While I'd like to say I'm (pick one of the following: surprised, disappointed, baffled) by the news this week of the second sample coming back positive on Jon Jones' steroid test, I'm honestly none of these things.
Instead, I'm just done with the whole Jones fiasco. He's had multiple chances to revive his career, replant his legend and redeem himself in the eyes of many in the mixed martial arts community.
And now, with the news of the second sample, the likelihood of an extended suspension from the UFC and perhaps beyond that seems all the more plausible. Now perhaps it's time to start wondering what happens, not to the fighter, but to the man himself.
All the money, the fame, the accolades that have accompanied him throughout his career are now taken from him.
Which leaves him with... himself. And from what we've seen in recent years, that man with idle time and the access he has to just about anything is a combination that may prove more harmful than anything else.
Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians, new record holders in the American League for longest in-season win streak.
Yesterday, the Indians achieved the mark with their 21'st consecutive win, a 5-3 triumph over the Detroit Tigers. They haven't lost a game since August 23rd, they've trailed in only 4 innings of this current streak and have hit more home runs as a team during this streak than have allowed any kind of runs against them to be scored.
So why are we not hearing more about this streak? Why is this not getting more national coverage?
I heard a couple of my national sports talk colleagues discuss this issue yesterday, and while there is some validity to their suggestions that this team should be featured in more prime time games where the potential television audience is greater, I'd like to propose something which would (sadly) make more sense in today's culture.
The name of the team.
If this were a bigger market team, they'd be featured more prominently. I get that.
If this were a Boston Red Sox, a New York Yankees, a Chicago Cubs or (dare I say it) a Los Angeles Dodgers, you bet your ass they'd be featured on every sportscast and channel out there. They'd have teams of reporters chasing this story, interviewing managers as well as more than half the players on the team.
But we live in a culture where politically correct people want to be catered to and treated with kid gloves.
Does the nickname Indians not offend someone?
Did we not learn our lesson from the nonsensical argument about the nickname Redskins? Or the Fighting Sioux, or the Fighting Illini?
Do we really need this to be the image millions of so-called snowflakes see every night during the streak?
If this team were named anything but the Indians, I can safely wager this story would be more in the national news.
But we're all scared of what might offend someone, even if the people thinking that might be totally out of their minds.
The culture of media today is not to embolden the masses with news and information, but to shield them from what may be bothersome, troublesome or even mildly offensive.
Or maybe people just don't care that much for baseball until the playoffs come along.
Rest In Peace, Frank Vincent. 80.
Whether it was his roles in Casino, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Wise Guys or , Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Vincent was a master at his craft.
And he made the perfect villain from time to time, as well as being the victim in sometimes dramatic fashion as seen in this iconic clip from Goodfellas.
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