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Falcons, fans are the real Vick-tims

Posted on: Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 in: Commentary

This column appears in the July 26 issue of The Paper.
Pop quiz. What do O.J. Simpson, Kobe Bryant and the Duke lacrosse team have in common?
For starters, they were all a part of big-time trials/criminal indictments, and almost everyone who first heard of their involvement in said trial/criminal indictment was surprised. But that’s not […]

Al is the authoThe Importance Of The Right Sports Gear

Posted on: Monday, July 16th, 2007 in: Commentary

In today’s world, sports play a major part in all our lives. Most of us have grown up admiring some sports hero or other. It is no different for our kids. In fact sports is probably a bigger influence now than it ever was. You will find posters of sports stars in your kid’s rooms […]

The ‘King’ reigns ‘now’

Posted on: Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 in: Commentary

Note: This article appears in the July 12th issue of The Paper.
Over the past few weeks the good people at ESPN have started to broadcast a segment on SportsCenter titled “Who’s Now,” a bracket-style competition that matches up athletes of today against each other to determine who is, for lack of a better term, […]