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I am avid sports lover who cherishes all things Steelers, Knicks, and Yankees - and despise all Boston and Cleveland-based sports. Enjoy!!!

• Nike and LeBron Should Be Ashamed of those High-Priced Shoes

  By klownboy on August 21, 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  Nike made dubious news in announcing their $315 LeBron X shoes.  Turns out the shoes may be worth only $290. Gee, I stand corrected. The fact of the matter is there is no business that Nike or any shoe company… Read More ›

• Bobby Valentine Is a Disaster in Boston

  By klownboy on August 18, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Last year I wrote that I thought Bobby Valentine was the right guy to manage the Boston Red Sox after the club parted ways with Terry Francona. Boy, was I wrong. The Red Sox currently sit 12 1/2 games behind… Read More ›

• Sorry Jim Boeheim, but Jordan Is Better than LeBron

  By klownboy on August 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Syracuse basketball coach/Team USA assistant coach Jim Boeheim is an absolute beauty.  He is as colorful as it gets in sports.  His dry, sarcastic humor on shows such as “Pardon the Interruption” and the “Jim Rome Show” makes for hilarious,… Read More ›

• Chad Johnson Is as Dumb as it Gets

  By klownboy on August 12, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  I was going to write an uplifting piece on the pageantry of the Olympics and how I found it perhaps the most compelling in recent memory – from Oscar Pistorius doing his thing as a double amputee to Gabby Douglas… Read More ›

• Lakers Vault to #2 in the West with Howard Trade

  By klownboy on August 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

  The Los Angeles Lakers pulled of a coup in acquiring Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic.  It was a part of a four team trade that involved the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers. In exchange for Howard, the Lakers… Read More ›

• Hey Lolo, There Is No Crying in Sports

  By klownboy on August 9, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  My girl Lolo Jones is at it again. First, in a previous rant I (and as I found out later, the New York Times) called her the “Anna Kournikova of track and field”.  A lot of you thought it was… Read More ›

• Lolo Jones = the Anna Kournikova of Track and Field

  By klownboy on August 7, 2012 • ( 9 )

  

  It must suck to be Lolo Jones these days. There was the whole thing over her being a virgin and how hard it is to remain one (why she thought that anyone would care, I have no idea).  Now it’s… Read More ›