Hot Air

Guillen’s Fresh Air Turns Stale

Steve Murray — 2008-05-14T10:00:01-10:00

There was a time when White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was entertaining, must-hear TV. Flung into a world of sterile sound bites and PC-ladened non-comments, Guillen’s honesty and take-no-prisoners approach to public speaking kept a nation starving for characters and truthful commentary begging for more.

Draft Winners, Losers, Mysteries

Steve Murray — 2008-05-07T10:00:00-10:00

Just to show that you don’t need bad hair to rate the NFL draft, here is yet another worth-lessly wild shot at explaining the most over-hyped and unimportant two days on the sporting calendar.

A New NHL Octopus Tossing Rule

Steve Murray — 2008-04-30T10:00:00-10:00

The NFL has Pacman Jones, Major League Baseball Ugueth Urbina, the NBA Ron Artest and the NHL Al “The Big Tako” Sobotka.

MVP Race As Tight As They Come

Steve Murray — 2008-04-23T10:00:00-10:00

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and outlandish expectation, Or to take arms and score against a sea of troubles and man-to-man defense,

1-And-Done Should Be 2-And-Shoo

Steve Murray — 2008-04-16T10:00:00-10:00

While neither NBA commissioner David Stern nor his NCAA counterpart Myles Brandt will speak of it publicly by name, the idea of adding a second year to the NBA’s holding period is something both want and need.

MLB Pinches Canseco In The Lua

Steve Murray — 2008-04-09T10:00:00-10:00

Not since Larry Craig relieved himself in a Minneapolis airport bathroom while humming the opening score to La Cage Aux Folles has the cloak-and-dagger world of titillating back-door investigations taken such an unusual turn.

Picking Baseball’s Big Winners

Steve Murray — 2008-04-02T10:00:00-10:00

With the positively mediocre preseason predictions for the 2007 season designated shredder food, it’s time to once again wade into the unpredictable future that is the 2008 Major League Baseball season.

Nobody Wants To Play With Barry

Steve Murray — 2008-03-26T10:00:01-10:00

With the Major League Baseball season just a week away, Fehr is concerned that the game’s all-time leading home run hitter, Clearasil-user and friend to the oppressed is still without a job. So astonished by the development is he that he’s looking into the matter to see if the Major League clubs have come together to purposely keep his man out of the game.

Donovan: Right Man, Right Time

Steve Murray — 2008-03-19T10:00:00-10:00

When the University of Hawaii cut its ties with its big-talking, underachieving athletic director, handicappers immediately latched onto seven possible contenders for Herman Frazier’s former mount.

Fouvre Or Fivre Ways To Amaze

Steve Murray — 2008-03-12T10:00:00-10:00

Amazing.
The single word opening doesn’t make for much of a lead, but does provide a fitting one-word description of the Badger State’s favorite adopted son.
Amazing was the toughness and the arm that could still dominate a game after 17 years of punishment.