When Losing is the Way to Win
(published December 29, 2011) Consider the following situation that plays out several times each season: Your team leads by five… Read more »
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It Was Any Given Sunday in the NFL
(published December 19, 2011) Week 15 was no ordinary Sunday; it was Backwards Day, a feast of imperfection, a day… Read more »
Concussion Issues Loom Large Again
(published December 15, 2011) They’re back. Not the NBA, not the bloated college bowls, not baseball contracts best described as… Read more »
SAFETY FIRST, LAST, AND ONLY
The New York Giants defeated the Atlanta Falcons in the wild-card playoff round, 24-2. Naturally, this got me thinking: In… Read more »
Tebow Works in Mysterious Ways
I have accepted Tim Tebow as my personal quarterback and savior. If faith is belief in things unseen, with or… Read more »
Penn State and Syracuse: Separate Stories
The ongoing revelations from Penn State are awful, and are probably still just the tip of the iceberg. The accusations… Read more »
One Cheer for the BCS
A recent poll indicates that Congress has an approval rating of nine percent – “less than some diseases,” according to… Read more »
Dream Evaporates for Reid and Eagles
Now about that “Dream Team” stuff… Never mind the Super Bowl. It’s a near-certainty the Philadelphia Eagles aren’t going to… Read more »
At Penn State, They All Had to Go
“People today ask, ‘Is it legal or illegal?’ We used to ask, ‘Is it right or wrong?’” Those words, from… Read more »
What I Learned From NFL Week 9
(published November 7, 2011) With Week 9 all but behind us, it’s the true midpoint of the NFL season. Every… Read more »
