Cleveland stays alive, the NHL looks forward to a rematch, baseball has some great games and the Colts lose two coaches to retirement.

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Two of my favorite baseball movies are “The Natural” and “Field of Dreams,” and the two films share a common theme—that, to a great extent, baseball is about fathers and sons. In “The Natural,” Roy Hobbs is taught the game as a boy by his father, who then dies prematurely. When [...]

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It was not that long ago that the NCAA college baseball tournament was played in relative obscurity. Then, along came ESPN and the televised event has now become a viewing ritual for the sports fan in the month of June.

Every year the ratings for the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska [...]

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The band Switchfoot entitled one of their songs and one of their albums “The Beautiful Letdown”—and that title would be an apt description for this past weekend’s NASCAR Coca Cola 600 race. After over 24 hours, an overnight break for the weather, and numerous rain delays, the race was finally called after only 227 laps—the [...]

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“Thank you God….Thank you”!
Those were the words of Helio Castroneves as he crossed the finish line to win his third Indianapolis 500. Less than six weeks ago, Castroneves sat in a Miami courtroom along with his sister, Katiuci, and his attorney, Alan R. Miller. Every night of the trial the family would [...]

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