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Free to Be the World's Best Golfer
Divorce seems to agree with Tiger Woods. That’s not to suggest he faced a choice between regaining his game and restoring his marriage. Both were possible, if perhaps improbable, but he would have needed a huge assist from Elin Nordegren, now his former wife. You’d like to see couples work through the mess and rediscover…
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Jay Mariotti Gets a Taste of His Own Medicine
Malcolm X would have called it the chickens coming home to roost. Justin Timberlake would have belted out his hit song “What Goes Around Comes Around.” St. Paul would have referenced the letter in which he warned the Galatians that we reap what we sow. Those are just some of the idioms befitting star sports…
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Sense vs. Sensitivity at Ground Zero and the Lincoln Memorial
The crowd raging on the right is red-faced and mad as hell: How dare anyone propose building a mosque — a mosque! — at Ground Zero, when it was Muslims who took down the World Trade Center? Never mind that the proposed project is neither a mosque nor located at Ground Zero; emotions are boiling…
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Who You Calling a Showoff?
NFL wide receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco aren’t just hot dogs when it comes to the art of self-expression. They’re foot-long knockwursts, known for their antics as much as their athleticism. From end zone dances to sideline tantrums, Owens and Ochocinco epitomize selfish showoffs — to most old-school observers. Now that these prima divas…
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Take That Letter Down, Dan Gilbert!
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert wrote an open letter to fans on his team’s Web site Thursday night after LeBron James decided to leave for the Miami Heat. Gilbert ripped James for his ”cowardly betrayal,” his ”shameful display of selfishness,” his ”shocking act of disloyalty” and his ”heartless and callous action.” Then Gilbert started screaming,…
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Stop Picking on LeBron
Nike didn’t realize how prescient it was in creating the marketing slogan for LeBron James: “We Are All Witnesses.” Like it or not, the sports nation has watched a LeBron-athon for the past couple of months, culminating in Thursday’s unprecedented hour-long special on ESPN. The narration to open the show—simply titled, “The Decision”—summed it up…
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Is a Black Political Party Obsolete?
Trying to be a better son, I’m attempting to call my mother more regularly. And I couldn’t believe the doozy she laid on me during a recent conversation: Her Brooklyn church hosted the launch of a new political party. The New York Freedom Democratic Party. An all-black political party? Excuse me? Did I fall asleep…
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Right-Wingers Aren't the Only Patriots
I love fireworks, cookouts and trips to the park as much as anyone, and will gladly partake in those events on the Fourth of July holiday. But surely there are others like me, who find it strange (ironic? hypocritical? comical?) to celebrate July 4, 1776, as U.S. “Independence Day,” when African Americans’ forefathers and foremothers…
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Tiger Gets Back to 'Normal'
Seven months after colliding with a fire hydrant and a tree and watching his world come crashing down, Tiger Woods has returned to normal on the golf course, fighting injuries and his golf swing in pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ record for major championships. Although it’s been a losing battle, he continues to amaze us in…
