Update It appears that the ‘equal pay’ issue has reared its ugly ahead again in professional tennis. Evidently the Washington Post is tickled that men and women will have the same ‘purses’ (how’s that for irony?) in this year’s US
Category: Sports
Where’s the Leadership at UD Flyers Basketball?
Update A confidential source shared some insights with me about Flyers leadership and the departure of Xeyrius Williams. My source indicated that Coach Grant initially thought very highly of Mr. Williams. In fact, Mr. Williams went to Grant once he
WSU Raiders in NCAA Basketball Tourney
In case you missed it, the Wright State Raiders won the Horizon League Championship, which gives them an automatic seeding in the March Madness basketball tournament. This was an unexpectedly successful season. They started the year at 5-5 and played
The NFL Social Justice League is Taking a Hit
The NFL continues to dig a deeper hole: Week 13 doesn’t appear to be the National Football League’s lucky number as photos of stadiums across the league still show an awful lot of empty seats. Meanwhile, the sad in-person attendance
Cycling in Ohio in December
It’s always a great day when you can go bicycling outdoors in Ohio in early December. My buddy and I did roughly 23 miles on the famous Dayton River Corridor in 52F weather. Not too shabby…
Ohio Sports Weekend
I would have to say it was a pretty fruitful weekend for our sports teams… We attended two Wright State Raiders basketball games in addition to one Dayton Flyers game. All of these contests had the home team winning. In
Ohio State Football
We went to the Ohio State (#6) vs Penn State (#2) game yesterday in Columbus and saw a doozy of a football match-up. Due to the fact that the Buckeyes had to overcome all sorts of adversity (much of it
Football and Honor
There have been more interesting comments about the NFL than you can shake a stick at, such as here, here, and here… It doesn’t surprise me that the most cogent observations come courtesy of Victor Davis Hanson: Meanwhile, the NFL
Sports and Entertainment… and ESPN
You can call me old-fashioned or a sports-traditionalist, but I don’t care for all the commentary around sports, or the efforts at treating it as ‘entertainment’. I may represent a small minority, but I attend games or watch them
Cincy Tennis 2017
For more than 30 years, we’ve been attending the annual ATP tennis event in northern Cincinnati (about 45 minutes from our home). It’s not been one of the better years for player participation at the Cincinnati tennis tournament. Only