My Five Minutes

I was watching an episode of "Sanford and Son" the other night and it got me to thinking. In it, Fred has given away to a local library the last set of mint conditon blues records by an artist named Blind Mellow Jelly. Then after having the records appraised, he tries to get them back. By doing... Sign in to see full entry.

We sports fans are fools. The games we love dump on us annually and we take it. Right now, it is March and everyone, including me, is filling out an NCAA tournament bracket. Never mind that most people don't even watch college basketball until March. We fill them out, because there is usually money... Sign in to see full entry.

Back in January, I wrote that the Washington D.C. area was the basketball capital of the world. Well, the capital has been dethroned, overrun, pillaged. Went to the first game of the ACC tournament yesterday to see my beloved Maryland Terrapins go down in flames against the Clemson Tigers for the... Sign in to see full entry.

baseball is that the steroids scandal could ahve been avoided years ago. If you have been listening to what's being said one of the quotes by former commissioner Fay Vincent was that he thought that baseball's main drug problem was with cocaine, not steroids. So the owners wanted to drug test for... Sign in to see full entry.

First off, if you haven't already heard, Temple men's basketball coach John Chaney has been suspened for I beleive the rest of the regular season for sending a goon onto the floor to foul members of the St. Joseph's team, because he thought that they were setting illegal screens and the refs weren't... Sign in to see full entry.

While watching LSU-Alabama last night, I got to thinking about former Tiger guard Chris Jackson. Before I was able to get a satellite dish our public television stations used to show SEC basketball games live during their pledge drives. And I can remember Jackson just blowing up his junior year and... Sign in to see full entry.

players and owners cancelling an entire season the dumbest thing that any professional sports team, player, league or owner has ever done? Dumber than cancelling a post season and World Series? Dumber than replacement players? Dumber than saying things like, "We make a lot of money, but we spend a... Sign in to see full entry.

In looking at the NBA All-Star starting line up, there are two people there that I wish that the fans had not voted for. One is Kobe Bryant. Here is a man who broke up an entire team so that he could be the man and now he is being rewarded for it by being selected as an all-star. The second is Vince... Sign in to see full entry.

This Jose Canseco book thing hits home with me for this reason. My nephew. some of you may have heard me mention him in a few of my blogs, so you'll know where I'm going with this. My nephew is 24 years old. Growing up, he was one of the best baseball players that I have ever seen in this area. He... Sign in to see full entry.

Football season is over. And I'm sad. Sure baseball and basketball are cool. And there is nothing like a good championship boxing match. But football is my game. And I hate to see it go. No more NFL Countdown, Matchup, Playbook, Prime Time, Sunday Night or Monday Night football. No more Fox NFL... Sign in to see full entry.