Ozzie’s rants are good for baseball.

Ozzie Guillen’s rants do not provide a particularly easy topic to broach. On some subjects, he is wildly opinionated to the point where his arguments lose weight because of his irrational defense of them. Other times, the infantile nature of his points gives observers an easy path to ambivalence: the end result may be worthwhile, but [...]

A Texas-sized mess. And we could have seen it coming.

The Texas Rangers have one of the most curious backstories of any major sports franchise. From the fact that they were sold to Bob Short pretty much on credit alone to George W. Bush buying a stake  on the team (and later flipping it for 30 times its value) while Daddy was conveniently in the Oval Office, [...]

Phil Jackson, Politics and Hypocrisy

Phil Jackson doesn’t think politics should mix with sports. Michael Jordan, a player whose coattails he rode to six championships, is of the same opinion. LeBron James agreed with the original #23 earlier in his NBA career, and he had about 90 million reasons to do so. On the other hand, having a reason to do [...]

Don't make your stand, take a seat.

In light of the controversial immigration bill that has set a social and political fire in Arizona and throughout the US, Suns owner Robert Sarver issued a public statement letting fans know that Phoenix will wear its Noche Latina jerseys tonight to show its disapproval of the new law. To make sure that the gesture is [...]