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You know what? Vegas just ain’t what it used to be.
Unfortunately, neither am I.
These two convergent axioms were proven beyond doubt, just last week, when I squired my lovely girlfriend, the fair Roxanne, to Sin City itself for a few days of fun and frolic and—I had hoped—self discovery. Or, more precisely, [...]
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Recently, my beloved cousin and good friend (and loyal LaVerne OnLine devotee) John Flink of Arlington, Virginia wrote me asking for my expert opinion regarding whether or not the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series this year. Naturally I thought this was a decidedly unusual question. But rather than take the quick easy [...]
By the Sports Philosopher I was in a really bad mood this past week. And I mean the whole damn week. Lots of reasons. Some big, some small. It’s not important what. Besides, you don’t care anyway.
Anyway, being the sweet, mild-mannered, let’s-try-to-make-some-lemonade-out-of-a-lemon kind of a guy that I am, I resolved to convert my week [...]
Masters Week has arrived.
Finally.
Now we can all finally get it out of our systems.
You know damn well what I’m talking about. The Tiger watch. Admit it. Rather than caring about who actually wins, most of you want to see how Tiger Woods reacts to the overwhelming media glare, how he reacts [...]
The lull is taking longer than I thought, people.
I mean the February-is-always-a-dry-sports-month lull I mentioned in this column a few weeks ago, which has now extended deep into March. Sports is in a slump. Dryness is everywhere. Nothing is going on. My jaw is set in a perpetual yawn. I’m depressed.
The funny [...]
If you’re like me, you get annoyed when the titles of two movies are almost exactly—and sometimes even exactly exactly—the same.
Happens all the time. For example, in 1998 the action-hero actor Steven Seagal made a movie called “The Patriot” (a strange, bio-toxic thriller that didn’t match the title at all), and then two [...]
Willie Davis was found dead last week.
Natural causes, they said. Natural causes….hell, he was only 69. (Of course 69 is a lot older for some people than others.)
Many of you know who Willie Davis is; as long as you are over 50. Many of you don’t know who he is, and that’s [...]
Okay, here’s the thing.
The pro basketball season is too long. It’s a grind. The season takes forever to make its way to the playoffs, and then the playoffs take forever. It’s because too many teams make the playoffs. In fact there are too many teams. Period. The talent pool is diluted and polluted, [...]
by Brad Eastland, the Sports Philosopher….
Do you remember how good Ken Griffey was?
The reason I ask, is that if you don’t you’re probably not even aware he’s still playing professional baseball, and if you do, well, you are probably and quite painfully aware that he is. And you’re hoping nobody will notice.
Well [...]
By Brad Eastland
I got a very interesting email the other day about the Winter Olympics from one James R. Owen, currently of Arlington, Virginia and—as am I—formerly of Washington County, Iowa. Jimmy is both a lifelong friend and a loyal LaVerne OnLine devotee. He works in media relations these days, but many years ago he [...]
