When Diamondbacks Manager Kirk Gibson speaks his mind there is no such thing as self-censoring. And if you happen to be the focus of his ire, your head might just…
“If you ain’t first, you’re last. You know, you know what I’m talking about? [to television camera] That there is trademarked, not to be used without written permission of Ricky…
There is a group of notorious professional athletes whose accomplishments on the field were tarnished by what happened off the field. As my tribute to Aaron Hernandez, formerly of the…
Remember the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin? (If your answer is no, it’s nice to finally meet the one person who has never seen it.) In the movie Steve Carell’s character,…
USA Today, CBS Sports, ESPN, NFL.com, the Business Journal, Grantland, Deadspin, Fox Sports Arizona and numerous other outlets, like most team’s offensive lines, recently made Cardinals’ defensive lineman Darnell Dockett…
In the movie Groundhog Day Bill Murray’s character Phil, a television weatherman by trade, is assigned to cover Punxsutawney Phil. Little did he know, it was going to be the…
When baseball players are interviewed, their comments are filled with cliché after cliché about team, taking it one day at a time, and the like. If a player goes 4…
There is a group of notorious professional athletes whose accomplishments on the field were tarnished by what happened off the field. On July 26, I revealed numbers 9 and 10…
Imagine this movie plot. A small school quarterback just missed the cut for the Green Bay Packers and became a grocery bagger. Then he takes a journey from supermarket shelves…
Justin Upton was the crown jewel of the Diamondbacks’ future. They even went so far as naming the right field bleachers in his honor, installing a large semi-permanent sign labeled…

