I just completed a ten day challenge on Facebook to name my top ten athletes of all time. Not necessarily the greatest ten athletes, but my personal favorites. Ones who inspired me at different stages in my life. It was a fun trip through time remembering the feelings I had […]
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Have you ever noticed how Cris Collinsworth, analyst for NBC Sunday Night Football, always calls the NFL the “National Football League?” He has to say the entire name like we forgot what “NFL” stands for. It must be more definitive to not use the acronym. I guess, it’s like when […]
I can’t wait for Jim Carrey to play Tom Brady in the made-for-TV movie about the Patriots…
There are only three settings for the professional football linebacker brain: procreate, eat, and kill. It looks like Clay Matthews was in kill mode as the Packers smoked da Bears 35-14 on this Thursday night.
This year’s Masters golf tournament leader board sounds like a rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: “On Walker, on Woodland, on Oosthuizen, and Spieth! On Bubba, on Bjorn, on Senden, on Blixt!”
I want to freely admit something. I am a men’s NCAA college basketball fanatic. It’s one sport around which I’d truly schedule my life. I know that sounds nuts. But I’d say, besides watching the Packers beat the Bears, it’s my only true sports weakness. This is the golden time of the […]
Ok, the Superbowl is this weekend. And, I have to admit, I’m looking forward to it with the same zeal I would have going to the laundromat or taking out the garbage. I’m a huge NFL fan – I think it’s hands down the best professional sport going. But for […]
Well, I just found out today that the Big 10 conference has rolled out a new award to honor the conference’s top quarterback for the season. The award is called (drum roll please): the “Griese-Brees” award. Yes, the award honors two of the Big 10’s most successful quarterbacks – Bob Griese and […]