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A Coach’s Life
My brother is a middle-school teacher who also coaches at the high school level in baseball and football. He was always a far better athlete than I was and knows...
"This is by no means a downpour."
Carl Spackler at the U.S. Open...
Short Bursts
These are things that randomly fire on the synapses of my brain. DISPOSABLE HEROES DEPARTMENTIt’s nice that Jason Newsted and the rest of Metallica seem to have put aside any...
Top 12 signs your favorite MLB team isn’t serious about winning
12. The team cares more about arbitration eligibility than winning games 11. Your players were sincerely interested in playing in the WBC 10. Promotional materials stress the spring training won-loss record 9. The...
Basketball Blahs
I have not watched an entire NCAA Tournament basketball game yet. I didn’t fill out a bracket. I didn’t even finish watching Illinois lose in the first round. I might...
The Road to the Final Four Starts Now!
Let’s hope you get the call...
Anything Can Happen
I follow a few college and professional sports. I like St. Louis Cardinals baseball and University of Illinois basketball. I read a few message boards and blogs about sports,...
Buzzer Beater
Think something can’t be done? The clip below should change your...
Scribbles and Bits
One of the things I wanted to do with the blog is more general commentary. I used to add my Twitterisms as a blog post, but it got boring (at...
