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Crime Should Not Pay

Call it the intentional foul strategy. Call it a form of late game coaching strategy. Call it Hack-A-Shaq, Hack-a-Jack (if it were against Jarrett Jack) or Hack-a-Jordan (DeAndre, DJ, not Michael, MJ, as I’m...

Paying The Price

The National Hockey League is right smack in the middle of their first round of playoffs, and each of the sixteen teams that qualified for the right to play for The Stanley Cup are...

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

This is a tale of three athletes. Three players who reached the absolute pinnacle of success in their athletic careers at or around the age of 20. Three elite performers in their fields who...

Masters Degree

A funny thing happened on the way to Rory McIlroy winning the final leg of his Grand Slam. Or, of Tiger Woods making his triumphant return to golf with an amazing win at The...

Masters of Their Domain

It has really dawned on me lately how The Masters has turned into a true, worldwide sporting event. It has grown from an important golf tournament, certainly it being the first major of the...

Duke Was No Fluke

The Final Score of the last game of the season, the last game of America’s tournament, April Madness, was Duke 68 — Wisconsin 63. The game was better than that score would indicate. The...

The Perfect Storm (1 + 1 = 1)

There is, or was, a famous soldier who once fought for, and was a member of our nation’s military. He was a man, who by his actions, has done much to help protect our...

Timing Is Everything

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was a time when ANYTHING could happen. It was a time when some things were not allowed to happen. This is...

Four On The Floor

Something happened to the mighty super team, the Kentucky Wildcats, that stone cold lock of an odds on favorite that was absolutely going to waltz on through to the NCAA Basketball Championship. They almost...

Eight is Enough

First things, first. The NCAA’s TV coverage of its basketball tournament has all of its cutesy names for the various stages of their “Big Dance.” After the two full rounds of regional action, they...