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An interesting and timely article appears on the front page of The New York Times website. Titled, "Sports Medicine Pioneer Subject of Doping Inquiry," it tells of a "Canadian doctor who is under investigation by the F.B.I. because he is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs." Please check it out at the following link. You might notice some familiar names. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/sports/15doctor.html?hp It wasn't all that long ago that so many of us were either blinded by or failed to see what was going on in Major League Baseball. Take a look back at some of baseball's stars prior to the early 1990's. Look ...

In case you were wondering, that's what I do. Well, that's what the gentleman who I was blessed enough to caddy for the other day told me. Yeah, God's work.   See, once he found out that I was a teacher, he deigned my work (in the classroom, I'm sure) to be that of a higher order. "We need more people like you in the world, Mike," he told me. And he thanked me for doing such noble work. As I cleaned his clubs. And watched him drive off in his Bentley.Read more Sports & Society news on BleacherReport.com

He's getting away with something. Something I couldn't get away with. That's the bottom line on the recent Tiger Woods story. That's what's bugging me. And I'm not even sure what it is (although I have my suspicions). This episode reminds me (again) of the gulf that exists between sports figures and fans. And I keep finding myself on the outside looking at and in. I can't even pull off not cleaning the litter box for a day before my wife is screaming at me at the top of her lungs. Never mind providing fodder for the paparazzi. Are you kidding me? Yeah, it's ...

Nothing would ever be the same again. You must go. A book was purchased for me called "Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Matthew B. Brady" by Roy Meredith by a woman named Grace. Inside the front cover was written, June 2, 1990 Dearest Michael, The only reason I that I have inundated you with Civil War books is because I fully believe in your cosmic connection and attraction to that time, those people, and those events; I believe in your absolute, imperative need to make that trip next week; and I believe in you. Enjoy every joy and pain you take; take everything, see everything, touch ...