Donaghy’s New Allegations Have A Very Real Past

"Anybody who tells you that Michael Jordan was suspended for a year because of gambling is lying. That's not what happened." That was one of ESPN's Mike Greenberg's statements in response to Tim Donaghy's lawyer's charge that other referees, coaches, and players were involved in gambling in the NBA: According to documents filed by the lawyer, John Lauro, Donaghy provided law enforcement [read more...]

Playing The Pick 3

Parimutuel wagering is fairly new compared to horse racing, whose modern origins date back to the 12th Century. That's when English knights returned from the Crusades with swift Arab horses.Over the next 400 years, a growing number of imported Arab stallions were bred to English mares, producing horses that combined speed and endurance. Parimutuel wagering is only 143 years old. Pierre [read more...]

Hart Surgery: 30 Before 30

I am very jealous of my roommate. Blessed with the entrepreneurial spirit, he has managed to support himself since college entirely without the need of a 9-5 job through various projects - he created a board game, a set of flash cards for Barron's, and is currently working on a luggage project that I'm sure is bound to be a [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Insomnia

My roommate Will and I are competitive in everything we do. From golf to scrabble, from bowling to poker, you name it we are out to take each other down. I mention this because recently we have been trying to one-up one another in Text Twist, a game easily found on the internet that requires you to scramble six letters [read more...]

So You Busted a Gambling Ring … So What

Last year, I sat in a conference room at the Hotel Monaco in downtown Chicago and listened to a former FBI agent tell a story of how his guys broke up a big gambling ring. It was interesting, a little peek into the fed scene. And I was imagining the grey older man standing there in his bow tie as [read more...]

GONE YARD: Rose-Bud

We've all got that friend who Always Goes Too Far. My buddy Jason tells the story of a college party where a young lady had passed out. Most of the dudes at the party were speculating on how best to punish her-hand in warm water? Magic Marker mustache? But then one guy, giggling his ass off, pipes up, "Hey, guys! [read more...]

Hart Surgery: March (well, April) Madness

Is there any doubt March is the best month of the year (I know, it's April now)? I can't think of another month that even comes close (September is nice with the start of college football, but that's a distant second). When I hear the word March, I immediately think of a time where the impossible becomes possible, where the biblical [read more...]