• Mets’ Pete Alonso part of sports’ growing vulgarity problem

    Mets’ Pete Alonso part of sports’ growing vulgarity problem

    Some wrongs are not difficult to right. As my friend Mark Morley says, “It’s not rocket surgery.” Yet, and for no good reasons, we inexorably sink lower, every day, by pathetic design. Meanwhile, the modern marketing and TV content rational has become, “It’s no worse than this” or “It’s no worse than that.” But what …
  • ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ criticized for ignoring ‘the elephant in the room’

    ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ criticized for ignoring ‘the elephant in the room’

    It appears that ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” 30 for 30 documentary, which chronicled the famous 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, was a swing and miss for some. While people are starved for baseball as MLB and the players association continue to struggle to find common ground amid contract negotiations that …