TOP 10 THINGS CELEBRITIES WILL GIVE UP FOR LENT

The Lent season begins on Wednesday for Catholics around the world. It's a time forself-denial and personal sacrifice as we countdown to the celebration of Easter. For thesake of it, let's just say these handful of celebrities, politicians, and athletes had to giveup something for 40 days whether they were Catholic or not.                         ...

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MEDIA FOOLS AND THE 'ACTIVE' GAY ATHLETE

Nine months ago, just about every media outlet in the country fell all over themselves whenJason Collins announced he's was gay. The media proclaimed that Collins was the FIRST activeopenly gay player in the four major professional sports leagues. There was  one big problem with that statement: Collins was about as 'active' an NBA playeras I was. His season was over and as a 35-year old, end-of-the-bench, journeyman player whowas a free-agent,...

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HAROLD RAMIS: TOO FUNNY & GONE FAR TOO SOON.

Long before people amused themselves and punctuated every text with LOL, Harold Ramisblessed us all with his creative genius. Thanks to his imagination, "Animal House," "Caddyshack","Stripes',  and "Ghostbusters" became instant classics that made us laugh out loud over and over and over again.Ramis died on Monday, bringing sadness to many who got so much joy and comic relief fromhis movies. He gave us Otter, the Gopher  and that psycho...

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TOP 10 WORST EXCUSES BY ATHLETES

10. In the 2000 World Series, Roger Clemens threw an inside heater that sawed the bat ofMike Piazza in two pieces, one of which the Rocket hauled in. Clemens then proceeded to firethe piece of timber at the Mets catcher who was running to first base.During the ensuing  argument, Clemens told the umpires he "thought it (the bat) was the ball."It was clearly a case of 'misremembering' because players that usually field a ball during thegame, throw...

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U.S. SPEEDSKATING TEAM PROVES THERE IS CRYING IN THEIR SPORT

"There is no crying in baseball!"Didn't we all learn that from Tom Hanks' drunken and sour character in "A League of Their Own"?Apparently, the U.S Speedskating team never saw the movie, got the message, or didn't feel it  applied to their world that seems to have more drama than an episode of the Kardashians.Since Eric Heiden dominated the 1980 Olympic Games in his electric gold racing suit, theAmericans have been a fixture on the medal stand....

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NBC BLEW IT WITH USA-RUSSIA GAME

I don't watch many sporting events on television anymore, but I was intrigued by theOlympic hockey game between the United States and Russia on Saturday. I knew the gamewas being played at 7:30 a.m EST and after I awoke five minutes past that, I hurried overto the television to turn the game on.It's USA vs Russia in the Olympics, so of course, it was going to be on NBC and all itslocal affiliates, right? Wrong. When I saw Lester Holt and Meredith...

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PAUL DEVLIN'S VALENTINE: HEAVEN SENT

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MICHAEL SAM'S COMING OUT PARTY: IT'S AN ISSUE ONLY TO MEDIA

Michael Sam told his teammates at Missouri last summer that he was gay. The Tigers won theCotton Bowl and finished the season 12-2. Sam was named the SEC's Defensive Player of theYear. Talk about being distracted.This just in: athletes and teammates don't care about a person's sexual orientation, especially inthe professional ranks. Every player that makes it to that level is an independent contractor. Mostof them say the right thing about playing...

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ONE YEAR, NO ALCOHOL, NO "PROBLEM"

"Hi, my name is Paul....""Hey, Paul, how are you doing? Good to see you," the crowd said enthusiastically."My name is Paul and I am NOT an alcoholic....""Ah, man, WTF?! How could you do that to us? We thought for sure you had a problem."This didn't actually happen, but when I tell people I haven't had a drink since last February10, they seem remarkably disappointed. It's as if they were hoping I did actually have a problemwith booze.When I order...

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