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Franck Ribery Is Ugly (And Other Qualms with Selling Cristiano Ronaldo)

Last summer, I didn't know what to think about Cristiano Ronaldo's possible departure. Now, the reigning player of the year is all but gone, and not much has changed. I still don't know what to make of losing one of the best players in the world...

Written by Justin Swiderski about 5 months ago 3,229 reads 13 comments
Juvenile Joy: How Ken Griffey Jr. Brings Back the Kid in Me

I'm a childish sports fan. I know I'm not alone when I admit that, because it's inherent to being a good fan. Performing the odd rituals that are expected of us requires a fairly low level of maturity, and I don't even think I'm as childish as they come..

Written by Justin Swiderski about 9 months ago 393 reads 20 comments
Joey Gathright Signing Best Move of Chicago Cubs' Offseason

It's been difficult for me to watch the Cubbies this offseason. Not that I thought the 2007 and '08 N.L. Central champs needed much re-tooling, but the moves they have (and haven't) made just don't feel like good ones to me...

Written by Justin Swiderski about 11 months ago 481 reads 15 comments
Hubris and Humiliation: Chicago Cubs Fans Help Make It 100 Years

Are you happy Cubs fans? Are you proud of yourselves? Because this one's on you. With a team that hadn't won a World Series in a century, Cubs fans and the media have been acting as if there ...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 435 reads 3 comments
Cristiano Ronaldo: What's a Manchester United Fan To Do?

It was all going so well. Manchester United were the best team in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo the best player. They'd won a terrific double; he'd scored 42 goals along the way. They'd held off Chelsea, he'd scored the only Reds' goal in regulation...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 1,326 reads 11 comments
Relationship Counseling: Is Allen Iverson's Heart in Philadelphia?

It felt good watching Allen Iverson get cheers upon cheers of a standing ovation heaped upon him last night in his return to Philadelphia, the type of "welcome home" that enough athletes don't receive in our booing obsessed fan culture...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 2,264 reads 6 comments
MLB Spring Training Running Notes: Twins-Yankees

I'm a little bit bored this Wednesday afternoon, so I thought I'd try out a running notes column on the Yankees-Twins spring training game that's on ESPN right now...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 1,068 reads 2 comments
Blasphemy: I'm Glad Brett Favre Is Done

I know I'll never make it as a sportswriter, for one reason:I've never liked Brett Favre.It seems to be an unwritten prerequisite for being a sports journalist that you have to like Favre...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 1,198 reads 30 comments
Lou Piniella Killing the Cubs with Lineup

It's the best of times and the worst of times if you're a Cubs fan. Baseball is back, and the Cubs are at HoHoKam Park preparing to break a million hearts for the 100th straight year...

Written by Justin Swiderski about about 1 year ago 1,029 reads 18 comments

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Justin Swiderski Article Archive

Franck Ribery Is Ugly (And Other Qualms with Selling Cristiano Ronaldo)

Juvenile Joy: How Ken Griffey Jr. Brings Back the Kid in Me

Joey Gathright Signing Best Move of Chicago Cubs' Offseason

Hubris and Humiliation: Chicago Cubs Fans Help Make It 100 Years

Cristiano Ronaldo: What's a Manchester United Fan To Do?

Relationship Counseling: Is Allen Iverson's Heart in Philadelphia?

MLB Spring Training Running Notes: Twins-Yankees

Blasphemy: I'm Glad Brett Favre Is Done

Lou Piniella Killing the Cubs with Lineup

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