Monthly Archives: March 2007

3/5/07 – What Is A Sport – Who Is An Athlete

March 5, 2007 – 2:09 pm

This was originally written and posted in the old website format on 4 February 2001. It was subsequently published in The Improper. If you listen to sports radio or if you read certain sports columnists, you have heard or seen these kinds of questions asked and debated and re-hashed. One of the problems I have [...]

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3/5/07 – Assault With A Deadly Camera

March 5, 2007 – 1:58 pm

Last Thursday, John Daly had to withdraw from the golf tournament of the week. He injured himself on the course when someone took his picture in mid-swing and he tried to stop his swing. The result: shoulder/back/rib injuries severe enough to cause him to withdraw. Six years ago, I wrote about what was a sport [...]

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3/2/07 – Two Memos For Dr. Myles Brand

March 2, 2007 – 10:43 am

Now that the furor over Bob Knight’s statements that making players go to college for one year before they can enter the NBA is the worst thing that’s happened to college basketball since he’s been coaching, let’s step back and look at what he said. OK, clearly he’s into hyperbole here because the “college 3-point [...]

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3/1/07 – Not My Kind Of Town Today

March 1, 2007 – 12:18 pm

I like the city of Chicago; it’s a wonderful place – even considering the winter weather. How can anyone not like living in a city that has been described as “Hog Butcher for the world” – – unless you’re a vegetarian or a PETA member? But frankly, I’m glad that I don’t live there at [...]

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