The Statesman

The Empire strikes again: Yankee’s cut online ticket-printing

Nick Zararis • February 25, 2016

The Yankees, in all their wisdom, are not allowing for print-at-home PDF-file tickets for the upcoming season.

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Things that Donald Trump actually got right

Nick Zararis • February 18, 2016

For all his mindless theatrics, Trump has occasionally, and surprisingly, struck the nail right on the head.

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I have a dream that we won’t be so politically correct

Nick Zararis • February 4, 2016

Modifying or censoring history to avoid offending a particular special interest group is not something anybody should be doing, especially institutions of higher learning.

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All for one and PEDs for all

Nick Zararis • January 28, 2016

If you’re going to dope these guys up to the point where they can’t feel their faces in order to get them back in the game, isn’t that a performance enhancing drug?

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Limiting offensive comedy isn’t funny anymore

Nick Zararis • December 1, 2015

The culture today has been so geared to avoid offending anyone that there is a total unwillingness to make certain jokes.

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Baseball is over, let the Mets bandwagon exodus begin

Nick Zararis • November 3, 2015

Is it ever okay to bandwagon?

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NCAA shows inconsistency, misjudgment again with Fournette

Nick Zararis • October 29, 2015

For a week in 2005, LSU football star Leonard Fournette’s family had to live on a bridge because of the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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She was a skater girl, and she’s finally getting paid for it

Nick Zararis • October 20, 2015

The groundbreaking National Women's Hockey League is the first of its kind to pay its players. Make no mistake, these girls can play the game of hockey.

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Whether or not it wants it, the UK is getting more football

Nick Zararis • October 13, 2015

The next step for evil mastermind Roger Goodell after exhibitions would be a full time franchise in London to make one poor division the unluckiest in professional sports.

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The NFL is turning into the No Fun League

Nick Zararis • October 7, 2015

These are grown men being paid obscene amounts of money to play a game and provide entertainment; they should be allowed to have some fun within the game.

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Winners podium for worst decisions of the week

Nick Zararis • October 1, 2015

To award those who make the most outrageous of choices, accidental or otherwise, these three people stand proud on the podium for worst decisions of the week.

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Sports gambling has too many fans to be illegal

Nick Zararis • September 29, 2015

What is the difference between gambling on point spreads, which is illegal, and picking a team of players and wagering on their output, which is legal in 45 states?

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