"Grady's ladies" got to see more of the popular Indians outfielder than they could have imagined. He has revealed all of himself, so no reason for "Playgirl" to court Grady Sizemore to show for money what's free for everybody to...
Blog: Justice is Served: November 2009 Archives
Just call him "Mr. Pitiful," a nickname that fits Browns quarterback Brady Quinn like an iron straitjacket. For if any word describes his performance Sunday afternoon against the Bengals, the word "pitiful" comes to mind first.Now, the nickname itself isn't...
He made mistakes -- egregious mistakes over the years. Yet his mistakes never cost Bud Selig his job, which was a pity.So please excuse me now for standing and yelling "Hallelujah!" after hearing reports Selig is stepping aside in 2012 as baseball's...
Two dogs, and one of them had to win Sunday -- one of the two had to prove it was the better of the two mutts.But better was hard to judge in these dogs, which explains why the Browns hooked...
I hope Jim Brown wasn't lying. I mean, just the thought of a "great football mind" talking to Browns owner Randy Lerner, as Brown claimed the other day, is almost too delicious to consider. You hope that's the case,...
The article on The Washington Post website this morning was short, perhaps a dozen or so paragraphs that didn't do anything more than what the headline did. And the headline did plenty in putting the words underneath it into context. The eight words in...
I hate it when my alma mater loses, and my hatred jumps two niches in intensity when the Ohio State Buckeyes lose a game they're supposed to win (think Purdue).But, man, does victory need to come wrapped in such ugly...
His was an unremarkable performance for three quarters. For nothing LeBron James had done last night during those 31 minutes he spent on the floor against the Utah Jazz looked like much.The Cavs, though, didn't need remarkable from LeBron --...
I don't know how anybody in America can be surprised at what Mike Tyson does. Tyson's thuggish behavior had stopped engendering sympathy long before the turn of this new century. He has had more brushes with the legal system than any professional athlete...
To think about revenge in November makes as much sense as checking your Christmas list in early May. For anybody whose name is on the list will have plenty of days left to show Santa if he's been naughty or...
What I'll remember most about the Browns' 30-6 nightmare 11 days ago in Soldiers Field will be a pass play in the fourth quarter: Quarterback Derek Anderson, under siege in his end zone and trying to escape the rush, cocks his...
The rumored names are intriguing: Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Jon Gruden, Mike Holmgren, maybe others. All have the authority of success behind them. Each of these men has a Super Bowl ring, plus an aura of credibility coming with them.But a couple of their...
I owe Andre Agassi an apology, not that Agassi needs to hear an apology from a sports journalist -- particularly from one he's never met and likely will never meet.Still, I need to ask his forgiveness for questioning why he broached the subject of...
I figured out right away the plot to "Sleepless in Seattle," but I have yet to make sense of its sequel. Has anybody heard of it? They're calling it "Clueless in Cleveland." The storyline is simple: The son of a billionaire banker inherits...
A friend suggested last night that I write about how everybody hates the Yankees. His suggestion sounded like an idea worth exploring. I did think about it for a moment, but I couldn't find the hatred in me that he and...
Coach Mike Brown didn't want to show too much emotion on the bench. Coaches in the NBA know not to do that when their teams are running roughshod over an opponent. No, they must sit there and bask in the...
The fragile psyche of Delonte West could use a break, but if the frustrations with life that drove the Cavaliers guard to ride around the Metro D.C. area armed like a mercenary weighed on him, how must West feel with...
I would give credence to speculation like this from only a handful of NBA writers. Marc Spears of Yahoo! comes to mine, so does Chris Broussard of ESPN. I can mention a few other names as well, but the list is short: shorter than...
Somebody had to pay for this mess.The excuses for what has been the worst season since the Browns returned from NFL exile didn't resonant anymore. Their fans had tired weeks ago -- actually, seasons ago -- of seeing bad football...
We waited Saturday night for Delonte West after the Cavaliers had beaten the Bobcats, 90-79, at The Q. The game was West's first of the season, and his thoughts on his performance were of interest to anybody who follows the Cavs --...
As I watched the World Series last night, I found myself thinking what 2010 might hold for baseball. While some people might say I'm looking too far into the future, I would remind them that, even in early November, Major...
The name "Ginn" might be as popular to sports fans on the East Side of Cleveland as any last name since "Brown" - as in Jim Brown. Unlike the name Brown, the last name Ginn has nothing to do...
Coach Mike Brown still had to wonder what his Cavs might look when all the pieces were in place. Brown, as with almost everybody else, knew he had been blessed with a good collection of splendid talent, but how to...
