The Adult Fútbol League Still Plays in the Park
2019-09-22 – I just came back from taking my dog Rebe for a walk in the park across the street. Sunday mornings this time of year, the park is alive […]
Tag Archives: Sports
Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss
2017-02-06 – I rarely watch the Super Bowl. For one thing, we don’t have a screen dedicated to watching such things (i.e., we don’t have a TV). But mainly, I’m […]
FIFA FO FUM
2015-06-04 – I love soccer. But I love it as a dad of a soccer player. I didn’t grow up with soccer. I didn’t really even know how soccer was […]
I Am Not a Party Animal
2014-09-14 – I am not a party animal. I am not a party vegetable. I am not a party mineral. Yet, today I am going to a party. Actually, that’s […]
The Anguish of a Martial Art: Ray Rice and Roger Goodell
2014-09-11 – I never thought football was much of an action sport like basketball or soccer. To me it’s more of a martial art, like boxing or wrestling. It’s all […]
Today Is the First Full Day of Winter
2014-06-22 – Yesterday was the Summer Solstice here in Chicago. But if you are following the World Cup in Brazil, things are very different. I didn’t realize that global climate […]
Too Cold for Liquid Water
2014-02-11 – As winter wears on without a let-up temperature-wise, we begin to get a sense of what life might be like on Mars. There temperatures are […]
Shut Up and Do Your Work!
2013-06-17 – George Will once said “Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” Science is now looking into the problem of committee […]
Instant Satisfaction Industrial Complex
2013-05-06 – WTF? Did you read about the high school soccer goalie that punched a referee who gave him a yellow card? The ref died. And the goalie’s life, […]
Fungible Cubs
2013-05-01 – So the Cubs want to leave Chicago if they don’t get their demands met. Bye! Baseball teams are fungible. If the Cubs go, after a few years they […]
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