GROTE’S GRIPES: WACKY TEAMS
NEW YORK, NY – With the recent deaths of Donna Summer and Robin Gibb it appears that Disco Hell is getting a bit hotter. You […]
Super Subs
Black Eyed Professor
Pimlico- As even part-time railbirds know, every triple crown race has a traditional song, flower, and cocktail: Kentucky Derby: “My Old Kentucky Home,” Roses, Mint […]
Grote’s Gripes: 2012 vs 1994
NEW YORK, NY –It certainly looks like we could have a repeat of 1994 in the NHL with the Rangers driving towards the finals against […]
Schadenfreude!
The Betting Counter- First thing first. Last week I hipped all of you to I’ll Have Another, courtesy of my main source on the ponies, […]
Grote’s Gripes: It’s A Banner Day In Flushing
NEW YORK, NY – Over the past few seasons I’ve had a lot of bad things to say about my Mets on this site. My […]
Grote’s Gripes: Baseball’s Zoology
BRONX, NY – Last week one of the old Yankee legends of the fifties died. Bill Skowron won seven pennants and four championships as a Yankee […]
Draft Dodger
The Felt Forum, Or Whatever They’re Calling It These Days- I became an NFL draft junkie back in the late 1980s when I was living […]
Grote’s Gripes: A Couple More Onions
MADISON, WI – The Onion is the king of parody news. This week I’d like to offer up another issue of Grote’s Onions with a […]
Tourney Time: High Stakes Poker With Low Income Guys
DELAWARE – It was time to claim the prize. I’m in a weekly poker game here in Baltimore, and each week the members of the […]