A Follow-up on Michael Phelps

Andrew Sullivan appar­ently holds a sim­i­lar opin­ion to the one that I voiced ear­lier con­cern­ing the ridicu­lous­ness that is the sports media’s con­cern over Michael Phelps smok­ing pot. Sullivan writes that: Yes, Michael Phelps took a few hits from a bong at a party. He also threw… Continue read­ing →

Sports obsession

I’m always a lit­tle dis­gusted by the double-standard to which American ath­letes are held. We as a soci­ety expect far more out of them than we would ever expect out of fel­low cit­i­zens and yet the real­ity is that we glo­rify peo­ple like Michael Phelps because of… Continue read­ing →

Farmar Hurt

Not good news for the Lakers yes­ter­day; Jordan Farmar will be out until pos­si­bly the mid­dle of February with knee surgery. Good news though is that Phil Jackson says the Lakers will be look­ing into get­ting another point guard with speed to back up Derek… Continue read­ing →