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Hi everyone. Extremely unpredictably timed newsletter incoming. Have a great week! In the early 1990s, Lyle Alzado was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. A former All-Pro defensive end, Alzado had used anabolic steroids throughout his career and had actually advocated for the…
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This week’s newsletter has nothing at all to do with sports… but it does mention a baseball game. I’d like to use this space to occasionally write essa…
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Happy Memorial Day weekend! Here’s a baseball newsletter, which only contains a subtle plug for my podcast. In other podcast-plugging news: My producer…
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I come from a long line of people who refuse to retire. My dad, a vascular surgeon, is 66 and shows no signs of slowing down, and my grandpa, also a do…
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It's called "Crushed," and it's out now
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Today is Mardi Gras, and I happen to be in New Orleans, so I wrote a few words about my favorite day of the year in any year but this one. A million wo…
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Feb 17Share
It’s me, and I’m yelling about COVID again. Everything old is new again. Happy reading. Way back at the start of NFL training camp, before the league r…
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Jan 26Share
Hi! As promised, though a few weeks late, I’ve finally rebranded this thing with a new name and logo. From here on out, this newsletter will be called …
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