Should We Blame Jose Tabata?
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – There’s a slight chance that Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Jose Tabata might be the most-hated athlete in all of sports, well at least […]
Year: 2015
No Technology Tour Ends with A-Rod, Tiger Woods, LeBron
THE STICKS, NY – My lawn looks worse than Chambers Bay Golf Course in Washington state, where the U.S. Open Championship is being held but […]
Breeding American Pharaoh, NY Cosmos and NBA Free Agents
EL BARIO, DA BRONX – The soon to be Mother-In-Law will touch down soon and I need to be on my A game, so this […]
4 Players NOT to Build Your Team Around
NEW YORK, NY – If you had to pick one player to build your team around, it would be pretty easy to come up with […]
Top 5 Narcissitic Athletes, Stanley Cup Bummer, LeBron, Card-Gate
CHESTERTOWN, NY – With another disappointing NHL season ending with the Blackhawks raising the Stanley Cup for the third time in six years, this Rangers fan […]
Grote’s Gripes: Escaped Convicts Posing as Sports Pundits?
COLD SPRING, NY – Don’t call it a comeback. Herr Short Matt asked me to come out of retirement to write a column, and looking […]
Biblical Mets! Noah vs. Moses! Sandy Doing Good?!
NIRVANA, MI – “Well, Hi again, everybody! What a beautiful day for baseball! Nothing but a few high, puffy, cumulus, otherwise harmless clouds up above. […]
Lord of the Pop Flies: Mets Gorilla with David Wright
NEW YORK, NY – Six months ago, deep in the jungles of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, farmer Rex O’Rourke was tending to his […]
Playing Tall: Ben Bishop Spurs Thoughts of Towering Stars
CHICAGO, IL – He stands six-feet-seven and gets paid to stop pucks from entering the back of the net but Ben Bishop of the Tampa […]
Sports-less Summer, NY Mets Frauds, Soccer Season, Joe Torre
EL BARIO, BRONX – Yup! I am back again! Three straight days of good-looking bald black correspondents. The world may not be ready. Well, ready […]