John Markon

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  Infamy awaits Lannan or any other Nats pitcher who gives up #756, advises John Markon of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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  Published on: 6/15/2007    Last Visited: 6/15/2007  

  By JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST

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  Published on: 5/13/2007    Last Visited: 5/13/2007  

  By JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
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  Contact staff writer John Markon at jmarkon@timesdispatch.com or (804) 649-6891.

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  Published on: 7/21/2007    Last Visited: 7/21/2007  

  Staff writer John Markon provides everything you need to know to be ready for today's Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs

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  Published on: 8/21/2007    Last Visited: 8/24/2007  

  By JOHN MARKON

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  Published on: 3/1/2005    Last Visited: 12/1/2007  

  Whatever the impetus, the T-D made up for the paltry coverage and then some, sending columnist John Markon down to lovely Viera.
  
  The T-D's baseball coverage---aside from that of the hometown R-Braves ---isn't exactly sophisticated.The only major sport it covers less extensively than MLB is the NBA.But when the T-D devotes local column space to MLB, the source is usually the R-Braves' beat writer or Markon.
  
  Markon's fairly baseball savvy---I recall him citing Bill James as early as 1993---and gives the Richmond readers a pretty good run-down of what to expect from the Nationals.
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  So, keep plugging away there, Markon; this town'll be part of Nats Nation before we know it.

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  Published on: 6/10/2007    Last Visited: 6/10/2007  

  By JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
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  If there's anyone anywhere capable of making meaningful comparisons between baseball teams from Midlothian, Va., and Walla Walla, Wash., I'd like to know who he is and how he does it.

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  Published on: 5/5/2007    Last Visited: 5/5/2007  

  By JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

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  Published on: 2/3/2003    Last Visited: 3/13/2007  

  JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST Feb 03, 2003Contact John Markon at (804) 649-6892 or jmarkon@timesdispatch.com
  
  Call me insensitive, but I just can't work up too much sympathy for LeBron James, the 18-year-old Ohio basketball phenom whose prep career may have come to a premature end over the weekend when he was ruled ineligible by his state high school athletic association.
  
  James, who's only a few months away from the NBA draft and a multimillion dollar contract, was undone when he accepted $845 worth of clothing.Now, he can accept all the gifts he likes.Beyond that, he can start cashing in on his ability.If his mother wants to buy him a $70,000 customized military assault vehicle - or if James wants to buy his mother a $500,000 house - there's no problem.
  
  If James wants to lead a posse of 20 close personal friends into a store and walk out with some free shirts while his entourage buys at steep discounts, it would only be his business and the store's.
  
  The only thing standing between James and the lifestyle he wants to enjoy was his insistence on being a varsity basketball player at his high school, St. Vincent's-St.Mary's of Akron.
  
  James already has played on two Ohio state championship teams and one state runner-up.Does anyone think the pro scouts and the shoe company reps calling the shots on James' future gave even half a rip over how he fared in this year's regionals?The kid could have torn an ACL or something.Hasn't he ever heard of Willis McGahee?
  
  James, of course, is on record as calling his SVSM teammates his "brothers" and saying he wants to lead his team to not only a state but a national championship, even though there is no credible or recognized national championship for high school boys.
  
  When SVSM traveled to Los Angeles for a shoe company-sponsored tournament, however, there was a chauffeured limo waiting at the airport for James while his coaches and his "brothers" took a bus.James' dedication to his championship goal didn't include having the patience to wait until after the basketball season to collect his Humvee or his free gear.
  
  At SVSM, the team was James and James was the team.Watching him on television, he seemed like a talented, selfish player who was barely aware of what his four teammates on the court were doing, as long as they prioritized getting him the ball.Why did he need another month or two of that?
  
  People are ripping his school in the same way private high schools tend to get ripped when they indulge in recruiting and scholarship athletics.

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  Published on: 12/11/2002    Last Visited: 3/13/2007  

  JOHN MARKONTIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST Dec 11, 2002Contact John Markon at (804) 649-6892 or jmarkon@timesdispatch.com
  
  If you didn't know that he grew up in South Roanoke, you'd swear Tiki Barber was a product of the streets of New York City.

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