The Sports Curmudgeon®

Suicide is an awful thing. It is awful for the family and friends of the victim as well as for the victim himself/herself. Precious few folks are so socially unredeeming that one might wish for suicide on his/her part as a way to make the planet a better place. As of this moment, it appears [...]

Today’s rant has to begin with three monumentally boneheaded behaviors by two hugely overpaid athletes and a retired pro athlete who was hugely overpaid during his career. To put the “hugely overpaid” modifier in perspective, here are some representative salaries of folks who hold jobs with a ton more responsibility than any pro athlete in [...]

Two recent events in the world of football should be sources of happiness to football fans. Those same two events may – on the surface – seem to make the job of sportswriters and columnists more difficult, but that is really not the case. Consider the first of these two events – the completion of [...]

Before I get to the meat of today’s rant, I have to pose these questions to all of you as the re-trial of Roger Clemens begins to unfold. Clemens is on trial because he allegedly lied to Congress under oath. HOW-EVAH … Congress lies to the people virtually every time a Congressthing/Senator moves his/her lips [...]

I was having a discussion with a friend about the trend toward increasing violence and mayhem in sports. In the NFL, we see that in addition to the prevalent headshots that lead to concussions galore on the field, at least one team was paying out bonuses to defensive players who could knock specific opponents out [...]