Despite Johnny Mac’s take, Serena Williams fancies herself an Unstoppable Queen. She and her corporate sponsors work hard, and reap the benefits of, promoting this image. We’d do well to question it. Is she really an Unstoppable Queen? And if … Read more
Dear Lucinda, Lucien and Lucas, Perhaps the only thing worse at this time than scaring you would be not scaring you enough. Your world of Instagram and TikTok, where fun can be had with each like or swipe, is on the … Read more
President Biden’s recent insistence that his Supreme Court nominee will be a black female fails under the slightest bit of scrutiny. There are many reasons people are turned off by the mainstream left (e.g., people like Biden). But its intellectually … Read more
I’ve brought all three of my children up knowing that Hank Aaron is the home run king with 755. Sure, they know who Barry Bonds was, that he was, in addition to an elite talent, a cheat who is the most … Read more
Now that the Novak Djokovic scandal Down Under is behind us we can get to what else it exposed: the lack of courage on the men’s professional tennis tour. Calling out Novak Djokovic for a level of unprecedented sporting selfishness, … Read more
Sometimes (ask Gavin Newsome) things are far more serious than they at first appear. Such is the case with the Novak Djokovic Covid scandal, which ended with his deportation from Australia. What at first seemed a snafu at the border … Read more
There are few more humbling endeavors in the world of American sport than that of a Baltimore Orioles fan. Not because the team sucks (over the last three full seasons they’ve averaged 111 losses) but because at one time they were … Read more
My homepage has a Twitter insignia and on the other side of that is my non-handle. It features no hashtag and simply two words: “Fuck no.” That’s because, like oxycontin, it’s something I refuse to touch. Not because it wouldn’t feel good, … Read more
None of those who have been raised to a lofty height by riches and honors is really great. Why then does he seem great? Because you are measuring the pedestal, along with the man. — Seneca Mark Zuckerberg announcing his … Read more
The highly disturbing news this last week of two former NFL players, Phillip Adams and Vincent Jackson, posthumously diagnosed with CTE, got me to thinking. Thinking about the players and their families, their communities too, devastated by a preventable disease … Read more