If you haven’t already seen this terrific article in the New York Times by Richard Sandomir I would invite you to take the time to check it out. It explains an all too painful truth that we are precariously close to losing an art form.

And be sure to take a look at this article on my site by Murray Olderman about the Art and History of Sports Cartooning. I’ve added a few things to it myself.

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I think this cartoon is one that a lot of people can relate to. I know I’m guilty as charged. Those are my favorite kinds of cartoons to draw. Ones that resonate with just about everybody even if you aren’t a sports fan.

Tough we all knew it was coming it was indeed hard to hear that Brian Dawkins was retiring. I always liked the way he played the game with great passion and awareness and integrity. He will be missed more as a leader in the locker room than as a great player on the field. For me, he joins Rod Smith as my two favorite all-time Broncos players. Clone Smith on offense and Dawkins on defense and no telling how many Lombardi trophies the Broncos could rack up.

Not only was that news a bit on the bleak side, but try to be a Saints fan these days. Talk about a franchise implosion of epic proportions. Enough to make a grown man think about tossing his Saints sweatshirt away. But not quite:)

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I remember a time when I used to love the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The intensity. The excellence of play “kicked up a notch”.
Now it’s just a bunch of brawls to the walls, mayhem and madness. Sick and sicker. I dunno. It’s like the league condones the level of violence these playoffs have escalated to. I can’t watch it. It makes me nauseous. I think I’m about to take baseball a bit more seriously.

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