Ode to a Bad “Coach”
Once upon a midday swelter, as I sat there, helter-skelter, Benches blazing from the afternoon sun and more While I sat there, mad and fuming, there the "coach" stand barely moving. "Coach" I use in a very loose manner, as...
Sports and Hard Lessons Learned
I sat in my living room the other night as the game clock rapidly counted down the life of the season for my Dallas Stars, two wins short of skating Lord Stanley’s Cup around an empty arena in Edmonton. Frustrated...
I Don’t Want My Son to be a Heisman Winner
It appears Johnny Manziel has been found out. I believe we’re up to six autograph signings for three different memorabilia brokers in which Manziel was compensated. I’ve heard many different views on the whole situation, all of which seem to...
Sports Rant: Coaching Carousel
It’s that time of year again. That time when college football coaches forget they’re under contract and athletic directors fail to say “Hey Coach! See this? This is the contract you signed not more than 12 months ago to be...
Transparent Idiocy: Athletes and Social Media
Whether you love it or hate it, social media is here to stay and only seems to grow stronger by the day. I think it can be an awesomely effective tool for businesses to connect with customers. Almost as if...
The Danger of Role Models
I’m a sports junkie. I’ve been known to ingest football at unhealthy levels, to the point where the number of hours watched in a single sitting exceed the number of hours of daylight in an early Fall day. I’ve also...
The Importance of Work
The 267-page Freeh report came out last week detailing former FBI director Louis Freeh’s findings in the Penn State Child Abuse case. Suffice it to say that multiple, high-ranking men, with the power to do something, knew of Jerry Sandusky’s despicable acts...
Swing and a Miss: The MLB All-Star Game
“This Time It Counts.” That’s the bill of goods Major League Baseball is selling its fans now. Since 2003 the league that wins the All-Star Game is awarded home field advantage for the World Series. This abomination has been discussed,...
NFL Rookie Symposium
The NFL held their annual Rookie Symposium last week. It’s basically a 4 day prep course to grow college “student-athletes” into NFL players. Lectures, skits and discussion panels make up the majority of the symposium detailing various aspects of life...
Baseball Rant: Doctored Baseballs
After hearing about the recent ejection and 8-game suspension of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Joel Peralta for using pine tar to improve his grip, I started confusing myself trying to figure out the backwards logic of most pitchers. And I have...