Eric Scheske

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Historical Miniature: Bill Veeck

The White Sox are in the World Series. I hope Bill Veeck is smiling. The NY Times has written a wonderful tribute to the eccentric owner [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/20/sports/baseball/20veeck.html?8hpib]. Excerpts: > Veeck, with a bright, boyish look in his eye even

Yet Another Reason to Boycott Sports Illustrated

A grown man somehow feels the need to assert his self-righteous golfing knowledge and put 16-year-old Michelle Wie in her place. Incredible meddling by a busybody. He oughtta be ashamed, but since there is no such thing as shame, perhaps he can just feel like a jackass: > Michael Bamberger,

But Rocky Balboa was Catholic

The magazine probably has a point, but it'd come as a shock to generations of Irish and Italians who used to train in city gyms: > A leading Catholic magazine has described professional boxing as "a legalised form of attempted homicide", driven by "cruel"

Go ND, Grow the Grass!

I'm pulling for my alma mater today, even though the LA Times says they're "cheating" by growing the grass long. Link [http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke15oct15,0,1003751.column?coll=la-home-sports] . Excerpt: > At a pep rally on the eve of today'

Danica and Car Racing

I had great fun last Spring when Danica Patrick performed well at Indy. I have long maintained that car racing isn't a "sport," in the athletic sense, but my car-racing friends (I have too many) strongly disagree with me. I even tried a logic test on

Hayden Was No Girlie Man

> A University of Iowa law professor has complained that a locker room set aside for visiting teams at Kinnick Stadium is homophobic and sexist because it's painted pink, according to the Associated Press [http://www.crgazette.com/2005/09/24/Home/pinklockerroomobjectionthreats.htm]. > Erin Buzuvis, who

Time to Re-Think Last 30 Years of Gender Identity?

These reverse discrimination lawsuits are getting tedious, but I still enjoy them: > Maxime Goovaerts is a 100-pound, 5-foot-tall eighth-grader who didn't know field hockey was a girls sport when he signed up. After all, both boys and girls play in his native Belgium. > But in the

Failing?

The NYT ran a piece yesterday about the decline in hunting and a movement to revitalize the sport by encouraging participation by children. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/national/18hunting.html?ex=1284696000&en=7de1def5fb917829&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] . Excerpt: >

Digital Essay: Too Much Indirect Money

> For the bargain price of $4.95 a month, you too can have your very own MLB blog. What's different about this blog than, say, a blogspot blog? Um ”¦ it has MLB.com in the title. Link [http://deadspin.com/sports/mlbcom-blogs/today-in-mlb-blogs-108770.php]. I don'

Texas at OSU

Four tickets on the 40-yard-line? $4,400, if this eBay-er gets his opening bid. Link [http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Ohio-State-Texas-Football-Row-11-40-Yard-tickets_W0QQitemZ6559429941QQcategoryZ16122QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem] . I'm glad I didn't spend that kind of cabbage on the UM/ND tickets. I'd probably have a self-inflicted Samurai sword wound to