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Over one 24 hour period two head coaches, Jason Kidd and Mike Tomlin, from two professional sports teams, the Brooklyn Nets and the Pittsburgh Steelers, were accused of cheating. The league(s) never said that -- cheating -- in so many words, but it's certainly what they were suggesting. Kidd was fined $50,000 for a "delay of game" and, today, Tomlin was penalized $100,000 for "interfering" with a play.
After losing to the Los Angeles Clippers last week, Carmelo Anthony said the New York Knicks were in "a dark place." No kidding. The closed door meeting after the game apparently didn't help much either. The Knicks dropped their eighth straight the next night, sinking to 3-12 on the season.
Listen closely to John Mozeliak. His message is loud and clear: Don’t hate the playa, hate the game. The player is Jhonny Peralta. The game is Major League Baseball.
When the Baltimore Orioles visit Safeco Park in Seattle next July you have to wonder if Buck Showalter might go sifting through the press room to find Asuka Iinuma Brown and shake her hand. The reporter from Jiji Press, a Japanese wire news service based in Seattle, Washington, is the only voting baseball writer in America that thought Showalter deserved serious consideration for American League Manager of the Year.
In Boston, their Sox are Red and their hearts are broken. In Boston, the 2013 Major League Baseball season started with a new manager, a handful of questionable roster additions and a sense of anxiety. In Boston, the good news was Bobby Valentine was out. In Boston, that created optimism along Lansdowne Street. In Boston, optimism means something.
Hi, my name is John Strubel. I am a freelance journalist from Charleston, South Carolina. This is my personal web site and portfolio. You can reach me at: