Monthly Archive: September 2015

2015: A Spieth Odyssey

Just when you thought Jason Day was seizing control of the world of golf, Jordan Spieth has just given that golf world about ten million reasons to say, “Now y’all can just hold on...

Yogi

“It ain’t over till it’s over.” Yogi Berra’s physical life may have ended this past Tuesday, but for him, a person who was in a very select group of people who have ever lived,...

The Day They Feared Has Arrived

Ever since the dawn of the Tiger Woods Era, the pro golf tour has grappled with the fact that there was a player out there, Woods, who was so good that, if he was...

2 Pt. Conversion Is Too Easy

There’s a certain balance and symmetry to pro football that makes it the exciting spectator sport that it is. A 100 yard field. It just looks like the perfect size and distance. Ever fly...

Gluten: For Punishment

I accidentally got stuck eating some gluten-free cereal the other day. I had heard about that ingredient being in foods for a long time, but I had never tasted it. My conclusion? It was...

Rocky Mountain

Serena Williams had survived having to play her sister Venus in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open and had only to defeat the 43rd ranked (and a player at the Open not even deemed...

NBA basketball players making lotto-like money when they sign contracts

Crass Commercialization

You ever stop and wonder why the NFL purposely uses a specially inflated kicking ball on kickoffs that travels much farther than the normal playing ball? And why the NFL has the ball placed...

Stretch Drive

Baseball has entered its September stretch drive and now the games seem to have a whole lot more meaning. Most teams have somewhere around 25 or so games to play. It’s getting close to...

September Ten

Today is not September 10, it’s September 5. It’s the first weekend in September, and I’m going to give you ten really good reasons why September is a very good month, the first week...