Tag: Florida

• The dark side: The secret world of sports doping | News | Al Jazeera

  I’m currently reading Eddie Dominguez’s book about baseball’s drug problems in the years following the Mitchell Report. In the book, Baseball Cop: The Dark Side of America’s Pastime, Dominguez talks about his life and baseball’s unresolved drug issues. He kept mentioning ‘the documentary’ where he appeared. After a little digging (took me less than a…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  18 May 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history, sports

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, alcohol, Baltimore, baseball, books, Boston, Chicago, drugs, Florida, gambling, giants, history, Hollywood, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, mlb, movies, national baseball hall of fame, New England, new york, PED, Pittsburgh, Royals, sports, steroids, technology, television, Texas

• It’s time for College Football to wake their asses up…

  

  Alabama vs Clemson again? The thought of that matchup again is so dull and annoying. I will not be watching the championship game again this year. Both of these CFP games just reinforce my belief that college football should adopt a ‘December Madness’ type of playoff schedule like the NCAA tourney. That would be awesome.…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  29 Dec 2018

  football, history, sports

  Alabama, California, Clemson, college football, college football championship, Florida, football, history, Houston, NCAA, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, sports, Texas