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Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed.
2217
 

I’ve long felt conflicted about Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. True, it’s one of the worst federal agencies, but that particular trio is my favorite weekend agenda — especially when football is added in. Leave it to the government to screw that up. During the halftime of a high school football game, BATF Special Agent Marc […]

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Doctor Bass Monkey
Doctor Bass Monkey
3025
 

Yogi Berra — one of the greatest catchers in Major League Baseball history, and one of its wittiest sages — has died at 90, exactly 69 years to the day after his major league debut with the Yankees. Since then, he became a 15-time All Star, three-time American League MVP, and led teams from both leagues to the World Series as […]

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Kevin Creighton
Kevin Creighton
910
 

When Democrats and gun control advocates talk about “gun safety,” they mean only one thing: banning guns and attempting to confiscate them from law-abiding citizens. Sure, they may talk about “gun safety” or “gun violence*,” but what they really want are guns out of the hands of the private citizens. Gun safety isn’t all that […]

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Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed.
3010
 

Just wondering: Would there be any interest in a Ricochet fantasy football league? I’ve played fantasy football for years, but have never run a league. Still, it might be fun to step away from our political battles and hit the gridiron each week. For all I know, members have already arranged their own. But if […]

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Tom Garrett
Tom Garrett
430
 

Former star major-league pitcher and current ESPN broadcaster Curt Schilling found himself running afoul of proper online sensibilities today when he tweeted (and then deleted) a picture comparing Nazis to contemporary Islamic extremism. Naturally, outrage followed, particularly from Gawker Media’s Deadspin, which referred to Schilling as a “big idiot.” (Watch out, Oscar Wilde!) As expected, […]

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Andrew Stuttaford
Andrew Stuttaford
108
 

The splendid news that Boston’s controversial 2024 Olympics bid has come to an end is just the latest evidence that people are beginning to wake up to the fact that hosting a five-ring spectacle of totalitarian bloat is not something that any city should want to do. As NPR notes: The Olympics are often presented as […]

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Lash LaRoche
Lash LaRoche
5811
 

Once again, football season is finally here. No, not the NCAA or the NFL, whose seasons do not begin until late August and early September, but rather the Canadian Football League, the first game of the 2015 season being a showdown tonight between the Ottawa RedBlacks and the Montréal Alouettes on ESPN2 at 6:30pm CDT. […]

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Stad
Stad
4215
 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a nationally known institute of higher learning. That, and they are known for their basketball history and some successful other sports as well. Last week, an academic accrediting body officially put the school on a one-year probation, after finding widespread fraud over an 18 year period in its African and […]

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genferei
genferei
1110
 

FIFA is a shadowy tax-free organisation whose army of bureaucrats has been extorting bribes for years while they auction off the rights to host the World Cup. All that is evil about FIFA is personified by Sepp Blatter, who was forced to resign as a result of corruption investigations led by the FBI. Because FIFA […]

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Jim Kearney
Jim Kearney
1911
 

The NFL is now weighing sanctions against Tom Brady, following the completion of its “Deflate-gate” investigation and the issuance of a long report. It’s a perfect, lighter-than-air cheating scandal for fans to ponder during the long off-season. Per the rules, a proper NFL game football “shall be made up of an inflated (12.5 to 13.5 pounds […]

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Jim Kearney
Jim Kearney
1810
 

The first Saturday in May is upon us: Derby Day! I’ve become a fan ever since getting an HDTV. It’s so beautiful, and I’ve been known to well up during “My Old Kentucky Home”. It’s about memories — not of Kentucky bluegrass, but of Carry Back and Secretariat. Care to pick a winner? I’m sure you can beat my method, the […]

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Jim Kearney
Jim Kearney
74
 

According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, new baseball commissioner Rob Manfred wants to schedule a Spring Training game in Cuba in 2016. “To the extent that we can play a role in helping the United States government effectuate a change in policy, that we’re following their lead and we’re acting in a […]

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Taras Bulbous
Taras Bulbous
5825
 

Chris Borland, promising young linebacker and nominee for the 2014 Defensive Rookie of the Year Award shocked the world of professional football by announcing his retirement yesterday after just one year in the pros. He cites concerns over his health related specifically to several concussions, including one in his first preseason with the 49ers (he […]

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Doug Watt
Doug Watt
74
 

Playoff hockey is going to begin soon. I’ll follow the NHL as well as the WHL playoffs. Portland Oregon has a 100 year history of hockey and a team from Portland has their name engraved on the Stanley Cup. The 1916 Stanley Cup Final was played between the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens and […]

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