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Zack Greinke and Baseball LifersThe Kansas City Royals are announcing today that they’re bringing back Zack Greinke for the 2023 season, and I’m very happy. I don’t know how much longer Zack pitches, but he should end his career in Kansas. City. Whatever landmarks he might pass — 3,000 strikeouts, for example …
The Good, the Bad and the UglyYesterday was NFL Championship Sunday, which means today we are left talking about the officiating. Well, the officiating and the injuries. This is simply how it goes in the modern NFL. The season is too long. The games are too chaotic. The 49ers ran out of quarterbacks. The…
Is Novak Better Than Ever?At least once a match these days, but often two or three or four times, Novak Djokovic does something that I can only describe as a magic trick. What happens is this: Djokovic will hit a poor shot — a short lob, a sitting duck, something that seems to set up an easy putaway for…
