It was more than 38 years ago that Bernhard Goetz became briefly famous for all the wrong reasons. He was riding on a New York City subway when four African-American youths confronted him and asked him for money. Goetz pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot all four of the youths. For a …
When you write nearly 800 of these deals in less than three years, and when you’ve got memories going back nearly 70 years, it’s not always easy to avoid repeating repeating repeating myself. See what I mean? I certainly write about politics quite often. To be honest, it has gotten very tiring. Once was the …
There are so many indignities about getting old, but one of the ones that doesn’t often get mentioned is how difficult it is to maintain relationships. When you’re younger, you spend a great deal of time either at work or traveling to and from work. Your colleagues and the other people you come in contact …
What do the following quotes have in common, other than the fact they both consist of three six-letter words? “Marcia Marcia Marcia.” “Russia Russia Russia.” Let’s see … Oh, and other than the fact that the thrice-repeated words in both quotes end in i-a. Both quotes are spoken by two of the most famous whiners …
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Pete Rose must be literally wetting himself with excitement. Back in his heyday, he had to deal with bookies to make illegal bets on sports. You could bet on who would win and perhaps on the over/under when it came to scoring, but mostly, that was it. Before the Internet. Before smartphones. Before, well, before …
“The end justifies the means.” It’s difficult to identify the real origin of this quote. Many people credit it to Niccolo Machiavelli, but he actually only said similar things, and the famous five-word quote was around long before the renaissance. It’s something you could imagine Donald Trump saying, although he would only see it as …
Any minute now, I’m expecting Donald Trump to say we didn’t have all these mass shootings when he was president. It couldn’t be any dumber than what the congressman representing the site of the latest shooting said in response to people on social media attacking the usual platitudes about thoughts and prayers coming from Republicans. …
November 25th, 1967. September 12th, 1992. February 12th, 1980. September 29th, 1973. I have a really strange memory. Half the time when I leave the house to do an errand, I forget something I meant to take with me. But if I hear a song from the ’60s or the first half of the ’70s, …
I have sort of a love-hate relationship with George Will when it comes to baseball. He and I were born at opposite ends of the same decade and have lived on opposite sides of the political spectrum. He’s conservative, although thankfully not of the MAGA tribe. We don’t agree on much politically, but I take …
I have written numerous times before about my somewhat abortive quest to visit all 50 states. I honestly thought I had a chance to make it. I have actually lived in 10 different states and during my years as a sportswriter I covered events in states I might never have seen otherwise. States like South …
