Looks like now that Obama is the Democratic party’s nominee, and he needs to run to the center and otherwise appeal to middle America for votes, he’s retiring another part of his campaign: fist bumps. And it’s a shame. I… Continue Reading
It’s been easy to ignore the European Cup going on, because I don’t have a TV at home and I only see it on monitors out at restaurants and bars which play the matches at lunchtime. The Azzurri simply do… Continue Reading
When I’m 66 feet away from the pin with three strokes to par, I’m generally daydreaming. In those rare instances when I’m 66 feet away from the pin with three strokes to par in real life, I’m weighing the difference… Continue Reading
Fantasy baseball players who thought they had it made with the Cardinals’ best pitcher, Todd Wellmeyer, should nevertheless have been apprehensive going into yesterday’s game against the Phillies despite Wellmeyer’s 7-2 record. You expect good pitchers on good teams to… Continue Reading
Two women went out on a date to a Mariners game earlier this week. Like many couples do while on dates, they kissed each other. Someone complained, and an usher told them to stop or they’d have to leave. (Sorry,… Continue Reading
We’ve made arrangements to visit our families in Wisconsin in mid-September. What I want most now is to get some tickets to the Green Bay-Dallas at Lambeau Field on September 21 so I can take my dad to a game… Continue Reading
Playoff ice hockey, with no possibility of a tie score, is some of the most intense sport you’ll ever watch. Like tonight in an elimination round of the Stanley Cup finals. With thirty-five seconds left in regulation, the Penguins tied… Continue Reading
I’m not a surfer. I’m a diver. Divers and surfers both know that the sea is full of animals, some of which are large and dangerous. The difference is, a diver would never do anything remotely like what this guy… Continue Reading
Sometimes I miss television. Like when there are quadruple-overtime NHL playoff games going on. Not that I’m a particular fan of Dallas, but this must have been some intense hockey. Sure, it looks like they’re going to get utterly destroyed… Continue Reading
Tear down Dodger Stadium? Never! Fortunately, that’s not what Frank McCourt has in mind. I’m not quite sure what to think of his alternative, though. Nowadays I don’t get down to the stadium all that often, so the prospect of… Continue Reading