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I remember nearly 20 years ago that it was said that Nebraska was recruiting more in the "inner cities" in order to increase team speed. Wasn't Lawrence Phillips also from the LA area? Forty-five years ago, Nebraska fans could not have imagined a Cornhusker player being convicted of first-degree...

Before the 2003 Orange Bowl, which USC was playing in, the most famous ex-Trojan showed up one day at practice, O.J. Simpson. O.J. was warmly greeted by coach Pete Carroll and the USC players. Simpson posed for photos with Heisman recipient Carson Palmer. Simpson said he was glad to see another...

This is another example of the naivete that white athletes seem to have. Some of them insist on signing with teams that won't use them. Others don't realize that they can't misbehave and get away with it. I believe Roethlisberger admited to consensual sex with the accuser, not realizing that a...

Don, Didn't you make a post a few years ago about how a white WR would have a good year pass catching and be rewarded by having his role reduced the next season? Sometimes, a white WR would catch a lot of passes and be released before the next season.

I have a Topps 87 set in the box. Recently I checked the price guide and found it isn't worth much. I also have a 92 Fleer in the box set and a 91 Stadium Club Archives Set. As Don says, check a retail price guide. You can find them at a magazine stand.

I bought a couple of Topps yearly sets in a box and put them in a closet for an investment. Twenty years later, when I thought thay would have a high value, I found that they were practically worthless.

Aside from ebay, the way to get the best price for cards is to have a table at a sports card show. Or have a dealer let you set at a table with him displaying your cards. A card show is were the buyers will be. The problem is, as others have said, that values are down on objects that appeal to...

To be worth very much, they have to be fairly old. A dealer will only give you half of the list price, if that.

When Obama called him soon after the incident, Crowley said something about "having a beer together." It was a throw-away line, but the Obama White House took up the idea. This is my opinion.

Several whites and blacks were also mentioned. The theme was that it concerned "best hands" only.

This week the NFL Network had a new Top 10. This was for "Great Hands" on receivers, not the best receiver overall. The 10 with the best hands ever are: 1. Cris Carter 2. Raymond Berry 3. Steve Largent 4. Larry Fitzgerald 5. Fred Biletnikoff 6. Kellen Winslow 7. Jerry Rice 8. Sterling...

Obama had to back down from his "stupidly" remark directed at the Cambridge police when asked about the Gates Affair. At the press conference Obama said he didn't know the facts and then said "the police acted stupidly." A strange performance from a former law professor one would think. Last...

Go to Lawrence Auster's View From The Right site. He is on top of this story.

This is a civil suit, not a criminal complaint, as none was filed when it allegedly happened. Roethlisberger's attorneys are strongly denying that anything happened in the news report I just saw.

It is a fact that the most liberal Supreme Court Justices have often been appointed by Republican Presidents. One reason is that they realize that making liberal decisions will result in extravagant praise from the press and the "better class of people." The closest thing to a Supreme Court...

There was a time when Johnny Miller was in TV commercials constantly in the 1970's. These commercials continued for a couple of years after Miller stopped winning. There were even jokes about Johnny Miller going to make a commercial after finishing down in the pack at the latest major...

During the 1960's and 70's, sportswriters would say that the NL won the All Star game because they had more black players.

I saw a piece at Bleacher Report wondering if this is what Steve McNair will be remembered for. Some other "bad behaving football players" were mentioned, Lawrence Taylor, O.J. Simpson, Michael Vick, and Donte Stallworth. Tom Brady was put in this group for "running out on his pregnant...

I just saw KIng get blasted for his remarks on HLN.

As Don writes, more than a few white athletes have had problems in their lives. My brother lived in the same area as McNair and saw him around occasionally. He seemed a nice enough fellow.

As of now, it looks like a murder-suicide. The woman, one Saheel Kazimi, was a waitress whom McNair had been going with for several months. She appears to have shot McNair several times and then shot herself in the head. David Climer, Nashville Tennessean sports columnist, wrote: "He was one...

I saw Alexis Arguello on TV many times in the 1970's and 80's. Howard Cosell used to say that "Arguello punches like he had razor blades in his gloves." Arguello often fought in his opponent's home arena with the entire crowd against him. It wouldn't bother him at all. An example was knocking...

In another thread a while back, I mentioned Mark Kram's 2001 book, "Ghosts of Manila." The reviews made it into a vicious personal attack on The Greatest. Actually, it is much less than than that. Yesterday, I went to a library that had a copy. You can skim through it in an hour, which is why I...

Yes, he was.

Off the top of my head, I would agree that it was the Dolphins around the mid-80's.