Men and Sports
Men have an innate desire to celebrate athletic achievement. This is probably because Our Hunting Fathers relied upon their athletic prowess for survival, and it is no surprise that the best hunters...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Streetball
So it is in life—from sun, to moon, to earth, to night, to day, to you getting up in the morning and going out to play a game of ball. All the rhythms of life are in some way related, one to another....
View ArticleThe Boy Hangs Up His Cleats
After over 10 years playing football, my youngest son decided to hang up his cleats this year although he still has 2 more years of college eligibility. Frankly, I applaud his decision. I take the...
View ArticleBear Hunting – The Sport for Pussies!
Another hot button for me – and it’s NOT political! The black bear is the only bear species found in North Carolina or anywhere in the eastern United States. The successful comeback of the American...
View ArticleThe Polite Texan’s way of expressing disinterest in The Superbowl ©®[TM]etc.
John E. The Polite Texan’s way of expressing disinterest in The Superbowl ©®[TM]etc. Alexandria I confess – I do not give a single darn about professional football in general and even less about the...
View ArticleI Can’t Quit You, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Richard W. Bray I Can’t Quit You, Ta-Nehisi Coates Alexandria I still read everything posted by Ta-Nehisi Coates even though he unceremoniously banished me from commenting on his site after I teased...
View ArticleA Quick and Dirty Blood Clotting Agent Primer
H. M. Stuart A Quick and Dirty Blood Clotting Agent Primer Alexandria It was raining this morning about the vast and inscrutable Stuart compound, and so naturally my attention turned to inner space...
View ArticleSports Shorts
Richard W. Bray Sports Shorts Alexandria Serve and volley and attack Whack that ball, I’ll whack it back I’m about to bust my spleen The score is only Love-fifteen My ball’s brown and your ball’s green...
View ArticleWhat the NFL’s Domestic Violence Scandals REALLY Teaches
JMK What the NFL’s Domestic Violence Scandals REALLY Teaches Alexandria The NFL has opened the 2014 Season with a firestorm. Unfortunately for the NFL that firestorm hasn’t been around its games as...
View ArticleAdrian Peterson, No Hope, and the Increasing Harshness
DADvocate Adrian Peterson, No Hope, and the Increasing Harshness Alexandria During my childhood, someone being spanked with a “switch” was common place. Often the parent would make the child fetch a...
View ArticleA football related death?
John E. A football related death? Alexandria COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A missing Ohio State football player was found dead Sunday, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Police tell...
View ArticleDeflategate & Self-deflating Footballs
H. M. Stuart Deflategate & Self-deflating Footballs Alexandria Question: With respect to the current deflategate controversy, how do you get regulation footballs to automatically deflate themselves...
View ArticleThe Perfect Fitness Weight Vest – What Harry Reid Should Have Used
H. M. Stuart The Perfect Fitness Weight Vest – What Harry Reid Should Have Used Alexandria I don’t know how many of you must periodically train for things like the sort of thankless beatings out in the...
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