Maria Sharapova, cheater
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More Ryan Braun
I'm sitting in my dining room rereading Ryan Braun's weasel remarks about his suspension, remarks in which he never admits exactly what he did wrong. The line that really kills me is -- "I wish to apologize to anyone I may have disappointed." May have disappointed? What a nerve. This [...]
Ryan Braun liar, hypocrite
We discussed Ryan Braun on Yahoo! Sports Talk Live yesterday. Such a phony and fraud. Last year after he failed a drug test, he got off on a technicality, nailing some poor urine specimen collector on a chain of delivery screwup or something like that. Then Brawn went all angelic [...]
A philosopher discusses Lance Armstrong and the culture of lying
Many decades ago when I was a graduate student in the Stanford English Department, I met and shared an office with another English graduate student, Bill Gairdner. He is five years older than I am and in many ways has been a big brother to me. He was a decathlete, [...]
Punish teams for drug cheaters
Monte Poole and I were talking about Bartolo Colon on Comcast the other night. Monte said, for drug penalties to have real meaning, MLB also should penalize the teams. I agreed and I agree. Right now, teammates tacitly condone drug cheaters. If they don't condone them, they sure don't condemn [...]
Melky Cabrera gets in more trouble
In a moment I will link to an article that, as far as I can tell, is strictly on the level. The New York Daily News is reporting that Melky Cabrera knew the authorities were on to his drug cheating, so he and some of his people endeavored to set [...]
