In the span of 72 hours, Yankee Nation lost the voice of their franchise, Bob Sheppard and David Ortiz blasted homers out the park en route to the Home Run Derby title like he’d hidden C4 in his bat. Hours later, “The Boss” George Steinbrenner passed away at age 80. As Al Leiter, described Steinbrenner, he was volcanic and volatile [&hellip

Leave it to Jesse Jackson to turn a trivial billionaire’s temper tantrum into Dred Scott reincarnated. As Shaq once said, “One lucky shot deserves another”, and one dumb comment deserves a dumber response.? I wish Dan Gilbert would stay out of the liquor cabinet while he’s typing, but I also wish Jesse Jackson would leave his thoughts out of the [&hellip

Through the month long tournament, we learned the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia or Paraguay and Uruguay.? The Netherlands taught us the correct spelling of Oranje and ESPN translated C?te d’Ivoire to the brilliantly named Ivory Coast.? Conversely, the Ivory Coast’s Dider Drogba, Africa’s best player in the continent’s first World Cup defied the odds by playing with a protective [&hellip

I waited until the weekend to release my first thoughts on Miami’s big day because I was caught up in my website launch.? Unfortunately, unlike the Miami Heat, I could not afford strobe lights and fog but I do invite 30,000 people to attend.? The Heat presumably spent the remainder of their scant salary cap on their flashy introduction of [&hellip

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