
Steve DeShazo
Sports Editor at The Free Lance-Star
Trophy husband, enemy of the people, Former Free Lance-Star sports editor, media dinosaur, human scum.
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1 week ago |
stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo
Associated Press photoMotivation comes in a variety of forms for athletes. Famously being cut from his high school varsity basketball team as a sophomore helped fuel Michael Jordan’s ascent to the top of his sport, and he later invented perceived slights as incentive to stay there. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. For Tyrese Haliburton, there’s no need to make up disrespect.
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1 week ago |
stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo
Anyone who knows me likely would agree that I don’t do change lightly. I had one job for 39 years, and my 2013 model RAV 4 has 180,000 miles on it. I also had the same legal address for 35 years until recently selling our townhouse in Fredericksburg. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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2 weeks ago |
stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo
Associated Press photoAs a writer and a prostate cancer survivor, I feel qualified to say that Joe Biden doesn’t deserve either end of the devastating 1-2 punch that he’s had to endure over the past week. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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3 weeks ago |
stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo
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3 weeks ago |
stevedeshazo.substack.com | Steve DeShazo
Associated Press photoYou could argue — with a straight face, if you could manage to keep it — that Pete Rose was ahead of his time. Thanks for reading Steve’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Baseball’s all-time hits leader died a pariah last year, banned for life in 1991 for betting on the sport while managing the Cincinnati Reds (and, from all reports, while playing for them).
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