New Year’s Resolutions 2/2 – NFL Edition

Round 2 of New Year’s Resolutions – but resolutions that are owed to me – are all in honor of the “greatest,” most successful sports organization in the world:  The National Football League.  I love football.  I have been watching, learning, and studying football since I was about 8 years old.  Back where I grew…

The Great Movie Post (3/6) For the Drama

Hero when an individual either gains a super power or uses great ability to accomplish something Drama just the human element of drama, but not the drama queen kind Sports Drama with or without balls Death Drama when a movie sucks us into someone life, and the only way to end the story is with…

Why Advertising People Are Annoying

Not only do I love sports, but I’m one of those people who take sports too seriously.  For example, it’s not a secret that my favorite sports team of all sports teams is the New York Yankees.  Their uniforms do NOT have names on the back, but sporting goods stores regularly sell Yankees jerseys WITH…

How About a Little Competition?

re-posted – because you’ve never read it. Remember when you “made the team”?  Maybe you’re old enough to remember when you went to try-outs, struggled through practice, had a number pinned on your shirt as you caught grounders and fly balls and waited your turn at bat.  You stood in front of coaches or judges…

Sweet Sweet Sweat

Reposted and edited.  Or revised.  Whatever. I was recently watching tennis, the French Open.  One of my favorite sports events ever is Wimbledon.  That and the U.S. Open (tennis version) are bittersweet because Wimbledon marks the beginning of summer, ironically culminating around July 4, and the U.S. Open sadly marks the end of summer.  However,…

The 8th Commandment

  originally posted about 5 years ago, but you never read it… i was recently in a sporting good store standing near one of the registers, making a purchase, when a tall guy walked up around the line of registers and out the door. as he walked past me, the 20-something guy made too much eye…

Forgive Bill Buckner

  Of all the screw ups, errors, epic fails, and just plain f**k ups in all of sports, one of the most remembered is Bill Buckner’s error at first base that gave Game 6 of the 1986 World Series to the New York Mets instead of the Boston Red Sox.  I don’t need to bore…