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Will our children have the same chance

I grew up cheering my favorite athletes and teams. More than that, I had moments of happiness that I can remember about certain players and sports. I had the opportunity to enjoy those moments with family and I wonder if children of the future will still have these feelings.

The company you keep (Pt. 2)

Michael Vick is a football player without a team. After spending time in jail, will he remember how he got to this point and never forget it was the company that he kept that got him there?
As an ex-felon, Michael Vick may never get to play in the NFL again. But, he does deserve a second chance in life. Read on for more on this story.

Tisdale succumbs to cancer

Billy Joel once sang that “Only the good die young,” and never was it so true as in the death of Wayman Tisdale, the bass guitarist with the smooth sound and infectious smile, who died at the age of 44. Wayman fought the good fight like no one else could, to the very end.

Recession hitting average fan hard

The sports industry is not immune to recession as once thought. Corporate sponsors are still in the game, but the average fan is being priced out of the stands.
Richard Lapchick's annual NCAA report "Keeping Score when it Counts" shows female athletes are outperforming men in the classroom.

Sports and the age of innocence

Recently, I had the pleasure of watching perhaps one of the most exciting basketball games in recent memory. The game was full of great plays, followed by catastrophic reversals of fortune, and followed once again by great plays, some that defied description. No, it wasn't the Boston Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers game or even LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant. This was for the winter league 12-and-under boy's basketball championship at Judson Robinson Recreation Center in Houston, Texas. Interestingly, we can all learn plenty watching kids play games. Read on to see what I mean.

Random Rumblings

A quick look around the world of sports, including golf, Tiger Woods and the Toronto Maple Leafs new GM Brian Burke. Here we go...

Childhood Play

Remember when you were a kid and sports was your first love? Read on for one writer's flashback to a simpler time.

Perfect timing for an out-of-towner

Your friends should listen when you move back home bragging about a great athlete because he may be coming to your town.
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