Were you surprised to hear that Starling Marte was using steroids?I wasn’t.Not because of anything special about his appearance or his production. Lots of baseball players look like him. I just stopped being surprised a long time ago when any major professional athlete tests positive.It’s ...
Have the Penguins forfeited yet?I know the first round playoff series with the Columbus Blue Jackets hasn’t started yet, but based on what I heard in the local media, the Penguins’ chance of repeating as Stanley Cup championship ended when it was announced Kris Letang would have surgery on ...
Did you hear what Brock Boeser did?He was involved in the best sports story of last weekend and it had nothing to do with basketball. Last Friday night, Boeser played for the North Dakota University hockey team in the NCAA quarterfinal. His team lost in double overtime to Boston ...
Roger Goodell is trying.The NFL Commissioner knows games are too long and filled with too much dead time and he’s campaigning for change. On Wednesday he released a statement, “Together with our broadcast partners, we will be working to meaningfully reduce down time and the frequency of ...
Colin Kaepernick says from now on he will stand when the Star Spangled Banner is played before NFL games.It’s beginning to look like he’ll be in civilian clothes and standing in front of his seat in a stadium and not wearing an NFL team’s uniform while standing on the sideline.Kaepernick ...
Marc Andre Fleury is a better goaltender than Matt Murray.I know the statistics don’t back me up, but I’m basing it on what I’ve seen the last few weeks and the last 12 years.Going into last night’s game in Vancouver, Murray had been struggling and Fleury was coming off a 40-save, ...
