It can’t be this easy, can it? Lakers up 2-0 vs. Utah, and NBA history indicates something like 94 percent of all teams that take a 2-0 lead go on to win a best-of-seven series. It’s not over, but it’s close. They defeated the Utah Jazz 120-110 tonight, and it never really felt in doubt, […]

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Dan Hawkins was as bright as anyone I ever worked with. As witty and amusing, too. A guy ready to laugh, someone who was conversant in a myriad of subjects and expert in more than a few. He was the resident NASA expert, even when he was working in sports, and when the space shuttle […]

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A bit further down on this blog I suggested that horse racing is headed for extinction. Mostly because humans seem increasingly unwilling to countenance any activity that puts animals in danger. Any sport in which animals can get hurt is becoming less popular by the minute. That includes hunting and fishing, certainly. Horse racing fills […]

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I’m trying to keep my mind blank here. As the Bill Murray character (Dr. Peter Venkman) in “Ghostbusters” instructed the crew to do near the climax of the silly, 1984 movie. But “not thinking” is a thought. Making your mind go blank is an exercise in itself, thus unachievable. So, before I can go any […]

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