In a matter of days, major league baseball spring training camps will begin springing to life. Pitchers and catchers will report first, of course, followed by the position players and, with that, the marathon begins. No other sport anywhere in the world plays as many games over as long a period of time as the…
Read More »With this weekend’s festivities at Homestead, Florida, the NASCAR season came to an end. A season that had begun in February at Daytona finally concluded when the checkered flag was waved to conclude the Ford Ecoboost 400. But, not only did that checkered flag signal the conclusion of the race, it brought to an end…
Read More »In NASCAR, there are a lot of things you don’t want to happen to you, but at the top of the list is being tagged with the dreaded label “DNF.” DNF stands for “Did Not Finish”—and a handful of DNFs can wreck (both literally and figuratively) your entire season. Whether because of a blown engine…
Read More »In the award-winning film Chariots of Fire, one of the characters chronicled (alongside Scottish sprinter and missionary to China, Eric Liddell) is legendary British sprinter Harold Abrahams. Abrahams is obsessed with winning, but in a preliminary 100-meter dash leading up to the 1924 Olympics, he is soundly beaten by his rival, Liddell. His response is…
Read More »How pitching has changed over the years. Cy Young (who has a rather prestigious award that carries his name) won 511 games in his storied career. Bob Gibson, Cardinals great from the 1960s, averaged 270-280 innings pitched in a year. Then came the advent of the modern bullpen with its cadre of specialists. Long relievers….
Read More »Now that we are a couple of weeks into the Major League Baseball season, we are seeing several things—some expected and some unexpected. It was expected that the Tigers would crush the ball, and they are. It was expected that the Rays would pitch well, and they do. What was not expected, however, was that…
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 »Mo Isom knows the importance of understanding her role as the goalkeeper for the Louisiana State Univerisity Tigers. She also knows the many challenges that come with adversity, heartache, and pain. You’ll not want to miss her story of perseverance and trust in God even when the circumstances seem overwhelming.
Read More »The NFL playoffs began last Saturday with what was expected to be the least interesting and most predictable game of the playoffs— the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints versus the woeful, 7-9 Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks, of course, are the first team in NFL history to go make the playoffs with a losing…
Read More »As we approach the final two weeks of the NFL regular season, the focus is on the teams that are setting themselves up for a Super Bowl run—and rightly so. The Patriots, Falcons, Eagles and others have had terrific seasons and they all want to cap off the campaign by hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in…
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