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This is the Ol’ Sports Talker and he is wishing everyone a safe Friday the 13^th!

How bad is a sport when it’s biggest hero retired some years ago? I’m talking about Cal Riken Jr. and baseball. Each team has some hero’s, but before you know it, they are traded. I guess you could make a case for Ken Griffey Jr. I don’t know anyone who has a bad thing to say about him. Baseball just seems to be filled this days with multi-millionaires who do steroids and HGH and could care less about fans or the HOF.

At least football has stars and hero’s. You either love them or respect them, like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Brett Farve. The list is too long to start typing here. Many thought NASCAR was through when Dale Earnhardt died. Only to be replaced by a new wave of hero’s. And even though NASCAR drivers don’t do as many autograph session that they used to, it’s still semi-fan friendly.

Hockey and Indy Car Racing have their own hero’s known within each sport. In fact, Hockey and Indy Car Racing seem to go out of their way to get their players/racers...

This is the Ol’ Sports Talker Football is over for another season. All I have to look forward to is the NFL draft and minor league baseball.

Super Bowl 43 is History and it was one of the best super Bowls I have seen. The Arizona Cardinals had a chance to put the Steelers away, only to come up short in the end. The game that the “experts” said no one would watch, turned out to be one of the highest games ever. I have had to listen to Pittsburgh Steelers fans tell me that their team is the greatest of al time. (Sorry, I’m not sure of that.) That is usually followed by how great the Cowboys are. I have to congratulate the Steelers and their fans for six Super Bowl victories. Now we have free agency and the NFL draft to look forward to.

Albert Haynesworth a COLTS? While at the NFL Pro Bowl, someone tossed him a COLTS helmet. I have mixed emotions about this. While I would love to see him bring his intensity to the COLTS, The picture of him stepping on a payer is still in my mind. Bill Polian is not one to...