The Sports Curmudgeon®

The Boston Tea Party happened on Dec. 16, 1773. Exactly 140 years later, I was born. And, I hate tea. Who says that the date of your birth has no impact on the way your live your life…? There are a couple of things going on in college football that may be slipping under the [...]

Football fans in the Washington DC area had the honor of watching the Redskins/Raiders game yesterday. If you ever needed an example of the concept of “meaningless nonsense”, order up a DVR copy of that game. The Raiders lost QB, Bruce Gradkowski, during the game and had to insert JaMarcus Russell into that position. Having [...]

Allow me to clarify something from yesterday’s Topical Rant regarding the soon to be constructed football facility in Los Angeles. I received several e-mails saying that I had deviated from my stand regarding the unrighteousness of spending public monies on facilities where billionaires’ teams can play. If I gave that impression, I apologize; I have [...]

It does not take an insight of Galilean proportion to understand why magazines have to be printed and produced in advance of the date shown on the issue. Every once in a while, that need to print in advance collides with intervening events to make the specific issue “awkward”. Such is the case for the [...]