The French have a saying (no, not “we surrender!) loosely translated as “the more things change, the more things remain the same.” Welcome to the weird, but somehow familiar 2020 Major League […]
Why aren’t the Angels a hit yet?
The Happiest Place in the NBA
Remember back when the star player of a championship team would come off the field (or court) and announce “I’m going to Disneyland!”? Well, as far as the National Basketball Association is […]
Return of Ross Barnes’ tradition
There have not been many signs of good news since the coronavirus knocked a lot of us into hospital beds and almost all of us into isolation, those blue masks and home […]
Wild World: The quiet summer
As we at The Tribune predicted, the Washington NFL franchise will no longer be known by the charming nickname, “Redskins.” This has been a long-time coming and although some will mourn the […]
JCs move the sports to the spring
There have been several attempts to launch spring professional football leagues and all have failed. Now, we’ll see how the community colleges can do. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
Wild World: A slippery name game
Naming an athletic team can be tricky business, especially in today’s slippery sociopolitical atmosphere. You need a moniker that will appeal to the fans, connect – if possible – to the local […]
Baseball’s back … very nearly
By Christopher Abdelmalek This is not a drill! Baseball is back. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a reduced 60-game league year to begin with […]
Tackling changes for football
American football, as it is played now, is the grandchild of the original “association football,” and may soon be headed back to its roots. Although games involving kicking spheroids have been around […]
The need for speed in baseball
Sports, like people, tend to be set in their ways. It takes some jarring event or movement to shake things up and get people – and athletic institutions – to accept change, […]
Oh, say can you see … justice?
The paths of progress and politics seldom run in straight lines, and in the midst of protests and argument over police brutality, we are back to Colin Kaepernick and his famous kneeling […]
