#MLB finally gets one right

#MLB finally gets one right

“#MLB finally gets one right” If justice is supposed to be blind, it doesn’t hurt to take a peek, now and then. MLB, which can make a trip between Point A and Point B an unintended journey through the alphabet — consider its replay rules — has finally gotten one right. The in-game, on-field stop-and-frisk…

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#Sports coverage continues to look the other way

#Sports coverage continues to look the other way

“#Sports coverage continues to look the other way” George Steinbrenner, when confronted by unsavory intrigues of his own design, was among those who would often say, “Things often are not what they seem.” Yet, it seemed, those “things” were exactly what they seemed. Phil Mickelson last week spoke out about a what he felt was…

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#Parade of NFL players arrests begs many questions

#Parade of NFL players arrests begs many questions

“#Parade of NFL players arrests begs many questions” From the Olfactory Factory, more that doesn’t pass the stench test: While the NFL fully relies upon our business to stay in business — big business — nothing else seems to be any of our business. Your job is to buy PSLs; tickets; expensive trinkets; $10 cups…

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#Marv Albert is so much more than a broadcasting icon

#Marv Albert is so much more than a broadcasting icon

“#Marv Albert is so much more than a broadcasting icon” There are sounds that belong to us, to New Yorkers, and to nearby turf dwellers Ralph Kiner, on “Kiner’s Korner,” would call “your Tri-State Lincoln-Mercury dealers.” Among those New York sounds: George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” the shrill squeal of subways braking as they pull…

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#MLB All-Star Game relocation over Georgia law is senseless

#MLB All-Star Game relocation over Georgia law is senseless

“#MLB All-Star Game relocation over Georgia law is senseless” Perhaps it’s time for a significant third political party, the Surprise Party. It would represent the most vastly underrepresented U.S. citizens, those who value and even practice common sense. MLB’s All-Star Game this season has been removed from the Atlanta area, a city with six black…

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#Disturbing NCAA truths ignored in March Madness 2021

#Disturbing NCAA truths ignored in March Madness 2021

“#Disturbing NCAA truths ignored in March Madness 2021” Years ago, when Frank McLaughlin, then Fordham AD, attended one of those feckless NCAA reform conventions, he was stunned to see and hear Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach of notoriously lawless UNLV, support the most stringent rules and punishment proposals. He later asked Tarkanian how his reputation as…

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#Chris Russo should raise holy hell with Pat McAfee

#Chris Russo should raise holy hell with Pat McAfee

“#Chris Russo should raise holy hell with Pat McAfee” In the 1960s, Belle Barth, a late X-rated Miami Beach nightclub comic, would remark, “If I offend you, please tell your friends.” And that brings us to, of all people, Chris Russo. He and I have engaged in some nasty battles over his 33-year WFAN then…

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#Tim Tebow didn’t deserve this relentless public mockery

#Tim Tebow didn’t deserve this relentless public mockery

“#Tim Tebow didn’t deserve this relentless public mockery” With his official retirement from the Mets’ organization last week, Tim Tebow now appears to have taken his permanent leave from pro sports — and from being a target of relentless public mockery despite having done nothing worthy of the slightest ridicule. Tebow was, and is, an…

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#Craig Carton’s WFAN gambling radio show is surprisingly good

#Craig Carton’s WFAN gambling radio show is surprisingly good

“#Craig Carton’s WFAN gambling radio show is surprisingly good” Late in his life, W.C. Fields, bibulous gambler, was spotted reading, of all things, the Bible. An astonished friend asked why. Without looking up, Fields muttered, “Looking for loopholes.” That brings us to the self-destructive gambler and curious specimen, Craig Carton. Understand that compulsive gamblers have…

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