My buddy, Joe Knecht, has a son that is fast on his way to becoming a Grand Prix racer… a great photo from one of his racing cart competitions…
Category: Sports
What’s the Best Job?
I’m so worn down by the corruption of politicians — both Republicans and Democrats: Ted Stevens, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, et al…. then Slick sent me this cartoon:
Hockey Melee in the Minor Leagues
An old fashioned donnybrook between… Corpus Christi and Shreveport. Ice hockey in Louisiana and southern Texas?? What is this, the Alamo Hockey League? Nevertheless, if you want to see a bench clearing brawl, this is for you: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVLJiUy2Tzg[/youtube] 3 min
10 Reasons to Not Excercise
From StrangeCosmos, 10 Reasons NOT to Jog: 1. My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now & we don’t know where the heck she is. 2. The only reason I would take up
If You Don’t Sweat, Is It a Sport?
I used to always confound my friends when I would exclaim ‘you have to sweat for it to be a sport… and that puts golf and baseball in jeopardy’… well, it appears that others have figured this out as well.
Flyers – Game and Predictions
We saw a great Flyers victory last night against George Mason University… Bear and I are predicting a Flyers final record of 27-7 (including the A-10 tournament) and a birth in the NCAA tournament.
Carnegie Mellon and… Sports?
A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describes how students at Carnegie Mellon University are designing equipment to improve football officiating… the proposed solution uses GPS systems in footballs and pressure sensors in gloves.
Flyers, Bombers, & Raiders All Victorious
We’ve had pretty good luck with our sports teams over the last few days. Barry and I attended games on Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday… The Dayton Flyers beat Coppin State; the Dayton Bombers beat the Charlotte Checkers; and the Wright
Flyers Win Chicago Invitational Tournament
If you’re a basketball fan, you may have seen the headline that the Dayton Flyers set an infamous record in shooting 0 of 24 on 3-point tries against Auburn on Friday (Dayton actually managed to win that game)…. Well, on Saturday
Is RPI a Reasonable Measure of Basketball Ranking?
I happened to be glancing at the early season RPI rankings for NCAA basketball and I noticed a few anomalies that cause me to question their ranking algorithm. I couldn’t figure our why a team with a 0-4 record (Jackson