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
Category: Sports
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
Basketball Overdose
Is it possible to have an overdose of basketball? I’ve seen enough NCAA basketball in the last 3 days to last me a lifetime… We attended the 2 second round games in Columbus on Sunday, and watched an exciting match-up
20 Best Hockey Goals
If you’re an ice hockey fan, you’ll enjoy the video of the top 20 all time scores… [youtube]2Muu2sFkh6k[/youtube] 7 min 22 sec
NCAA First Round in Columbus
We attended 3 of the 4 first round NCAA games yesterday at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The most exciting game of the day was by far the 54-52 win for Virginia Tech against Illinois (By the way, what is a Hokie?
Fantastic Hockey Shootout Goal
This is an impressive shootout goal from a hockey player, imitating moves of a lacrosse player… [youtube]eHrtUtjotmA[/youtube] 2 min 35 sec
NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams Announced
The NCAA and NIT tournament selections were announced on Sunday… It’s interesting how the television networks have turned this into an event that generates advertising revenue. In fact, my sons were so caught up in the tournament selection that they
Blues Jackets Shutout at Home
I went with my sons to the NHL hockey game at Nationwide Arena Friday night. We started the evening catching dinner and sampling some of the specialty beers at the Gordon Biersch restaurant in the Columbus Arena District. We then watched a
Is There Really Sexual Equality in Tennis?
The big complaint last year was that men received more money for winning Wimbledon tennis matches than women. Last year, men’s champion Roger Federer received $1.170 million while the women’s winner Amelie Mauresmo got $1.117 million (for those of you slow at
Bengals Out of Playoffs – Police on Alert
Mark Clower is on a roll… 1. What do you call a drug ring in Cincinnati? A huddle. 2. Four Cincinnati Bengals in a car, who’s driving? The police. 3. Why can’t Chris Henry get into a huddle on the