Twenty-one football seasons ago, I met Vicki and we went to SC football games. I’m exceedingly grateful to have found a friend and life-mate who enjoys sports with me, something I do not take for granted. We’ve now known each other longer than we didn’t know each other before, and there are years of tailgating [...]
Archive for the 'Sports' Category
Super Bowl Weekend
January 31, 2008[ht: WIStv.com]
Bad College Football Cliche’ #73
November 10, 2007"They still control their own destiny."
I am so sick and tired of that phrase, "control their own destiny". First of all, that’s true of every team. Second, it’s not completely true of any. Every team playing a game today controls their own destiny, and every team they’re playing also to some degree controls that first [...]
New Favorite Team
October 28, 2007Found a new team to root for, jumping on the bandwagon – Go Trinity!
World Series
October 9, 2007This might make me an Indians fan for the post-season.
Ploys
September 23, 2007[ht: ysmarko]
Live Draft
August 16, 2007Alright, sports fans – I’ve got my first fantasy football draft of the year and I’m going to live blog this thing. Eight minutes to go – I’m picking seventh in a snaking draft, so I should get a decent set of mediocre selections. We’ll see.
Currently on the clock: Mammy’s Whammies
Peyton Manning, QB Ind – [...]
#756
August 8, 2007One of the downsides of my family being out of town is that I just don’t sleep well. So while I went to bed around 10:30pm, it was well after midnight before I was totally out. The upside is that I was awake to see Barry Bonds hit home run #756, breaking Hank Aaron’s [...]
Irony
August 2, 2007Bracketology
March 7, 2007Anyone want to play the Yahoo! Brackets for the NCAA Tournament? I’m all for playing the game and having absolutely no money involved – since I generally fall way short and have never won. Leave a comment or send an email to rick1j13@gmail.com to let me know and I’ll send an invite.
It’s the most wonderful [...]
