David “Big Papi” Ortiz who said in spring training that any player testing positive for steroids should be suspended for an entire season, balked on commenting about his amigo Manny. At that time, he was quoted as saying “I play for Boston, Manny plays for LA. Go ask him.” He’s also quoted as saying, “It’s [...]
I still have my baseball cards. And I still know a few guys that can quote statistics from memory. Then came Fantasy Baseball, a big business today. Once upon a time, it was a nerdy offshoot of a meeting of Strat-O-Matic baseball fans, with many of the characteristics of a poker game, and so was [...]
Potential injuries and “The Wildcat Offense” are his greatest assets, so Michael Vick, at 29, looking to clear $2 or 3 million to pick away at that nasty bankruptcy debt, is sending feelers out to find a team that will have him. If he’s smart, he’ll rule out coming back as a starter and settle [...]
July 22, 2009 By Joe Brian I rode a bike as a kid and consider myself an expert after spending years peddling on my first BMX to a series of designer mountain versions that had more to do with the name spelled across the frames, than my performance on them. But I admit after watching [...]
Former Detroit Tiger righthander, Herb Duncan scored a hole-in-one while playing golf with high school friends at Bald Mountain CC in Oakland County, Michigan on July 16, 2009. Using a three wood, the former Birmingham police officer recorded his one without knowing it. Thinking he was dancing on the putting surface, Duncan approached the 13th [...]
