The Sports Curmudgeon®

The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins had played a tight six game playoff series where every game was a nail-biter. Game 7 last night was a stinker for the ages. When Tony Kornheiser was the regularly published lead sports columnist for the Washington Post, he used to call the Caps “choking dogs” for the [...]

It has been a while since I wrote about the NFL; so, let me go to my clipboard and take a few items from there for today’s tardy rant. Lots of folks have criticized the Dallas Cowboys for their draft saying that the team needed improvements and the Cowboys – having only a few picks [...]

Other than a confirmed face-to-face contact between the human race and a delegation from the Xygork Nebula, my topic today would have to be Manuel Aristides Ramirez Onelcida – – known to the folks of Jockdom as Manny Ramirez. Last year, Manny and his agent, Scott Boras, made themselves so intolerable in Boston that the [...]

Amid all of the hysteria – – and the news coverage here has crossed into hysteria territory – – of the swine flu business, an instance of another human affliction escaped notice. There is a condition that ought to be known as “Headline Writer Hyperbole Disorder” (HWHD) and there was a small outbreak of HWHD [...]