On July 1, Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs asphyxiated while under the influence of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol in his Texas hotel room. Today, over at NBC Sports, I spoke with former players and front office employees who are concerned that baseball has a bigger opioid problem than most people think.
Read moreMarking the 25th anniversary of the 1994-95 baseball strike
Today is the 25th anniversary of the start of the 1994-95 Major League Baseball players’ strike. Over at the baseball site I wrote about it. But note: this is not a “here’s what happened in 1994” post. Rather, it’s 4,231 words about why the 94-95 strike happened in the first place. A strike that is […]
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Just Say No to E + R = O
A trendy educational philosophy is not all that it seems
Read moreJim Bouton: The Patron Saint for Those Who Chafe
Baseball and literary legend Jim Bouton died today. He was 80. My full story about his life and work can be read over at the baseball site. Now, though, something personal. I have spent most of my life as something of a square peg in a round hole. I moved around a lot when I […]
Read moreHappy 10th Birthday, HardballTalk!
The website I write for a living — HardballTalk at NBC Sports — is ten years old today. The longest I ever held any other job was five and a half years. I only practiced law, in total, for eleven years. Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
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Heroes
I do not believe that my best days are behind me. I stopped believing that on August 3, 2006.
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