A Writer on Sports and More
To my new readers: Welcome. To people who know me from my day job, radio guest spots or previous blogs: Welcome back. What you’ve stumbled across is my latest, most polished foray into the blogosphere. A decade’s worth of my best work collected on a single site. A place to highlight my newest, most noteworthy pieces as they … Continue reading
To answer your question: I’m on TV
Questions I’ve been deflecting, answering and avoiding for the last decade:
Why don’t you have kids?
Why aren’t you married?
When are you getting a TV show?
I can answer the last one for you.
Today.
I’m getting a TV show today.
(de) Segregation’s legacy: I’m at Pitch Talks Tonight
A quick note to remind you guys I’m back at Pitch Talks on Baseball tonight, and if you’re in Toronto consider this my invitation to join us. We’re at 918 Bathurst St, doors open at 6pm and I’m on stage at 7:00. If you haven’t heard of Pitch Talks, you’ve been missing out. They’re sort … Continue reading
Lock up Oscar De La Hoya’s boxing and throw away the key… please
Of course Oscar De La Hoya is planning a comeback. At 42, the former five-division world champ hasn’t fought in nearly seven years, but he’s in the best shape of his life* and says there’s a 50-50 chance of him fighting for money again. We could mention here that “best shape of my life” is something only … Continue reading
Father’s Day: A personal essay on love, loss and love
A couple years back I spent a few months woodshedding, taking a class in creative non-fiction at Ryerson University here in Toronto. I didn’t have a specific reason for doing it beyond curiosity, and a desire to tackle a new challenge. On the job I write about other folks all the time but this class … Continue reading
Butterfinger bets “One Million” on Pacquiao — For Real?
A news release that landed in my inbox. Reprinted here in full. This is an actual thing: Subject: BUTTERFINGER BETS ONE MILLION ON PACQUIAO TO WIN ON MAY 2 World Champion Boxer Manny Pacquiao Trains with Butterfinger Cups for Fight of the Century Glendale, CALIF. (April 1, 2015) – Upon learning that NESTLÉ® BUTTERFINGER® CUPS … Continue reading
Mayweather-Pacquiao: It’s Sparring Session Tall Tale Season!!
If nature abhors a vacuum, the news media hate empty space even more — especially with the Internet’s bottomless news hole, and especially with Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally set to meet in the most discussed, dissected and analyzed fight of our generation. Any #PacWeather talk is good talk, because empty web pages aren’t an … Continue reading
Floyd Mayweather chops wood, plays with fire
A couple of weeks back we discussed Manny Pacquiao’s basketball prowess, and how the Philippines Basketball Association excommunicated an American player who suggested Pac-Man isn’t quite the hoops savant Pac-Man thinks Pac-Man is. Looks like Daniel Noble spoke to soon. The video evidence is in, and Manny Pacquiao is, in fact, the best basketball player … Continue reading
Weekly Recap — #Sportsbiz, Superfights, and super fast citizens
Sorry I’m a day late on this. Started to write this post Sunday morning but got off on a tangent about SAE bros, n-bombs and whether hip-hop makes white people say racist things. Anyway, folks keep telling me they’re working to keep track of everything I publish. It doesn’t always come up in their Facebook … Continue reading
SAE frat bros are racist — blame hip hop and Ronda Rousey
By now we’ve all seen the video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat brothers riding a bus and gleefully singing that they’d hang an n-word from a tree before they let him join SAE. Disgusting stuff, even if it’s not surprising for folks who never bought into the Myth of Post Racial America. And by now … Continue reading
Fight Analysis: Laila Ali vs Ronda Rousey vs Common Sense
A couple Saturdays back mixed martial arts phenom Ronda Rousey faced what was supposed to be her toughest challenge and responded by bending Cat Zingano’s arm like a water noodle, forcing a submission in 14 seconds. Yasiel Puig spends more time admiring his home runs. Since then we’ve had a steady stream of speculation about … Continue reading
Morgan Campbell: A Writer on Sports and More 