Before they kick off on Friday night, let's try to put some perspective on why area football teams are out there in the first place. And if winning is their focus, why apologize for it? Why play if you don't intend to win?

As the story of who knew what, when, and what did they do about it rolls on, doesn’t it make you wonder if anyone, anywhere, is content to report the truth...when it's confirmed that it is the truth?

We may never know the facts of who knew what, and when, in the Ohio State coaching and abuse scandal. But whatever comes, it's doubtful there's going to be a clear-cut winner in the end.

My weekend trip to California was eye-opening, for sure, and another reason to appreciate how the other half lives. And by the way...it's a very good reason to appreciate how we live back here in the Midwest, too.

They open the doors to baseball heaven next weekend for a handful of new members, and none of them with Pete Rose’s credentials. Just beneficiaries of America’s most curious double standard.