Tip of the Week

Ray Rice dragged his unconscious girlfriend from an elevator after having knocked her out, resulting in a charge not of assault, but of aggravated assault. Ray said, “Failure is not getting knocked down, failure is not getting back up.” In other words, he did not fail because he was learning from his mistake and trying…

The question of whether the Washington Redskins should change their name has been simmering again in recent months. Supporters of the Redskin name like it and mean no disrespect by it; to them it simply means a “fierce competitiveness” which honors the Native American. The larger question is not how “I” feel about it –…

Even most Yankee fans will have to think a while before they can remember who was the shortstop before Derek Jeter. Jeter has been the face of the New York Yankees for as long as we can remember. The Yankees are a franchise that is disliked by many fans for the reasons we all know…

July 4th is the day we celebrate the Declaration of Independence and our birth as a nation. We were founded on the principle of Freedom – that each person is created free and equal before the law, that no one group has privileges that others do not have, and that no person or group can…

Many young athletes may not know Tony Gwynn, but it is important to remember him. Why? Because he was a great baseball player, but more importantly, because he was a great person. He went to college in San Diego, then played his entire career for the San Diego Padres. He was a great symbol, like…

The World Cup is another one of the great international sporting events. Like the Olympics, soccer is a sport which reaches across borders and can bridge differences of race, politics and other differences because it is one activity that is universally loved and shared. The Code says, “I will display caring and honorable behavior off…

The National Spelling Bee is a competition, but not a sport. New Yorker Sriram Hathwar, 14, and Texan Ansun Sujoe, 13, just tied for the title by spelling words we can’t pronounce, and have no clue as to their meaning. We wondered, how does this relate to the Code? There is nothing more central to…

Caleb Johnson won the “American Idol” singing contest on television. It makes us wonder: who is your idol? All young people have their “idol” and adults continue to have people they admire and respect. Along the way to winning, Caleb said some things about disabled people that he regretted – some comments that failed to…

Dau Jok was born in the Sudan; his father was killed in the revolution when he was 6, and so with his mother and siblings he became a refugee – first in Uganda and eventually in the U. S. From that background of nothingness, Dau earned a basketball scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where…

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned L. A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the NBA for life for the racist remarks he made a few days ago – remarks so offensive and familiar to all that they need not be repeated. Jimmy Fallon, anticipating the boos that may well greet Robinson Cano upon his return to…