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Published: Jun 03, 2024 at 02:30 PM
You have to point to Ranger Suarez as one of the major reasons the Phillies have had one of the best records in the majors.
Initially overshadowed by Aaron Nola and Zach Wheeler, Suarez has emerged as...
Published: Jun 01, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Over the past two weeks, there have been countless online tributes to the late, great center Bill Walton, who helped put UCLA and the Portland Trail Blazers on the basketball landscape.
Walton’s prese...
Published: May 31, 2024 at 02:21 PM
It’s safe to say the current division between the Far Left and the Far Right in the United States is great and probably greater than ever before. So great that if you aren’t a part of either, you may ...
Published: May 28, 2024 at 01:48 PM
These days, how can anyone write a baseball column without mentioning the Phillies?
Despite their troubles in Colorado over the weekend, the Phillies have been baseball’s top story.
Their 36-14 slat...
Published: May 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
It’s not quite Memorial Day and still you sometimes see them. By Labor Day, they’ll be everywhere - and annoying.
By Columbus ... um, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, you’ll be so sick of them that setting sa...
Published: May 24, 2024 at 01:34 PM
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and the Indy 500 is the usual prime sports event - along with the NHL and NBA playoffs. Also, don’t forget the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte.
Over the years, the Indy 500 certa...
Published: May 20, 2024 at 01:25 PM
Remember the prevailing thought among fans that Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was going to be a bust?
How could the Dodgers give him a 12-year, $325 million deal without throwing a pitch in the ...
Published: May 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
A reader once approached me at the bank and thanked me for all the “cutting-edge stuff” in my articles. I remembered that one morning not too long ago while pressing toilet paper against my cheek.
A n...
Published: May 13, 2024 at 02:05 PM
The Phillies signed ex-Blue Jay Whit Merrifield in the offseason to a one-year deal mainly as outfield insurance for Johan Rojas’ inconsistencies and Brandon Marsh’s knee surgery.
Merrifield is a pedi...
Published: May 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I’d rather hit a large pothole on a 40-mile-per-hour bicycle descent than fill this column with the same old same old.
Well, maybe not, but you get the drift.
With that expressed, let me introduce a m...