DONALD STERLING AND THE L.A. CESS POOL

This is ugly, real ugly.Donald Sterling, the owner of the L.A. Clippers allegedly made racist comments to hisgirlfriend, whom he openly flaunted in his court side seats despite the fact that he has awife of more than 50 years who also attends the games.Nice, real nice. And buried beneath all the disgusting, insensitive remarks and the infidelity,  is onething that people seem to be forgetting: why in the world were the comments of Sterlingrecorded?...

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MICHAEL PINEDA AND HIS TOP 10 EXCUSES FOR PINE TAR

When it comes to making up excuses, professional baseball players are in a league of theirown. Over the years they come up with excuses from the utterly ridiculous to the sublime.Remember whena Rafael Palmeiro blamed a positive drug test on former teammateMiguel Tejada for giving him a B-12 shot that was apparently tainted with high levels ofWinstrol?After Sammy Sosa was busted for using a corked bat during a game, the former Cubs sluggersaid he...

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DARREN SHARPER: NOT THE PERSON WE THOUGHT HE WAS

Darren Sharper was blessed with so many gifts there should've been a sign hanging from hisneck that read: "Filled to capacity. Standing room only".  He is tall, muscular, educated, well-spoken and was talented enough to be a five-time Pro Bowl player in the NFL. That's aborderline Hall of Famer right there.Sharper, who played for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New OrleansSaints during his 14-year career,  made the transition...

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CARLOS ARREDONDO: FROM OUT OF THE DARKNESS TO HERO

Carlos Arredondo wasn't the only hero to rise up in the Boston Marathon bombing, but he became the most famous one.First responders, doctors, surgeons, and ordinary people acted quickly to save lives on that terrible April day a year ago, but it was the man in the cowboy hat who became the face of courage and everything that was good on a day destroyed by an evil act.Some would say Arredondo was in the "right place at the right time" as...

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BOSTON STRONGER

  April 15, 2013.That was the day that two bombs rattled the core of Boston and brought the world class cityto its knees. There was death and destruction thanks to a deliberate act of terrorism by brotherswho were filled with anger and hell bent on making other people's lives as miserable as theirs.In the hours after the bombings, I heard more than a few Bostonians say their town, their city,and their marathon would never be the same, as if...

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