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Urban Meyer and a Gross Lack of Perspective 27 Aug 2013 | 07:37 am
According to a Fox Sports Ohio report, Urban Meyer—head football coach at The* Ohio State University—does not allow anyone wearing blue to attend his team’s practices. Recently at least two NFL scouts...
Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man? 26 Aug 2013 | 03:06 am
One of the things I love about having a daughter is exposure. Pre-Casey, I never bought dresses, never tied pigtails, never played with Barbies, never had my toenails painted, never watched princess m...
Luz 24 Aug 2013 | 08:14 am
As I write this I am sitting on a comfortable bed inside a rented house in the small Costa Rican town of Playa de Carillo. Howler monkeys are, well, howling from nearby tress. A bat keeps squawking fr...
The Quaz Q&A: Daymond John 22 Aug 2013 | 05:36 am
* Welcome to the 116th installment of The Quaz Q&A. This feature—a question-and-answer session with a person from sports/entertainment/politics/whatever—will appear every week on jeffpearlman.com. If ...
Ricky Bell and the story I long wanted to write 20 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
Back when I was a kid growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, N.Y., I loved a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back named Ricky Bell. Why? For some of the many random reasons children select their spo...
f*ck 20 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am
So I’ve received a lot of heat, RE: my last post and the repeated usage of the word “fuck.” Much of the criticism came from followers of Craig Calcaterra’s excellent Hardball Talk blog. Craig took me ...
Ryan Dempster takes a stand 19 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
I love Ryan Dempster. I’ve always loved Ryan Dempster. Back when I was covering the Majors for Sports Illustrated, Ryan was one of my two or three favorite ballplayers to catch up with. First, he wa...
Me and “Ferocious” 19 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Written by Stanley Pearlman, Jeff’s old dad and a guy who knows nothing about sports, but a bit about life. So here I am with my wife, taking ca...
Brian Cennamo’s Wedding 18 Aug 2013 | 07:57 am
John Ballerini, left, and Brian Cennamo, circa early 1980s. Back when I was a kid, growing up on the mean streets of Mahopac, N.Y., one of the regular kids in my life was Brian Cennamo. Brian lived,...
Luving Life at Luv Burger 17 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
So we’re visiting Costa Rica, an amazing little Central American nation with myriad animals, beautiful landscapes, sweet fruit, lovely people—and m-a-n-y insects of all shapes, sizes and colors. Yest...