Carlton Fisk Hates on Big Mac

Carlton Fisk hates on Mark McGwire and other players who he feels have cheated the game of baseball. Carlton Fisk is the latest former baseball player to come out and blast Mark McGwire after he admitted to using steroids and HGH. The Hall of Fame catcher, who played with the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, was angry with [read more...]

Mark McGwire: A Peek Behind the Veil of Former Slugger’s “Admission” of PED Guilt

A not-quite tearful Mark McGwire during his interview with Bob Costas. So Mark McGwire is trying to throw ca-ca in the game. He didn’t use steroids to get stronger or hit more home runs, he, like Andy Pettitte used them the drug “only” to heal. But he, as did Pettitte, used HGH, too. Now, ESPN’s John Kruk reamed McGwire, saying the slugger cheated [read more...]

NFL Week 15: Carson Throws Like #15 Was On the Field; Titans Miracle Run Continues; Ben Goes Over 500′; Eagles QBs Hurt; 10 Teams Between 6-8 and 8-6

The Cincinnati Bengals gather in remembrance of deceased teammate Chris Henry before their game with San Diego. Parity baby, parity. Exactly one-third of the NFL’s 30 teams have records between 6-8 and 8-6; five are better than 9-5; five are 9-5, and 10 are 5-9 or worse. That must be pretty close to Commissioner Roger Goodell’s dream Bell Curve for the [read more...]

Chris Henry Dies

Excuse me, it took me awhile to be able to write this: Chris Henry died from injuries suffered after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck driven by hs fiance. Henry was 26. ————————— The latest on Chris Henry’s accident: Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered serious injuries after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in Charlotte, N.C., during [read more...]

NFL Week 13: Teams Strengths, Weaknesses Show They are What They Are

Chad Ochocinco dons a poncho and a sombrero after scoring against the Lions. Bronx cheers go out to the referees in the New York Giants-Dallas game, the Dallas secondary, Jeff Fisher for turning a 24-16 game into a 27-10 deficit, and the Washington Redskins organization for failing to do much of anything correctly. ——————————— Indianapolis (12-0) 27, Tennessee (5-7) 17. Though the [read more...]

NFL Week 9: Top Teams Exhibit “Escapability”

Indianapolis (8-0) 20, Houston (5-4) 17. Houston placekicker Chris Brown went wide left to keep the Texans from going to OT with the Colts.  The win sets up a big home game for Indy against New England next week. For Houston, Sunday meant another excruciating loss to the Colts. We’ll see if the Texans can bounce back because they must [read more...]

NFL Week 6: Pats Hit 59; Saints Hang 40-Burger on Giants; Atlanta, Vikes Escape; Cards Deal; Reid Passes on Win, and the Rest of Sunday’s Games

Kansas City (1-5) 14, Washington 2-4) 6. Redskins head coach Jim Zorn yanked Jason Campbell and played backup Todd Collins in the second half of Washington’s game with Kansas City. And other than one long pass on a flea-flicker play and a long Clinton Portis run, the Washington Redskins looked just like they did when Campbell was in the game. [read more...]

NFL Week Four: For Some Teams, the Writing Is on the Wall; Others Take a Peek Toward the Playoffs

Chicago (3-1) 48  - Detroit (0-4) 24 . Matthew Stafford suffered a dislocated knee – briefly – that popped back into place. He will get an MRI Tuesday. Too bad, too, becaus for one half the Lions played just as well as did the Bears. And even after Johnny Knox took the second half kickoff back 102 yards Detroit had instilled a [read more...]

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and the Face of Racism

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. touches the rawest of exposed American nerves. In Floyd Mayweather’s world according to the police “his Rolls Royce” is involved in a shooting, but not him. In Floyd Mayweather’s world according to the IRS  has a multi-million dollar lien against Mayweather and will take $5 million of the fighter’s purse after he boxes Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday, September [read more...]

MLBPA Receives Favorable Court Ruling on “The List” - for Now

The Major League Baseball Players Association celebrated the 9th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals ruling stating the Jeff Novitzky-led DEA raid on the laboratory housing the infamous 104 PED test results was unconstitutional:   An appeals court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that federal agents were wrong to seize the infamous drug list and samples of 104 Major League Baseball players who [read more...]

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