American Spectator editor Paul Kengor appeared on the Drew Mariani Show Thursday. Up for discussion were two articles published in the American Spectator on how drag queens have become a weapon in the culture war. In “On Drag Queens and the…
In recent weeks, the Los Angeles Dodgers made headlines by flip-flopping on whether or not to honor a group of anti-Catholic drag queens at their annual Pride Night. First pressured by Christians and then pressured by LGBTQ activists, the Dodgers…
Strength for the Fight: The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson By Gary Scott Smith (Eerdmans, 315 pages, $25) Today, April 15, is Jackie Robinson Day. This annual commemoration by Major League Baseball of its first black player, the man…
When I read that one Major League Baseball spring training game ended on a time clock violation, the Twilight Zone theme resonated — not to be confused with any twilight doubleheader. After all, doubleheaders have been deposited into the dustbin…
Baseball’s playoff period is a perfect time to reflect on how that sport’s institutional missteps reflect those of American society and politics. One of the game’s most wonderful attributes used to be its ability to bring people together, regardless of…
It was hardly a surprise, after all he was 94, but the news of Vin Scully’s death Tuesday brings great sadness nonetheless. He was a great broadcaster and a great man who loved baseball, the Dodgers, his family, his country,…
The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, and a Hit By Ron Shelton (Knopf, 243 pages, $30) I’ve spent many a happy hour in various pews of the Church of Baseball, and…
There is a classic scene in the 1991 hit movie City Slickers starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, and Bruno Kirby. Two of the dude-ranch patrons (Stern and Kirby), out on a let’s-pretend cattle drive, are walking toward a campfire and…
TAMPA, Fla. — Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $35 million the state legislature had approved in the latest state budget to help build a spring training facility for the Tampa Bay Rays. “I don’t support giving taxpayer dollars…
I heard it on Colin Cowherd’s entertaining radio show, and it was a statistic about Russell Westbrook, basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers. Westbrook, who lives rent-free in a room in Cowherd’s head (Aaron Rodgers and Baker Mayfield live…