JEFF BAUMAN & CARLOS ARREDONDO DELIVER A FEEL-GOOD MOMENT

 Let's face it, our country has been drowning in tragedy and scandal. We've been shaken to the core by senseless deaths and destruction. Since mid-December there has been Newton, Lance Armstrong, Benghazi cover-up, Boston bombings, Cleveland abduction case, andthe Oklahoma twister. Throw in Manti' Teo, Rutgers, and the trial of Jodie Arias andyou have a lot of Americans who feel so dirty, they are in need of a good lather, rinse...

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WHEN IS THE PAST REALLY IN THE PAST?

When does the past really become the past?Should the bad things Julie Hermann allegedly did 16 years ago destroy her future?Why do people find skeletons in one person's closet while looking away from the ones in another persons?We're often told to live in the present and bury the past. But how can anyone do thatin a social media world where those who want to tear you down, air your dirty laundryfor everybody to see, even if it got...

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ROBBIE ROGERS IS THE REAL PIONEER, NOT JASON COLLINS

When Jason Collins, a little-known, little-used NBA player announced he was gay on March6, the media pretty much fell  all over themselves in celebrating Collins as the first active athlete to come out in one of the four major professional sports. This was big, they said, as if a stampedeof gay athletes would come rushing out of the closet after Collins' announcement.Much like the case with Manti' Te'o, if the mainstream media had...

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RUTGERS IS ONE BIG TRAIN WRECK

The administration at Rutgers is starting to make the one at Penn State look competent.After the Mike Rice fiasco, subsequent cover-up, and dismissal of AD Tim Pernetti, there was hope the slate would be clean to rebuild it's program. It's now dirtier than ever.The school hired Julie Hermann on May 15 to be it's new athletic director, and apparently Rutgersdidn't bother to perform its due diligence on Hermann.. According to the Star-Ledger,...

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CRAIG SAGER CAN'T HANG WITH DON CHERRY

On Friday night, Craig Sager broke out another not-made-for-TV ensemble from his closet. The TNT sideline reporter must have dressed in the dark while nursing a hangover whichis something, thanks to the Internet, we've seen before. There was a collage of pinks, reds,and rasberries, encased by vertical and horizontal stripes, making for a, "what the...." hellmoment.This is Sager's schtick. I can't ever remember his breaking a story or telling the...

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AJ CLEMENTE: TOP 10 THINGS HE SAYS TO FORMER CO-WORKERS ON LETTERMAN

          10. Thanks for putting my meltdown on YouTube so quickly. Without your help I           never would've met Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Kelly Ripa, Michael Strahan,            Tom Brokaw, and David Letterman on the same day. Wow! This is awesome!   9.  The New York Jets are going...

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JOE SOLIMINE: KING OF PELHAM DIGS IN AGAINST CANCER

 In an "all about me world", Joe Solimine has always been about helping others. For more than40 years he has been the pillar of Pelham, New York, giving his time, money, and giant-sizedheart to support a close-knit community that's just a Ruthian shot away from the Big Apple.Solimine is the Babe Ruth of Pelham, a man who seems bigger than life with his 6'3' frame, booming voice, and magnetic personality. He's the kind of person you...

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CRAIG SAGER, WTF IS THAT?

Seriously?I was having dinner with a friend at the Rye Bar & Grill in New York when I saw something thatalmost made me cough up my black linguini with shrimp. Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finalswas on TNT and the cameras cut to Craig Sager, the longtime sideline reporter known for his wildand wacky blazers.As I looked up to see the ensemble Sager was sporting, the linguini spilled out of my mouth, leaving me enough space to scream out "WTF?!...

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BRIAN BILL IS STILL MY HERO

Nearly three years after his death, Brian Bill is still very much my hero. Bill was one of 30 SEAL's riding in a helicopter on a mission in Afghanistan when the Taliban brought it down with a rocket-propelled grenade. Everyone on board died.Bill grew up in Stamford, CT, which bordered my hometown of New Canaan. I never met him but I was fascinated by his story and the type of person his friends said he was. Triathlete, mountaineer, pilot,...

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