The Death of the 'Old Army Buddy'
On Memorial Day, former soldiers of all ages will be touching base with their brothers in arms, but as Michael Auslin writes in the Washington Post , real Old Army Buddies are on the verge of...
View ArticleRed Sox Draft Another Yastrzemski
A familiar name might someday being roaming the outfield for the Boston Red Sox. The team today drafted the grandson of Carl Yastrzemski, reports the Globe . The younger Yaz, Michael, is 18 and no sure...
View Article16-Year-Old Quits School for Pros
A 16-year-old baseball player is skipping his last 2 years of high school to head to college—and hopefully a big-league contract, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bryce Harper’s father...
View ArticleTo End Afghan War, Reinstitute the Draft
There’s one surefire way to end the war in Afghanistan: bring back the draft. After all, that's what worked in the '60s, writes cartoonist Jeff Danziger, who was drafted and served in Vietnam. The...
View ArticleTrump Used Deferments to Dodge Vietnam Draft
Donald Trump must have "misremembered" when he told an interview this week that he avoided serving in the Vietnam War solely because he held a high draft number, according to documents obtained by The...
View ArticleSwiss Hate War, but Want to Keep Big Army
The paradox that is Switzerland: Due to its stance of neutrality, the country hasn't been in an international war in 200 years, yet it continues its policy of mandatory military conscription for young...
View Article'Intolerable' Verdi Situation About to Be Righted
A 19th-century trunk filled with 5,000 pages of Giuseppe Verdi's "musical musings, stage directions, afterthoughts, and reconsiderations" has long been considered a "holy grail" of sorts, inaccessible...
View ArticlePeople Were Really Starved for a Sporting Event
Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive producer said he was overwhelmed with how everything...
View ArticleDennis Rodman's Daughter Now a Pro Athlete
Trinity Rodman was selected as the second overall pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft on Wednesday, cementing her entrance into professional sports, just like her father before her. The...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....