Indiana Pacer Stephen Jackson, who gets paid millions to play a game, has called the new NBA dress code "racist" because it prohibits the wearing of jewelry worn over clothing -- think Mr. T. Jackson voiced no opposition to the bulk of the "business casual" demands in the NBA's new dress code, but he described […]
I spent most of this weekend cleaning Hoystory's central offices. I know it's the middle of September, but it's still spring cleaning for me. I mentioned that I would spending much of my weekend involved in this endeavor to a woman at work and she exclaimed that I was several months ahead and that was […]
Most would say to provide an education, but Sports Illustrated's Peter King brings up an interesting point regarding the NCAA's baseball schedule. Undergraduate classes at the University of Florida ended on April 20. That was 69 days ago. Yesterday, the Florida baseball team played in the final game of the College World Series championship series […]
Mike Tyson quit last night's fight before the start of the seventh round after he lost two points because of an intentional head butt and a failed attempt to break his opponent's arm. That's right, the same wacko who bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear, last night tried to intentionally break the arm of […]
I got to watch the vast majority of the NCAA lacrosse semifinal games on Saturday -- I used my digital video recorder. Unfortunately, thunderstorms and lightning in Philadelphia meant that my recording (even adding an extra half-hour) didn't catch most of the final period and overtime of the Johns Hopkins/Virginia game -- and that was […]
This sort of thing happens a lot more in the AL than the NL for one simple reason: if the pitcher goes headhunting, he'll likely get the same treatment when he's up to bat. It makes you think twice. But the AL has gotten rid of that deterrent with the designated hitter. The only way […]
Here are a few articles that you may have missed, but are well worth your time. If there's a San Diego equivalent of a political family like the Kennedy clan of Massachusetts, then it's the Inzunzas. Nick Inzunza is the mayor of Chula Vista. His brother Ralph is a San Diego city councilman. Then there's […]
Well, the bracket is set and I must say that much more impressed with the choices made by the selection committee this year than I was the last. Last year, Utah State was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, yet lost to a resurgent Pacific in the Big West Tournament final -- the […]
Atlanta Braves pitcher Rick Mahler died today at the age of 51. (via Q&O) I met Mahler once many years ago. His brother lived just down the street from where I grew up in La Mesa, Calif. His youngest nephew was a friend of mine, and I was at their home when Rick came to […]