I'm 52 years old, which means I'm of an age where my reading habits are more or less set. I read plenty of stuff on line but I rely on pretty traditional sources. I'm a newspaper reader, whether in hand or on my iPad.

I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.

Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be.

Professional football is the most violent thing your eyes have ever seen.

Baseball should adopt replay, plain and simple. If we can see it at home or on hand-held PDAs, the technology should be used in games.

Lombardi, Shula, Landry and Gibbs were innovators. Bill Walsh was a visionary . . . .

The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading...just stop.