Is it ethically defensible to “treat” a healthy individual so that he can excel in a given career? Is it ethically defensible to deny him that treatment?
Why Barry Bonds’s Conviction Should Be Overturned
February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Disgraced home run king Barry Bonds is appealing his obstruction of justice conviction this week. Jim Jividen explains why it should be overturned.
We’re Getting Catfished
January 23, 2013 by 2 Comments
Still laughing about how poor Manti Te’o got duped? Jim Jividen addresses the ways we’re all being catfished.
My Final Thought About the Baseball Hall of Fame
January 16, 2013 by 6 Comments
If hat size and back acne are sufficiently probative to keep the greatest players who ever lived out of the Hall of Fame, why are we stopping there?
Just Say No. To Barry Bonds That Is.
January 6, 2013 by 4 Comments
Neil Cohen argues that, while the baseball writers debate Hall of Fame selection, they miss the fact that it’s all about the numbers.
The History of the San Francisco Giants in the World Series
October 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
With his beloved Giants up 1-0 on the Detroit Tigers, Jim Jividen takes time to reflect on San Francisco’s track record in the World Series.
An Unabridged History of the San Francisco Giants in the NLCS
October 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
As San Francisco Giants prepare for their second National League Championship Series in three years, Giants superfan Jim Jividen offers a deeply personal account of postseasons past.
Our Football Picks, Week 5: The Great Pumpkin
September 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
Jim Jividen thought he had it figured out. Then his beloved San Francisco Giants went and won the World Series, and he went and got married. All this, plus weekly football picks!
Lance Armstrong and the Way of Fallen Idols
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As Lance Armstrong still confesses innocence, despite the confounding evidence to the contrary, I want to believe him.
On Losing Lance
July 13, 2012 by 17 Comments
Mark Radcliffe was once an elite cyclist who looked up to Lance Armstrong as a role model. Now he knows what a dirty sport it’s always been.
Free Lance Armstrong!
June 14, 2012 by 5 Comments
Jamie Reidy comments on the US Anti-Doping Agency’s once again filing charges against cycling legend Lance Armstrong.
Barry Bonds Did Something Good
May 25, 2011 by 2 Comments
If a friend of the media made this gesture, it would be bigger news.
I Want My Athletes to Get Old
May 4, 2011 by 3 Comments
How do we deal with our favorite athletes as they age and begin to lose their skills?
The 10 at 10
April 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
Barry Bonds walks again, BYU is in trouble, and living rooms are becoming extinct.
The Conversation: Opening Day, Red Sox–Yankees, and Baseball as Life
March 31, 2011 by 6 Comments
In honor of Opening Day, two rival baseball fans preview the upcoming season and talk about what the sport means to them.
“You have reminded me how much I love men!”
These are comments by bobbt, Patty, and Michael Cusden on the post “What Dads Really Want For Father’s Day”.