Ryan Braun, his pee and a basement fridge

In Major League Baseball, Ryan Braun is a big name. He should be a bigger name, considering he was named National League Most Valuable Player in 2011, but he plays left field for the Brewers. Milwaukee is not Manhattan and if Braun had put up a .330/33 HR/111 RBI season for a Mets or Yankees team that won a franchise-record number of games he’d be a megastar.… Read more...

Liverpool, the Red Sox and Pumpsie Green: why LFC would always have to back down

This piece appeared on The Journal on Monday, Feb 13th 2012: http://thescore.thejournal.ie/liverpool-the-red-sox-and-pumpsie-green-why-lfc-had-to-back-down-354104-Feb2012/

 

Pumpsie Green.

Today that name is unknown to, conservatively, 99.99% of Liverpool FC’s players, coaches and fans. They would have done well to have known it before the Suarez/Evra racism affair reached its nadir with yesterday’s non-handshake at Old Trafford.… Read more...