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I am a little late to the party on this post as I have been thinking about it for a while. My writing fire faded some over the past few weeks but one particular topic has annoyed me to occasional bouts of rage recently. I feel that in America, there is becoming more of a "violence culture". It is becoming more okay to act violently. Sports, as of late, have only added to this culture. There are quite a few off the field issues that have occurred over the past few years that I could point to (Ray Rice and Joe Mixon among others), and I don't want to downplay the serious nature of such incidences, but I take an extreme issue when violence enters the field of play. In a playoff game between the Washington Wizards and the Boston Celtics not even two weeks ago, emotions boiled over. Kelly Oubre Jr., angry about a questionable screen from Celtic Kelly Olynyk, ran over to the Celtic and with force threw him to the ground. One night later, a similar yet less extreme alterca...

I don't want to say that April was boring in the sports world. That is not my intention. The college basketball national championship, which is always exciting, started the month. The beginning of baseball also spurred sporting interests through a relatively mundane regular season in basketball. Then the NBA started its playoffs. This far, the playoffs have been good...compared to last year. Yes, last year was all about the blowouts and this year seems more competitive. Then there was the NFL draft complete with its fair share of surprises. But really, what is the stories? Where are the angles? I've thought about discussing my extreme distaste for physical violence perpetrating the NBA. But my annoyances will be saved for another day. I've thought about bringing up the Stanley Cup playoffs. But my knowledge is limited there (though I am more excited about it) and that topic doesn't bring in readers (not like I have a huge readership to begin with.....we should cha...