Columnoscopy: Columns for 'The Observer' (Book)

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Rated: ASR · Book · Opinion · #1831146

Columns penned for local paper; sports-related with a 'humoristic' slant...

Opinion columns  - primarily sports - written for local paper, where people really should - but apparently don't - know any better...
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 10/16/15: Pearls of Wisdom 2.97k
Chapter 2 10/2/15: 'Meaningful games in September' a stretch 3.35k
Chapter 3 9/11/15: Prediction? Pain. Lots of it. 4.47k
Chapter 4 8/29/15: Unfettered Wisdom 3.23k
Chapter 5 8/1/15: Stubborn Indians Must Learn From Mistakes 3.17k
Chapter 6 7/17/15: Lack of All-Stars Indicative of Tribe's Troubles 3.07k
Chapter 7 5/1/15: Little Love for the SI jinx 3.41k
Chapter 8 4/17/15: The emperor’s new clothes 3.60k
Chapter 9 3/27/15: No reservations about '95 Indians 3.41k
Chapter 10 3/13/15: Browns channel featuring another season of reruns 3.33k
Chapter 11 2/27/15: Send in the (Mc)Clowns 3.24k
Chapter 12 2/13/15: Bad Hair Day 3.52k
Chapter 13 1/30/15: Setting My Valentine Free 2.32k
Chapter 14 1/2/15: Cleveland sports: The year in preview 2.99k
Chapter 15 12/5/14: Test Your Sports IQ 4.46k
Chapter 16 11/21/14: Thanks-Giving the bird 2.02k
Chapter 17 11/7/14: Fool me twice? 3.31k
Chapter 18 10/24/14: What's all the crying about? 3.10k
Chapter 19 10/10/14: A look back at the Kardiac Kids 3.42k
Chapter 20 9/26/14: Tribe Swishing with re-Bourn roster 2.98k
Chapter 21 9/12/14: Perception is reality? 3.83k
Chapter 22 8/29/14: A tale of two cornerstones 3.29k
Chapter 23 8/15/14: Does LeBron's return = a championship? 3.28k
Chapter 24 8/1/14: Blame the Dolans for the state of the Tribe 3.27k
Chapter 25 7/18/14: Cavs owner Gilbert to finally win crown 3.20k
Chapter 26 7/4/14: It's time for MLB to deep-six the DH 2.99k
Chapter 27 6/20/14: The Wizard behind the 'Steel Curtain' 3.38k
Chapter 28 6/6/14: What I don't want to see this summer 3.42k
Chapter 29 5/23/14: Do Away with the Cliché 2.91k
Chapter 30 5/9/14: Johnny (had better) B. Goode 3.03k
Chapter 31 4/25/14: It's earlier than you think 3.95k
Chapter 32 4/11/14: Spinning syntax to renew the sin tax 3.46k
Chapter 33 3/28/14: It Only Hurts When I Inhale 3.85k
Chapter 34 3/14/14: It's Tribe Time Now! 3.29k
Chapter 35 2/28/14: My Little Green Conscience 3.47k
Chapter 36 2/14/14: Jimmy Haslam: Déjà Vu Once Again 3.12k
Chapter 37 1/31/14: Comparatively Speaking 2.97k
Chapter 38 1/17/14: Browns Train Has Jumped the Track 3.00k
Chapter 39 1/3/14: What Will 2014 Bring Cleveland's Sports Teams? 3.40k
Chapter 40 12/6/13: 'Twas the Night Before Deadline (Revisited) 3.55k
Chapter 41 11/22/13: Testing Your Patience 3.99k
Chapter 42 11/8/13: Big Show = Big Mess 3.12k
Chapter 43 10/25/13: Premature Air Loss 3.63k
Chapter 44 10/11/13: Breaking Bad: Indians, Browns Bumble Success 3.27k
Chapter 45 9/27/13: It's no Cyn to be Cynical 3.16k
Chapter 46 9/13/13: When the 'it' Hits the Fan 3.35k
Chapter 47 8/30/13: Wahoo Rhetoric: Why did I come back? 3.58k
Chapter 48 8/16/13: Tribe Manager has tough Acta to follow 3.18k
Chapter 49 8/2/13: On Good Terms With the Browns 3.44k
Chapter 50 7/19/13: (Re)Play it Again, Sam 3.21k
Chapter 51 7/5/13: Bitter (Sports) Pills to Swallow 3.16k
Chapter 52 6/21/13: Par for the Course 3.49k
Chapter 53 6/7/13: Relatively Speaking 3.78k
Chapter 54 5/24/13: A Thorn By Any Other Name is Cleveland Sports 3.07k
Chapter 55 5/10/13: Food For Thought 3.80k
Chapter 56 4/26/13: A Raw Deal 3.38k
Chapter 57 4/12/13: This Column is a 'Must Read' 3.20k
Chapter 58 3/29/13: Season potentially a breeze for Tribe hitters 4.48k
Chapter 59 3/15/13: Putting the 'Psycho' in Sports Psychology 2.93k
Chapter 60 3/1/13: Tribe rolling the Dice-K with their pitching 3.89k
Chapter 61 2/15/13: 1968: Dark days for the Tribe 3.60k
Chapter 62 2/1/13: Tribial Pursuit 3.50k
Chapter 63 1/18/13: The Road to the Super 8 Bowl 3.26k
Chapter 64 1/4/13: Resolutions 3.27k
Chapter 65 12/7/12: 'Twas the night before deadline 3.70k
Chapter 66 11/23/12: Don't quote me on this, but... 3.61k
Chapter 67 11/9/12: The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind 3.55k
Chapter 68 10/26/12: Boo! (For Halloween...Or a Brown's Fan?) 3.28k
Chapter 69 10/12/12: Being a good sport in politics 3.74k
Chapter 70 9/28/12: Browns 'ring of honor' a ring of fire. 3.94k
Chapter 71 9/14/12: The Art of deception 3.91k
Chapter 72 8/31/12: Larry, Paulie & Dough-lan: The Three Stooges 3.19k
Chapter 73 8/17/12: Pavlov's Dawg Pound 4.47k
Chapter 74 8/3/12: On the brink of (can't w)insanity... 3.58k
Chapter 75 7/20/12: The Man of Steel(ers) 4.19k
Chapter 76 7/6/12: Tribe's Window of Opportunity... 3.34k
Chapter 77 6/22/12: What If...The Tribe Knew How to Promote? 4.06k
Chapter 78 6/8/12: A Grand Father's Day 4.17k
Chapter 79 5/25/12: The Cleveland Marathon - Memorable 'Runs' 4.52k
Chapter 80 5/11/12: A Strong Whiff of "What if?" 5.58k
Chapter 81 4/27/12: A draft, or perhaps the winds of change? 4.39k
Chapter 82 4/13/12: No offense, but... 5.41k
Chapter 83 3/30/12: For openers... 5.21k
Chapter 84 3/16/12: Dolan Out Excuses 3.53k
Chapter 85 3/2/12: What the Health? 3.65k
Chapter 86 2/17/12: The Taming of the Not-So-Shrewd... 4.06k
Chapter 87 2/3/12: A Case (or four six-packs) of Mistaken Identity 3.93k
Chapter 88 1/20/12: April Fools; Lunacy Rules... 3.52k
Chapter 89 1/6/12: Spring Training & Wiffle Balls... 3.99k

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