Category Archives: Sports
Chicken Lenny and the Shadow
Chickens don’t run around because they are afraid. They run to avoid conflict and danger, but when summoned to provide assistance, chickens will always be willing to provide a fist, or a beak. My friend, and my brother’s best friend, … Continue reading
Do you Believe in Basements?….Yes!
No skates. No Ice. Just tennis shoes and clubs. The Winter Olympics isn’t just about figure skating around a rink. With remorse, I was forced by my sisters to watch ice skating. Although knowing zero about figure skating or hockey, … Continue reading
Turn on the Lights
Light poles weren’t easy to come around in Spokane, Washington in the ninety seventies. They weren’t even easy to hide behind on a night when lights were required. My late brother, Steve, although mostly revered for his wrestling talents, was … Continue reading
Sorry, Golf.
Golf season is always over for me, but post season baseball is starting soon. The NFL and college football is also beginning, but I would like to provide a sweet conclusion to golf. Admitting that I am a less than … Continue reading
Pious at the Plate
Secretly, I was a pretty decent baseball player until I learned only being successful three times out of ten would get you in Baseball’s Hall of Fame. I was hitting five hundred in my my math classes, and hitting .400 … Continue reading
Tools and T-Ball
On God’s Seventh Inning Stretch, he created T-Ball. It was one of his many mistakes. Actually, that’s not entirely true. He probably was just messing with us when he gave us the gift of the Tee, but, as usual, we abused … Continue reading
These Aren’t Gold?
At the ages between five and 18, when you win wrestling tournaments, you receive a medal. It may look like gold, but isn’t genuine gold. As a youngster, around nine or ten years of age, I won a few myself, … Continue reading
Culinary Brackets
A good friend texted me the other day regarding our College Basketball brackets. Because he is an educated man, or just wildly lucky, he maintains three out of the four teams in the Final Four. Quite impressive. He also questioned … Continue reading
Awake
As with every morning, I awake to feed our dogs, cats, squirrels, and my wife. Today, I didn’t have time to feed myself because of gambling and the month of March. It’s that time of year when some may succumb … Continue reading
March
It’s time for March Madness, and more importantly, gambling. My wife wants my advice regarding the NCAA tournament brackets. She believes I know more about gambling than the professionals in Las Vegas making a living off of people like me. I … Continue reading