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One of the best things I’ve seen in a long time

Wanna talk about the good athletes can do in the community? Watch this—and try keeping a dry eye. PS: The wife and I just watched this again. We were both pretty taken aback by Barbara Walters—”You don’t mind that I called you Nadine, right?” No, Mrs. Walters—I love coming on

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The suckiness of being a sports writer …

… can be summed up via this video. Nobody does anything wrong. The coach and players are certainly polite enough. But, having endured, oh, 200 of these, I can only tell you that it is a painfully horrific and soul-sucking experience, akin to coating one’s own body in cheese spread,

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Delaware runners fight back

This meeting between Bernard Muir, the University of Delaware athletic director, and various Blue Hen runners (and the people who love them) took place a couple of days ago. It’s sort of painful to watch, in that the initial guy with the mic needs to allow the AD a chance

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Fists over guns.

Am watching CNN’s report of a college kid who was shot and killed at a frat party. Which leads me to ask this: What ever became of fists? Remember fists? You can use them to punch people. In the guts. In the nuts. In the jaw. Fists can hurt, especially

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In honor of Black History Month and Bob Marley

A guest post from the wonderful Stephanie Officer, whose passion oozes from the page. Personally, I’ve never been a huge Marley fan—but I get it, and love the message within his music … On a Flatbush block in Brooklyn, in a building that commands fresh hedges and pansies every Spring,

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The church is (often) crap

Not all churches, obviously. But I’m routinely amazed that millions of people listen to these people. For example—gay marriage. Our planet is melting. Starvation grips much of Africa. The Middle East is a bastion of immoral behavior. On and on and on. Yet gay marriage—gay friggin’ marriage—is the big issue?

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The Charles Haley Snub

So Ronnie Lott went off recently about how his old 49er teammate, Charles Haley, hasn’t made the Hall of Fame. Haley, Lott argues, has five Super Bowl rings. He also happened to be one of the two or three most feared pass rushers of his era. Writes Mike Florio on

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Gayle King: II

So I appeared on the Gayle King Show this morning, which is broadcast on radio and run as a program on Oprah’s new network. This morning, for some inexplicable reason, I dashed out of the house in my ratty Nike running kicks from a couple of years back. I guess

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