A Sporting View – All-Star Game still worth watching
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By Mark Vasto
This time it didn’t matter — and nobody cared.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game has long been considered the best all-star ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – The luxurious life of Stephen Curry
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By Mark Vasto
If Stephen Curry never scores another point for Golden State, he’ll still be worth every penny of the “supermax” contract he signed ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – You be the judge
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By Mark Vasto
When Patrick Ewing was traded by the Knicks in a four-team, 12-player deal in the year 2000, Michael Jordan shook his head in disdain.
“You ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Sorry, cousin Mike, Jordan’s not greatest
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By Mark Vasto
So my cousin Mike comes up to me at a funeral and says to me, “Yo, cousin Mark … am I right about this? Tell me Jordan wasn’t ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Court of public opinion
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By Mark Vasto
I was born on May 13, and sometimes I remember to actually look at the part of the newspaper that tells you who was born or what significant ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Greatest moments in baseball history
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By Mark Vasto
Seventy years ago, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. For this column, we remember that juncture and offer some of the ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Vegas on Ice
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By Mark Vasto
Looks like when you bring $750 million to the table, having a professional football team in Las Vegas doesn’t look like such a bad bet anymore, ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – North Carolina, a Southern belle
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By Mark Vasto
“North Carolina folks being what North Carolina folks are and such … Tar Heels … people who don’t budge an inch backward, it ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Thinking about a McGregor-Mayweather match
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By Mark Vasto
Prediction: It’s gonna happen.
Bonus prediction: Floyd Mayweather will beat Conor McGregor.
Suggestion: Bet on McGregor because I may have the ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Betting on sports
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By Mark Vasto
There are foolish things to do … like, say, hitting the snooze button one too many times or eating too much chocolate or having unprotected sex. ... Continue Reading →