, one regular in the Frontier League has been Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Kevin Rouch. Since 2001, Rouch has been wearing a number of hats; outside counsel for numerous clubs, working with two league teams, the Zanesville Greys, who became the River City Rascals in 1999, the Chillicothe Paints as the play-by-play ...

For the UFL perception is reality, and no matter how much the league blows off the poor attendance numbers, and no matter how many viable arguments there are for why the attendance is so low, the simple fact here is if the games are poorly attended sports fans around the nation will continue to ignore this league. This league can ill afford another poor showing at a big time venue. In their second week of games just 6,341 fans showed up to San Francisco’s AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, for a game between the California Redwoods and the ...