Enough! Enough! Enough! I know I’ve been down this path so often I’ve worn it to a highway, but in the fading light of sweet mercy, enough! How can Fox possibly be so detached from a major sport, an expensive deal and the best interests of its audience, advertisers and mental health advocates, than to … Read more
Don’t know if nearly 50 years on this job qualifies me as a sportscasting historian, but I do know this: There has never been a time in my life when televised sports have been worse, more excessively senseless and for no good reason other than negligent or dopey execs who think that we neither want … Read more
The Game 1 verdict was unanimous. It was harsh and came quickly — bottom of the second inning. It was rendered by three adult women not inclined to watch baseball unless the Mets or Yankees are in the World Series. Juror 1: “These guys talk so much I don’t hear a thing they say.” Juror … Read more
The resurrection and advancement of convicted, incarcerated criminal Craig Carton offers conspicuous proof that anyone can be forgiven. Well, almost anyone. And for almost anything. Certain sins, real or imagined, can never be forgiven or forgotten. There’s no coming back from them. Even if the accused broke no law or is abundantly innocent, he will … Read more