“Pride goeth before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18 It was a rough week for the U.S Women’s National Team in the soccer World Cup. Not only did they barely make it past […]
They lost more than a game
Coming soon? The Pac-Zero?
For many years – decades, really – rival pro football organizations have been trying to copy the success of the National Football League. You had your AAFC, several AFLs, USFL, XFL’s etc. […]
Welcome August and Mr. Trout
If April is – as T.S. Eliot wrote – the cruelest month, which is the most promising? This isn’t always the case, but I vote for August this year. T.S., supposedly, picked […]
Beauty’s only pigskin-deep
After a 4-12-1 season last year, one wouldn’t think that the Indianapolis Colts had maxed out on the ridicule they’ve have to take. Not true. It seems that before stepping onto the […]
Is it The Babe or Shohei?
A quick look at the Wild Word of Sport. Not a Typo: To those of us soccer skeptics that still hang on, this bit of news: Tuesday’s Major League Soccer match between […]
Soccer shows the flag for USA
You may not have noticed it, but one of the world’s biggest sporting events is creeping up and it doesn’t involve a bat, a helmet or shattering a backboard. The FIFA Women’s […]
Here’s why Shohei will stay
Aside from trotting around the bases on one of his frequent and prodigious home runs, Angels’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is not going anywhere. No, The Big Sho is not a close […]
Halos closing in on Dodgers?
Now, here’s something you don’t see every day. The Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers are roughly equal in the standings. Starting the week, the Halos had 36 wins and […]
Pick your tribe, any tribe ….
In my last column, I made some suggestions about how to modernize and enliven professional sports, and saved the best idea – and probably the strangest – for last. I’m not going […]
Do the clothes make the man?
As a long-time, long-suffering fan of the Los Angeles-Anaheim-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, etc. I frequently wonder why my Halos, who reside just a few miles from my home (our homes, right?) […]
