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The decade in sports – 2020

The world of sports took a turn for the worse this past decade, didn’t it? The Penn State Sex abuse scandal, the Jovan Belcher tragedy, and Lebron James’ departure from Cleveland mirrored the ugliness we saw on the news. But athletes showed their giving…

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Should NCAA Postpone During The COVID Pandemic

Dan Riley Host of Sports Talk will be discussing NCAA. When Keyontae Johnson passed out on the floor, the NCAA should’ve put plans in motion to postpone further basketball for a month. If Johnson’s hospital trip was a COVID issue, basketball shouldn’t be…

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2005’s Longest Yard a Redemption Tale

2005’s Longest Yard a redemption tale for today’s nightmarish times While Adam Sandler’s remake of the Longest Yard deserves no Oscars, it warrants praise as a redemption story in these awful times we all want over with. Seeing a fictional QB lead Convicts…

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1986 Championship Game lesson quitting accomplishes nothing

In 1986, John Elway led his team 98 yards to win in overtime when forfeiting looked like the better bet for Denver. In an era of too many tragic deaths, crass politics, and nonstop nonsense, things look dire. But cynicism can’t fix things…

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Jets fans need to boycott disgrace of a team…now!

Last weekend, the New York Jets record dropped to 0-9, embarrassing their fan base in indefensible fashion and giving Jets fans no further responsibility to follow their team. Ownership needs to be held accountable, the same way Lions ownership was when the fan…

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Cowboys offense needs conservative play calling to reach Playoffs

Dak Prescott’s gruesome injury leaves A rusty Andy Dalton to lead Dallas’ offense this season. Want the playoffs, Andy? Nothing but deep passes and runs should be an option on Sundays this year, because the Cowboys need to worry about running the clock out…

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Major League Baseball: GROW UP!

A few weeks ago, I discussed major League Baseball’s labor problems. Clearly, no one can give us what we want between ownership and the players. Frankly, the childish attitude between ownership and MLB shows the game is too out of touch with reality…

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NBA IS Back, Yah!

How appropriate pro basketball is returning; the game reminds us of shooting baskets as kids, of our innocence. The NBA’s return gives us a distraction from terrible images on the nightly news of COVID-19 and shootings in a time when something as trivial as…

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MLBPA, Owners need to grow up

This is Dan Riley for Sportstalk. If baseball wants a season, the union and ownership need to split revenues 50/50 and make games safe as possible for players. However, both camps are clearly naive enough to think pro baseball is an “essential business”…

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Sports, Pandemic, Loss of jobs

Like every business, sports has taken an economic hit that’ll have long-ranging effects. Forget athletes. Assistant coaches, beer vendors, and sporting goods stores are floundering all over the planet, leaving good people like you and me without jobs. That’s the REAL tragedy behind the…