As we reach the deadline for the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement for the players union and the NFL, we as fans are faced with the very real possibility of a lock-out and we have to wonder if they will be able to come to a new agreement in time… A few posts ago, … Continue reading
Limits, like fears, are often just illusions Michael Jordan (being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009)
It’s not just sports
Chicks like sports too. That’s the premise behind this blog, right? You know what chicks also like? I do. Here is a list. 1. Movies that aren’t romantic comedies. Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, Adaptation, Closer, Thank you for Smoking, Inconvenient Truth, Sicko, Best in Show and the Godfathers (one and two only, thank you) are … Continue reading
Ground up
I am at a crossroad with my career. My short stint as an attorney has given me nothing but job insecurity and lots of debt. I don’t even like it that much. You know what I do like though? You got it. Writing this blog. So, the most logical thing to do at this point … Continue reading
Ron Swanson loves Bobby Knight (ok, and John Wooden)
Little Miss Chatterbox
I was at a friend of a friend’s house (technically we used to be friends in college too, just didn’t keep in touch) for a Superbowl party this past weekend. Things were going great. We had pigs in a blanket, cheese dip, yuengling…really everything I could ask for…plus some great friends with me. There were … Continue reading
How much should we care about football injuries?
After talking with my friends Sarah and Ian and reading this article, (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/31/110131fa_fact_mcgrath), I have something to say about the topic of injuries in the NFL… I remember last season, watching Brian Westbrook lay motionless on the field after his second severe concussion of the season, wondering, am I going to witness someone dying because … Continue reading
Not too cool for school
Luck stays at Stanford. Big win for the Cardinal and a crap shoot for Luck. Let’s hope he performs next year at a high level so he doesn’t lose traction in the draft prospect department. But good for him—a degree from Stanford is nothing to toss aside.
Getting Luck
Everyone is talking about Stanford. When they aren’t talking about Jim Harbaugh leaving Stanford to go to (well, everyone thinks they’re coming to their franchise…I think he’s going to the 49ers, where there is talent and where he gets to stay in the Bay Area and doesn’t have to share the NFC with his brother, … Continue reading
Eighty percent of success is showing up Woody Allen