To say that Bristol Motor Speedway has not been kind to Tony Stewart would be putting it mildly. In 29 career Sprint Cup races at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile, Stewart has only 1 win and 8 top tens. This for a driver who has multiple championships and 47 total career wins. I think Tony could…
Read More »I remember when the first Super Bowl was played in the 1960s. The Packers were the neighborhood bully, and the Chiefs never had a chance. Two years later, however, the balance of power began to shift as Joe Namath and his Jets shocked the football world by knocking off the feared Baltimore Colts. By the…
Read More »In sports, all kinds of things can test you. You can be tested by the intellectual challenge of a game that requires a significant amount of memorization and study (like football). You can be tested physically by the wear and tear of a sport that has an extraordinarily long season (like baseball), and you can…
Read More »This weekend, college football begins in earnest—and every team at every level has expectations as to what they want to accomplish during the 2012 campaign. For some teams, adjusting to new coaches and new systems is the highest of all priorities and goals. For other teams, finishing the year at .500 would be considered a…
Read More »I grew up a Cleveland Browns fan (and am still today), which may explain a lot about my emotional state. In any case, as a boy, my favorite player was Hall of Fame wide receiver Paul Warfield. His grace, elegance, speed, and skill on the field demanded double- and sometimes triple-coverage from defenses, creating opportunities…
Read More »Steve Stricker is one of my favorite golfers—not just because he is great and levelheaded, but because he has faced adversity and come out better for it. Earlier in his career, Strick seemed poised for a great career—capturing a World Golf Championship title. Then the wheels came off. It was if he were constantly searching…
Read More »For college football fans, this is normally an exciting time of the year. Camps are open, schedules are posted, and the first kickoff of the season is only days away. It should be a time of anticipation of another great season. But, unfortunately, this year the college football season starts under a cloud. Scandal has…
Read More »Last week, the cities of Boston (NHL) and Dallas (NBA) celebrated long-awaited championships. For both cities, it continued a long tradition of winning—particularly for Boston, arguably the new “Title Town,” where all four major sports titles have been held in recent years by the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and now the Bruins. For Dallas, the…
Read More »Sometimes life can be utterly cruel—taking our dreams and longings and crushing them beyond repair. It could be the lifelong minor leaguer who never gets that cup of coffee in the big leagues. It could be the college football player who, in his senior year, wrecks a knee and a potentially successful career in the…
Read More »In recent weeks, the San Francisco 49ers (Jim Harbaugh), Cleveland Browns (Pat Shurmur), Carolina Panthers (Ron Rivera), and Denver Broncos (John Fox) have introduced new head coaches. In a sense, it represents a fresh start for each of these once-proud franchises that have fallen far from the heights of the NFL’s elite. In another sense,…
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