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Yogi Berra Loved. That's Why He Played

Yogi Berra Loved. That's Why He Played

Words or world records? The Yogi Berra story shows how our words and images can even overshadow our greatest work. “He was the most overlooked superstar in the history of baseball,” actor Billy Crystal explains. You’re into sports? Me neither — but we loved every second of “It Ain’t

The Peasant Sentiment

The Peasant Sentiment

The Greatest Game Ever Played is a true story about an unaccomplished young golfer, Francis Ouimet, at the turn of the century and how he beat the world's top two golfers in an 18-hole playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open. Francis's goal to be a

The Entire Nation Should be Rooting for the Wolverines

The Entire Nation Should be Rooting for the Wolverines

By Matthew Walther at the New York Times

The Old Course Stands the Test of Time

The Old Course Stands the Test of Time

From the Associated Press

Random College Football Thoughts

Photo by David Morris on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/american-football-playing-2190159/]Notre Dame will apparently get the fourth spot, which makes me happy, but (i) I think Texas A&M is a better choice, and (ii) it annoys me that the ACC will get two teams into

Tuesday

If you're like me and enjoy sports but only marginally like baseball, you might want to get a Roku and check out some of the lesser-known sports. ESPN3 shows a lot of great stuff: cricket, Arena Football, lacrosse, and ultimate frisbee. I only watch on Saturday nights when

Tuesday

I used to enjoy greatly boxing. I lost $5 on the Hearns/Leonard fight (big Tommy fan), which was a lot of money back in the early 1980s for a high school kid. I boxed at the University of Michigan for a short spell (club sport; no ability required). I

Saturday

Congratulations to Michigan State University, which has plowed into the Elite 8 . . . as a seven seed. It makes you wonder: What was the selection committee thinking? Why in the world would you give MSU, which almost always turns into a Top 10 team in March, a 7 seed? I might

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling My eldest brother moved to Mississippi back in the 1990s. I took my first trip down there in 1999. I had always been a fan of the old South, so I was greatly looking forward to roaming around the oldest of the Old. Although we stayed in the

Interesting (or Frustrating, if You're an SEC Guy)

H.I.F. I'm home sick with the flu, good for nothing more than watching TV and contemplating my next porcelain trip, so I'm watching a lot of sports for a Tuesday morning. Fox Sports Live broke down a couple of Vegas facts that are pretty