Craig Schaller–Out of the Box

Where Does The Time Go?

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Time keeps on slipping…into the futrure”  –Steve Miller, 1976 I have nothing to say about sports.  What can I say?  It’s that time of year.  Oh sure, I could talk about Syracuse’s collapse recently, or go into my thoughts on who the Buffalo Bills should target in free agency, or the Knicks total ineptitude.  Really […]

NFL Bans “The N-Word”–Good Idea Or Waste Of Time?

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If you have not heard, the National Football League is trying to change our society.  They want to ban the N-word, and penalize any players that are heard saying it during a game 15 yards for a version of “unsportsmanlike conduct”. In case you are totally clueless, or have been in some kind of time […]

Ranking The Greatest Sports Rivalries

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In the last week or so, I have watched the Giants play the Dodgers, Louisville play Kentucky, and the Yankees will be playing the Red Sox over the next few days.  It gave me pause to think about rivalries.  I have seen other media outlets reports of their lists of the greatest sports rivalries of […]

Six Positives of a Bon Jovi Owned Bills

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There have been a lot of rumors lately about rocker Jon Bon Jovi being part of a Canadian group that wants to buy the Buffalo Bills.  This has been met with mixed reviews by football fans in Western New York.  For some, it would be a bed of roses.  For others, they would be forced […]

Clippers Owner Not So Sterling

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basketball

Al Campanis. Jimmy the Greek. Marge Schott. Rush Limbaugh. Ben Wright. Don Imus. Fuzzy Zoeller. These are all the names of prominant announcers, personalities and owners or front office people who have lost their jobs, had to sell ltheir teams, or had their careers ruined by racially (or sexually) insensitive comments.  Now, you can add […]

Wondering About the Wonderlic?

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football

ITexas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel reportedly scored a 30 on the wonderlic test–the highest score of any of the top quarterbacks in the NFL draft pool. Wow!  That’s impressive!  I guess that means he will be the best quarterback to play in the NFL out of this draft class, right?  HA!  Hardly. The Wonderlic test […]

Hey LPGA: Good Riddance!

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No-el, No el, No LPGA!   Remember that oh so annoying radio and TV commercial that used to air all the time around the holiday season?  It used to air constantly around the Rochester area, urging golf fans to buy their tickets for the upcoming summer’s LPGA tour event.   It would implore you, that […]

The Soccer Revolution is Not Coming

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I’m hearing it again.  That low rumble of the population talking.  Like a train coming in the distance.  Like the sound of thunder in the distance.  It’s actually growing louder now.  You hear it when you are walking around the supermarket.  You hear it when you are sitting in a restaurant.  You hear it next […]

Why is Everyone Shocked About Rice?

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People are stupid. How else can you explain the huge story that rages on this week about Ray Rice.  We got ten extra seconds of video from TMZ about Ray Rice and that unfortunate incident with his wife back in February, and suddenly, the whole world changed!  For Rice.  For his wife.  For the Ravens. […]

NFL Double Standard is What is Wrong With This Country

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I read a story today that incenses me. That is nothing unusual. Many, many things about this world that I live in currently insense me, but this is particular made my blood boil. The story has to do with Robert Griffin III, and a post game interview after his game yesterday. Griffin, of course, got […]