Bad move – McGwire as hitting coach

Howard Bryant from ESPN.com offers great commentary on the subject of Mark McGwire’s hiring as hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=4602077.  My thoughts are below. In terms…

Post-game activities

No, we are not talking about “hittin’ the club” but rather “What are we going to do with the rest of lives now that ballin’ is over.” The various player…

Veterans' Day – Heroes and the love of sports

It seems that the videos are not launching automatically. If that continues to be the case, please click on the links to visit the sites directly. These are wonderful videos…

Spirit in Motion

We want to congratulate the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for having its online video ‘Spirit in Motion’, which was produced by brandstage.tv for ParalympicSport.TV, awarded a Best in Show award…

NHL Hall of Fame induction

You don’t have to be a huge hockey fan to appreciate the accomplishments of the players, executives, writers and staff who have given so much to the game over the…

Myron, meet Byron

Thanks to Steffi Decker from Duke Univ. who passed along this article. You will be seeing Steffi’s contributions more often in the next few weeks. FSU standout football player, Myron…

Race4Change – Be a rally car driver…from the comfort of your own home

Travis Pastrana, one of the great action sports athletes in the world, recently added his name to those supporting Race4Change, an effort that hopes to raise awareness and funds for…

Reminder: ESPN 30 for 30 – The Legend of Jimmy The Greek

http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-legend-of-jimmy-the-greek.html ““The NFL Today” on CBS was one of the preeminent sports programs on television in the early 1980s. It was a perfect combination of reporting, analysis, predictions, humor and…

Bringing history to life

While it may not be Field of Dreams, it gets very close. Several very industrious individuals took on the very difficult task of building a statistical archive of Negro League…

Big kid with a small request – I want to play football

This is a tremendous story that highlights the desire to be part of a team, just to fit in, and to experience the joy of sports. This young man, Brenden…