In a very clear way, the 2018 All-Star Game in Washington DC last week was representative of the current state of the sport of baseball. The ten home runs hit set an all-time record for the Midsummer Classic, nearly double the previous record of six. That long-ball production is indicative of the season, which is…
Green Bay Packers: The Packers didn’t need to do much offense, so they focused on their defensive weaknesses; grabbing S Damarious Randall from Arizona St and CB Quinten Rollins from Miami, OH with their first two picks. They are both talented and have high ceilings, especially the athletic Rollins who is a convert to basketball…
In our store we see girls who are buying lingerie for the first time and, while it may seem easy for a girl to buy lingerie to the casual observer, the truth is quite the opposite. We often assume that just because a girl is a woman, she naturally knows how to shop for clothes…
It’s probably not as discussed as on the home court in basketball and even college football, but NFL teams often have significant advantages at home and responsibilities on the road. A key part of sport is emotion. Even though NFL players are professional athletes who get paid to do their best job, playing well against…
The simplest answer is no. No city has hosted the current owner of the Vince Lombardi Trophy (National Football League), the Larry O’Brien / Walter A. Brown Trophy (National Basketball Association), the World Series Trophy (Major League Baseball), and the Stanley Cup (National Hockey League) in the same year. The closest a city has come…
Coaching for me is more of a passion than a job. There are countless experienced trainers in the world who I admire and then model my training methods. Some of these coaches are Gregg Popovich, Steve Kerr, and John Calipari. Like I said, there are several coaches in the game of basketball that I admire,…
Keeping your body’s energy system flowing smoothly is key to a happy and healthy life and there is nothing that moves your energy faster than music. Listening to my favorite songs never fails to make me feel good. And when I feel good, my vibration increases and I emit positive energy. Music can have a…
I didn’t like the head coach, so I left the soccer team my last year in high school. The following fall (1965) I enrolled at the local university in my hometown of Burlington, IA, primarily to avoid recruitment and the inevitable trip to Vietnam if I had been recruited. Back then, students attending college were…
# 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 2006 WL 67-95 2006 O 78-78-6 15 years and counting. There have been so many consecutive seasons that the Pirates have finished under .500 and 2007 should be 16 in a row. Pittsburgh is one of those small-market clubs that can’t spend money, ranking in the bottom five in baseball on…
Because six new players were inducted in Cooperstown over the weekend, many baseball broadcasts have included discussions of current members as well as potential future members. During one particular game, one analyst praised the fact that two of the new Hall of Famers spent their entire careers with just one team. Of course, he was…
