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Ron Barr's Archived Commentaries

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Brett Favre: A Sad Ending to a Great Career Premiered 8/7/08
One Who Touched So Many Premiered 4/12/08
NBA Basketball, Boooooring! Premiered 1/28/08
Bill Walsh: Friend, Coach, and Extraordinary Person Premiered 8/8/07
Gay Athlete, Does It Really Matter? Premiered 2/12/07
Reflections on a Winner in Sports and Life Premiered 12/15/06
Sports Heroes, Rare and Few Premiered 7/31/06
Caring Owner, A Dying Breed Premiered 4/6/06
Officiating, Not an Easy Job Premiered 2/9/06
The Real Game Is Life Premiered 12/27/05
Clothes Don't Make the Person Premiered 10/20/05
Real People, Real Heroes, Real Role Models Premiered 9/16/05
Sports Byline USA Goes to Iraq as Reported by Ron Barr Premiered 8/17/05
Stupid Does, As Stupid Is Premiered 6/15/05
Cheating is in Our Genes Premiered 3/22/05
A Sign of the Times Premiered 1/13/05
Enough is Enough Premiered 11/23/04
The Changing Face of Sports Premiered 10/11/04
Classy, From Beginning to End Premiered 09/07/04
Sports, That’s Why They Play the Games Premiered 06/17/04
Everyday Heroes Premiered 04/30/04
Sports: Looking For Its Moral Compass Premiered 02/03/04
Mr. D: Hall of Famer Premiered 10/14/03
Kobe: A Lesson Learned Premiered 7/31/03
Sports: The Circus is in Town Premiered 05/13/03
Loyalty: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Premiered 04/16/03
The Good Gone Bad Premiered 09/30/02
Cheating in Sports, Our National Pastime Premiered 07/19/02
Sports Greatness: Fleeting and Special Premiered 04/19/02
Sports: Win At All Costs Premiered 03/05/02
Sports: New Year, New Hope Premiered 1/10/02
Baseball: Get It Right or Shut It Down Premiered 11/12/01
Sports: Part of the Healing Process Premiered 9/21/01
The Good Die Young...and Needlessly Premiered 8/8/01
Hero and Anti-Hero: Cal Ripken, Jr. and Barry Bonds Premiered 7/2/01
Baseball: Too Many Teams, Too Many Problems Premiered 5/16/01
Baseball: Bottom of the Ninth Premiered 4/13/01
Sports: A Deadly Game Premiered 2/27/01
The NFL is Killing the Game Premiered 12/19/00
Where Have All the Fans Gone? Premiered 11/30/00
Idiots, Jerks, and Just Plain Stupidity Premiered 10/16/00
Tiger: The Perils of Greatness Premiered 8/16/00
SI: From the Penthouse to the Outhouse Premiered 7/16/00
Macho Men: Athletes Who Want to Play Forever Premiered 6/16/00
What Ever Happened to Good Sportsmanship? Premiered 5/16/00
The NCAA: The Darth Vader of Sports Premiered 4/13/00
Race and Sports Premiered 1/17/00
Fans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Premiered 11/28/99
Is Sports ZZZZZZZ or is it Just Me? Premiered 10/12/99
Good Guys, Bad Guys Premiered 8/15/99
Common Sense and Doing What's Right Premiered 5/30/99
The Buck Stops Here, Or Does It? Premiered 4/2/99
Baseball: The Time Has Come Premiered 2/5/99
Teers, Jeers and Boos Premiered 12/15/98
Loyalty: It’s a Two Way Street Premiered 10/15/98
NFL: The No Fun League Premiered 8/6/98
Michael Jordan, Latrell Sprewell and the NBA
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Premiered 6/18/98
Autographs: An obligation? Premiered 4/6/98
PGA: Arrogant, Stupid and Clueless Premiered 2/13/98
It's Sports, Not Brain Surgery Premiered 1/7/98
Be Careful What You Say Premiered 10/4/97
Sports are What Makes the World Go Round Premiered 7/24/97
Sports: What Happened to That Tingling Feeling? Premiered 6/2/97
Sports: Time for a Reality Check Premiered 4/8/97
Sports: Who's Running the Asylum? Premiered 2/11/97
Sports: Leave it to Women to Show Us the Way Premiered 11/8/96
Journalism: Never Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story Premiered 9/19/96
College Athletes: Will Dribble, Tackle and Play for Food Premiered 8/22/96
The Olympics Have Come to America and Does Anyone Care? Premiered 7/15/96
Sports: Troubling Times Premiered 6/4/96
The Media: Morons or Guardians of the Truth? Premiered 4/23/96
Ticket Prices: Good Business or Gone Too Far? Premiered 4/3/96
The National Anthem: Tradition or Time to Change? Premiered 3/19/96
Athletes: Dumb Jocks or Role Models? Premiered 2/29/96

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