As anyone who has followed the 2008 presidential campaign knows, racism is a fact of life in America.
Much of White America will not vote for Barack Obama purely on the basis of his race. We have seen that in West Virginia. We have seen it in Kentucky. We will see it on a grand scale […]

Just a few musings on recent developments in the sports world:
Goodbye Justine. Farewell Annika: The sports world will dearly miss Justine Henin and Annika Sorenstam, two of the greatest women athletes in history. Both, still at the top of their games, announced their premature retirements this week. Henin is currently the No. 1 ranked women’s […]

It’s hard not to be seduced by the Kentucky Derby.
There are few venues in sports more beautiful than Churchill Downs. There is something charming about the beautiful southern belles in their extravagant hats and flowered sun dresses, sipping on their Mint Juleps.
When the band starts playing ”My Old Kentucky Home,” even the most stoic among us […]

Basketball was Barack Obama’s first love.
It’s the game that taught him many of life’s lessons.
Unfortunately, it seems like Obama has forgotten one of the biggest lessons the game has to offer: Don’t sit on a lead.
Obama ought to know better. How many times have we seen basketball teams go up by a huge margin, only […]

With the 2008 Olympic Games just a few months away, I can’t help but find some startling similarities between the events surrounding the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the upcoming Beijing Olympic games.
The 1936 Olympics was meant to be a coming-out party for Germany.
Germany had rebuilt since the disastrous First World War and Adolph Hitler had […]

It was terrific to see that Danica Patrick won her first IndyCar race on Sunday.
With the victory, Patrick became the first woman ever to win an IndyCar race. The win represents one more step taken by women athletes, one more barrier shattered. Patrick’s name joins an impressive list, one that includes such icons as Billie […]

True genius, in any endeavor, is rare.
If you are privileged enough to witness genius, do not let the opportunity slip away.
That is why I urge you to watch the Masters this week.
It doesn’t matter whether you like golf or hate it. Just turn on the TV and watch Tiger Woods in action. 
 More than any athlete active […]

If he wasn’t so despicable, if he hadn’t been such a total disaster, you could almost feel sorry for him.
There he was, the President of the United States, strolling to the mound at the spanking new National Park, on his way to throwing out the first ball. This was supposed to be a night for celebration. It was the […]

Face it.
Everybody can use a distraction every once in a while.
Between the war, the economy, the environment and a thousand other problems plaguing the world, it’s hard at times to find anything to smile about.
That’s why I love the NCAA Basketball tournament and that’s why I especially love the story of Davidson College and guard […]

Being a lifelong Mets fan and Democrat, you’d think that I would learn to temper my optimism.
Every time March rolls around, I believe, with all my heart, the Mets are going to win the World Series. Almost invariably, they tease me with early success and then dash my hopes with failures of Shakespearean proportions.
Last year, they […]