Tired of the Political Fight!
You know we often use sports as a metaphor and sometimes it pretty damn corny. This morning I was listening to the radio and heard this story...
View ArticleHard to believe
This story is a tad old, and I don't know if it's been diaried already. If it has been I will certainly delete.There was a girls High School basketball game a few nights ago that had the very unusual...
View ArticleHS students show the respect that Republican Senators lack
By now everone has heard the story regarding Sherrod Brown, his mother and the vote for the stimulus bill. The short version is that Senator Brown's mother passed away recently and her wake and...
View ArticleSpeculating More about True Gender Equality in Sports
After the USA Women's World Cup soccer team flamed out in the final minutes, I noticed a very different sort of response from ordinary people and from the media. I expected lots of disappointed...
View ArticleThe Interior Colony
As I write this, my plane has just taken off from Heathrow, seven hours after its scheduled departure. I spent six of them on the tarmac, trying to soothe the part of my brain that was spinning a story...
View ArticleThe Great Stuff In Public Schools That Tests Can't Measure
For me one of the goals of my teaching is character education - to help my students learn how to behave with respect towards themselves and each other. I want to prepare them to be participating...
View ArticleA Class Act to Follow
Every year my friends and I start up a fantasy football league. This year, I was extra excited, because my team, the Seahawks had players to draft. As the season drew near, expectations were that this...
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Richard Sherman - An Amazing Athlete and Even Greater Human Being!
The way some people have been carrying on you'd think that Richard Sherman was Oscar Pistorious or something. The frigging media! O how I despise talking heads! This week we should have been hearing...
View ArticleA Guy From the Poolroom
When I saw my first pool table it gave me six-year old palpitations. The family was getting a tour of grandfather’s new community rec hall and I got to furtively scoot two or three balls across that...
View ArticleMessage to Kentucky Fans & Players
So you lost a game.Have you ever lost one before? Maybe in high school? Half of your team refused to shake hands at the end of the game. I hope any coaches you've had are filled with dismay. You may be...
View ArticleA moment of grace in sports…
Amed Castro-Chavez could have had an easy six points in his wrestling match. His scheduled opponent, Austin Roberts, had died after collapsing at his previous match and his school did not have a...
View ArticleShould we ban parents from kids' sporting events?
I am the parent of a high school varsity wrestler. His mother and I have shown him nothing but support for his chosen athletic activity. He is at school at 6:00 AM some mornings for weight lifting, and...
View Article3/1/16 ~ The TILT! (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
March is Women's History MonthToday isWorld Compliment DayPeace Corp DayNational Pig DayNational Fruit Compote DayNational Peanut Butter Lover's DayShare a Smile DayNational Sportsmanship DayToday's...
View ArticleAfter striking out childhood friend, high school pitcher hits a home run in...
Teenagers Ty Koehn and his childhood friend Jack Kocon were playing baseball in Minnesota the other day. Ty as the pitcher for Mounds View public school, and Jack was up to bat for the opposing...
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Israeli Women's Lacrosse Team Noticed Why They Had Such An Advantage Over The...
The 2019 Women’s Lacrosse Under 19 World Championships just took place in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The Israeli team played Kenya on August 6th in the second round and defeated them 13-4. But...
View ArticleIn Championship Soccer Game, A Players Hijab Began To Slip Off. Opponents...
A moment and demonstration of what is of the most importance to these young athletes….….sisterhood. This took place last week at the WAFF Women’s Soccer Championship in Jordan. The Arab Orthodox Club...
View ArticleThe 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic: A Story of Stanley Cup Sportsmanship
The Spanish Flu Pandemic lasted three years (1918-1920). It infected approximately 500 million people, roughly a third of the world’s population, and killed somewhere between 17 to 50 million people....
View ArticleWhat Howard and Chandler Teach Us About Life and Politics
The video of winning Michigan coach Juwan Howard consoling Tennessee freshman Kennedy Chandler after a hard fought game that Tennessee lost moved me deeply. It was as powerful and poignant a scene as...
View ArticleIn Little League Championship, Batter Is Beaned Hard On Head. It's What He...
This took place a few months back at the 2022 Southwest Regional Championship in Waco, Texas.It was the final, between Texas East and Oklahoma, and the winner would advance and play in the Little...
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Belgian Shot Putter Goes Wayyyyy Out Of Her Comfort Zone To Save Injured Team...
Unless an athlete is competing in the decathlon or heptathlon, they are trained in a given specialty or specialties.At the world championship level, it would be absurd to imagine a trained swimmer...
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