The NFL Draft is astonishingly popular during this age of instant gratification. Fans have to wait several months for the rookies to wear pads and actually play football. It goes against what is largely appealing about sport: That a game reaches an outcome within a few hours and doesn’t drag on like the search for […]
Mike Doser
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Taking one for the team
People rip Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, and Gary Sheffield for allegedly cheating by using performance-enhancing drugs. But I think they’ve got it all wrong. If that’s what they did, then those guys are warriors. They’re doing whatever it takes to go out there and compete. We should be grateful. They’re no different than Buffalo […]
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Also playing… Local boy makes good (film)
Rochester native and screenwriter-director Steve Anderson returns Thursday, April 15, for a special local showing of his first film, The Big Empty, at the Little Theater. Anderson will answer questions following the 7 p.m. screening. The 42-year-old Anderson grew up in Pittsford and graduated from NazarethCollege. He moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and […]
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A ticket out of the minors
It would be nice if PaeTecPark attracts Major League Soccer and makes Rochester a major-league city. Unfortunately, US soccer will probably never be “major league.” MLS won’t draw much more national interest than the Rhinos, and its long-term viability is uncertain. Our real ticket out of the minor leagues is NCAA Division I athletics. […]
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When sports journalism goes bad
Veteran Sports Illustrated pro football writer Paul Zimmerman, known as Dr. Z, once caused a problem for the Bills’ media relations staff during training camp at St. John Fisher. He ventured from the media-designated sideline to watch a drill on the opposite sideline, which was empty enough to have comfortably fit the state of Rhode […]
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Saying goodbye to the Bills’ king of candor
National Football League free agency means teams usually don’t spend much time at the top or bottom. It also means many top players don’t spend much time in one place. So when they’re free agents after three to five years and they choose to sign elsewhere, their careers with their old teams — usually the […]
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Wasting time like a pro
The US Labor Department might soon have to create a public service announcement for pro sports. It would warn of the disastrous economic impact that could occur when teams purposely play a procrastinating, chew-up-the-clock style of offense. The ad would be based on the 1980s drug-prevention PSA of a father confronting his pot-smoking son. […]
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Going to great speeds to enjoy nature
It wasn’t a smart decision, and deep down Darrell Dietrich had to know that. But the idea of snowmobiling for a few days at his family’s campsite was just so alluring that no ferocious snowstorm — not even one that dumped four feet of snow in a matter of hours — was going to cancel […]
