I typically play tennis around three times per week… I use the Head Ti-S6 tennis racquet (pictured below), which has a very light and stiff titanium-matrix composite frame. When the racquet was introduced five years ago, it cost approximately $250. Today,
Category: Sports
Bombers .vs. Cyclones
Scott and I caught the first game of the ECHL division finals between the Dayton Bombers and Cincinnati Cyclones at the “Nutt House” on Sunday evening. While the Bombers came out on the short-end of the 5-4 game, it was
College Athletics – Scandals
The RivalFish web site has a nice summary of the five biggest scandals involving college athletes… 2 of the 5 involve schools in the Big Ten
Goldberg – Jewish Warrior
An interesting feature article about Bill Goldberg in American Jewish Life magazine. For those of you not familiar with Goldberg, he made his fame playing the role of a wrestler in the WCW bouts. Some interesting excerpts from the interview:
Blue Jackets Lose Again
I almost forgot to note… Len and I went to the Sunday matinee game at Nationwide Arena where the Columbus Blue Jackets played the Detroit Red Wings… and lost 4 to 1. Since the Red Wings are now ‘America’s Team’
Buckeyes Shoot Poorly… Lose National Title Game
Oden and Conley both played great, but Ohio State was 4 of 23 from the 3-point line while Florida was 10 of 18… that was the difference in the game. I’m disappointed that the Buckeyes lost, but they’ll be back
Jody Shelly – Super Tough Hockey Player
One redeeming factor for the Blue Jackets… they have one of the toughest hockey players in the NHL on their team. Check out these brief videos of Jody Shelly below: [youtube]a8VR6dI-EhI[/youtube] 49 sec [youtube]g59mb3T10KA[/youtube] 1 min 15 sec
Tennis Number 1, Federer Loses Again
Guillermo Canas has beaten the “unbeatable” Roger Federer for the second time… in less than a month! Canas, who was formerly banished from tennis for drug violations, beat the world No. 1 for the second time this month, winning 7-6 (2), 2-6,
More “Compassionate” Sports
Update – A few weeks ago, I wrote how sports have turned into social engineering exercises in many communities… Dennis Prager recently wrote a story about keeping score at a little league baseball game. The important issue is that one team
NAHL Hockey Game
I went with Joe Knecht last night to catch a North American Hockey League (NAHL) game in Youngstown, Ohio. The game we attended featured the Mahoning Valley Phantoms versus the Springfield Junior Blues. It was a good quality game with each team