Break it up
The U.S. government sure is wimpy, going after that runt Bill Gates. What if the Department of Justice took on Shaquille O'Neal instead? If it followed through on its pledge to break up bullying behemoths, would it split the Lakers into A and B squads and have them vie for the Western Conference title? Can't you see George Steinbrenner being deposed to talk about the mighty Yankees? What of our mother ship, ESPN, hogs of sports media outlets that they are? What would anti-trust suits mean for sports? We'll read your secenarios on the Ball Team.
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Dog Days
Now that several Tigers will have a lot of time to kill, we're wondering what they're going to do with it. It's not a bad time to re-examine their baseball lot in life, but we're guessing the game won't be all that's on their minds:
Top Ten Ways For Tigers To Kill Suspensions
10. Study instructional video series, "Three Weeks To Better Pitching"
9. Start a rotisserie league, fight over Juan Gonzalez
8. Revisit merits of the DH debate
7. Dare selves other to watch four consecutive SportsCenter reruns
6. Check out monster truck races at Tiger Stadium, see if player pass still works
5. Rent David Leadbetter golf video, fine tune putting in den
4. Order Pizza Hut for a change, don't tell boss it's better
3. Play World Series on Sega after putting Junior and Pedro on Detroit
2. Read "They Call Me Sparky"
1. Study tapes of Phil Garner's Brewers to learn their winning secrets
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The Coin Toss By Kelly Feasel There isn’t a parent in the world that doesn’t want the best for their offspring. In some cases parents can go too far in preparing their children for the future.  This appears to be true in Todd Marinovich’s case.  Marinovich, the former USC and Los Angeles Raider quarterback, was arrested in connection with an investigation of felony sexual assault as he practiced with the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.  Stories of Marinovich’s childhood were at one time intriguing, but now appear to be a tale with nightmarish results.  It was said that Marinovich never enjoyed a true “childhood” as his father, Marv, groomed him for one thing and one thing only: a career in professional football.  I’m not a child psychologist and I don’t play one on TV, but it seems to me Marv might have wanted to prepare Todd for life, and then football.  Marinovich, who has spent time in jail for growing marijuana, has found nothing but trouble since he left the Trojans early as a first round draft choice.  Earl Woods, Tiger’s father, is guilty of the same errors except in Tiger’s case, his mother was there to enforce the importance of education, social well-roundedness, humility, and respect.  Whether Marinovich is guilty of the current charges or not, I believe his troubles started early in life.  Youngsters forced to live their parent’s dream rather than being reared to be a contributing member of society are destined to failure at some point in their lives. • Respond at our Forum • Throw your own Toss • More Tosses

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