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I’ve never understood obsessions some people have about sports equipment
Many years ago, I went through a “running phase” — a period of a couple of years when I started jogging for health and weight loss which turned into a fairly hardcore spell at running some 10K road races. (I did one half-marathon, but never tried a marathon.)
In the course of my running days (daze), [...]
Amazing — the St. Louis Cardinals have exploded into the season this year
With a record of 22-12, my St. Louis Cardinals have exploded into the baseball season far ahead of what I or most people imagined possible. They are leading the Chicago Cubs by two and a half games in the NL Central Division.
In light of the players the Cards traded away, the sort of “no name” [...]
Perfect example of ‘witch hunt’? Look at Clemens-Congress fiasco
What a circus. Just think: We pay all those bozos in Congress to ferret out all the corruption and possible corruption going on in, uh, well, uh — Major League Baseball???
According to a story I was just reading, the major probability of criminal charges against pitcher Roger Clemens for lying under oath to the Congressional [...]
Well, at least baseball’s coming soon to get us through the NFL off-season
All the baseball hearings and Congressional shock over drug enhancements aside, it is almost time to start spring training.
Though it’s a pale substitute for NFL football, at least major league baseball does give us some hope for entertainment on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. (By the way, if you’re interested in some deals on sports [...]
Right now I’m suffering withdrawal from NFL football
Oh, the weather outside is frightful — and without my weekly fix of NFL football, I certainly don’t find it all that delightful.
Anyone else out there suffering NFL withdrawal? My wife, my son, and I (somehow the fanaticism gene skipped my daughter, but we love her anyway) are all rabid NFL fans in general, Kansas [...]
Now that the hearing is over — who do you think ‘won’ in Clemens v. McNamee?
What a dog and pony show that was! I hope you got to watch some of it, just to reflect on this: Do we really pay those folks in Congress to sit around and “investigate” sports transgressions? I mean, wouldn’t you think they could do something more useful with their time — say, help the [...]
So who’s winning the Clemens v. McNamee pitch before Congress?
I actually sat her and watched about an hour and a half of the Congressional testimony by MLB pitching great Roger Clemens in his faceoff with former trainer Brian McNamee. I preface my comments with this confession: I am a Roger Clemens fan, and I am one of the world’s most gullible people.
As a Clemens [...]
What an amazing Super Bowl game that was — and the ‘little guys’ won it
For a team named “the Giants,” yesterday’s Super Bowl winners were really more like David going up against the mighty Goliath, New England.
Sure enough, David pulled off a big win and Goliath (or at least New England Quarterback Tom Brady) came tumbling down. Lame analogy, I know, but Tom Brady spent a lot of the [...]
Is near-training-camp baseball fever drawing near for all you Cubs fans?
Okay, I know the Super Bowl isn’t over yet, technically (my pick: Patriots by 14) anyway, but already I’m thinking about baseball. In the real world where I live, there are only two professional sports worth paying much attention to: NFL football and Major League Baseball. Let me be the first to remind you: MLB [...]
Not all sports stories are happy upsets — some in 2007 were just upsetting
I don’t care if you’re fit and having fun on the ski lifts or aging and getting around with a stair lift, if you’re an NFL Football fan, you can’t help but enjoy the surprises this year’s playoffs have shown us so far. Unfortunately, much of the sports news over the last year hasn’t been [...]
