Category Archives: sports

The Michael Vick Experience

For those watching the dreadful, meaningless, first preseason game of the season yesterday, on top of watching the starters play a handful of snaps to a full quarter, we were also greeted with some interesting news. No, Paula was not coming back to American Idol, but rather Michael Vick was returning to the NFL, to…

It's all about you

When I was packing to head to New Hampshire, I saw a Nike commercial that was titled It’s All About You in conjunction with Livestrong. Instead of the staple of Lance Armstrong, the commercial featured snippets of other atheletes who had beat cancer. One of the interesting stories that I saw in the piece was…

Minor league swing trick

On my Yahoo this morning, I came across this video of Josh Womack: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngyMco72QA] While he may have not have made a big enough splash on the farm to make the Bigs, he still got his 15 minutes of fame.

Will the NBA's dream turn into their nightmare?

There is no question that the NBA wants to see their two biggest stars, and MVPs,  go head-to-head in the Finals. Its even been speculated among talk radio stations that the series may be fixed, but how can they be? Orlando has LeBron on the brink and Kobe can’t seem to get a hold of…

Is anyone clean?

Today’s news about Manny Ramirez’ 50-game suspension from MLB, brings another dark cloud to the era of baseball that I have grown up in. Since the Mitchell Report and news that A-Rod was dirty, there have been whispers about ManRam and whether he was truly a “pure hitter.” His lazy attitude in the field threw…

Opening day

While the calendar may have told us that March 19th was the first day of spring, Americans typically associate the start of spring with the first crack of the bat. Around 8:00 p.m. tonight, spring will officially be upon us with the first pitch of tonight’s season opener with the Phillies and Braves. There are…

A silver lining from the WBC

While the World Baseball Classic is supposed to be a showcase of the best players in the world competing for their countries, the tournament is lacking in drawing power. Whether it’s players pulling out, or pulling up lame fans of their local nine either don’t have their players in the fight or hold their collective…