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 […]
Return of Ross Barnes’ tradition
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wild World: No fans, shaky minors
A new weekly (we hope) column on the weird, wonderful and noteworthy on Planet Sports. What do you suppose the chances are of Major League Baseball and the players’ association coming to […]
