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The National Anthem I usually comment on this ritual just to pooh-pooh it. I invariably measure each performance against the rousing rendition Whitney Houston gave at Super Bowl XXV in 1991. No performer has ever measured up. Demi Lovato performed well. But I remain convinced that no performer ever will. Most commentators are hailing Lovato more for a comeback from… Read more.
Trump and the Sleight of the Deal President Trump made quite a show last week of announcing a “partial” accord to end his trade war with China. Unfortunately, this was rather like British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain making quite a show in 1938 of announcing a “peace-for-our-time” accord to end German aggression. The U.S. and… Read more.
And Clyde the glide takes my side. (That’s Frazier … with apologies to Drexler.) I took a lot of flak for pooh-poohing LeBron James’s (presumed) greatness after he made that fateful decision to “take his talents to Miami.” Here is how I explained my disappointment and cast my judgement in “LeBron Abandons Cleveland for Miami,”… Read more.
Justice for Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius became more famous after he murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, than he ever was as a track star. It’s like how O.J. Simpson became more famous after he murdered his wife, Nicole Brown, than he ever was as a football player. The fateful symmetry began with Pistorius’s trial. Just like O.J.’s trial in America, the media… Read more.
I know many of you have no idea who Colin Kaepernick is, and couldn’t care any less about what he did. But bear with me. Kaepernick told NFL Network on Friday night that he chose not to stand [during the National Anthem] because: ‘I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag… Read more.
Peyton Manning caught using steroids The Al Jazeera undercover probe, which was posted online early Sunday morning and aired on television later in the day, reported that Manning was given human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from neck surgery. … [The report] contends that steroids and other drugs were shipped to the home address… Read more.
Reports are that Phil Mickelson consorts with high-stakes bookies. Remember the breaking news that Tiger Woods cavorts with high-priced prostitutes? Well, this news about Mickelson is far more shocking. Phil Mickelson gambling like Tiger Woods cheating Nearly $3 million transferred from golfer Phil Mickelson to an intermediary was part of ‘an illegal gambling operation which… Read more.
Thirty years ago, I was thriving in NCAA Division III swimming. And I thought I was hot stuff. That’s why I never imagined a Black swimmer like me would be dominating Division 1. Black women dominate swimming Yet, many Black women swimmers are doing just that these days. African-American swimmers took the top three finishes in a… Read more.
Tiger Woods hobbled along the course at the Bridgestone Invitational last weekend. That is, until back pain forced him to withdraw. Everyone assumed it marked a major setback in his return from back surgery earlier this year. I knew better. And so did he. I explained the dilemma he faces in “Tiger Escapes to a… Read more.
I am not a TV critic. And, unlike many on social media, I have no financial interest in recommending anything on this blog. But I watched ESPN’s 30 for 30: Slaying the Badger on Tuesday night. It glorifies and vindicates Greg Lemond. He, of course, is best known as the canary who sounded alarms about cyclists like Lance Armstrong using… Read more.
