Did you know that there are incredible Olympic sporting events that the general public rarely sees, if ever, on television? With the rise of Olympics coverage on multiple networks, though, we have had unprecedented access to a lot of these events, and some of them are definitely amazing, even if they are hard to understand … Continue reading Sam’s Friday Top 5: Obscure Olympic Sports
Throughout the course of my coaching career, I have been lucky to coach both girls and boys tennis, and while my previous two tales have come from the girls’ side, this one is from the boys. I remember when I first started coaching the boys and I had three players left from the previous season … Continue reading The Nature of a Competitor: Part 3
The life of a high school tennis coach is interesting, always looking at the weather reports, constantly shifting lineups depending on the next opponent, and dealing with teenage personalities that can explode and shift at a moment’s notice. And while I coached both girls and boys, I didn’t see a huge difference in the explosion … Continue reading The Nature of a Competitor: Part 2
First let me start by saying that I don’t ever watch college basketball (or any basketball for that matter) except for this time of year, for some odd reason, and it didn’t always used to be like this. I used to be a normal guy who laughed at those people who were fascinated by something … Continue reading Bracketeering
I remember when adults used to say that there were two topics you never discussed unless you knew the temperature of the room first: religion and politics. These two topics were supposed to be the holy grail (excuse my French) equivalent. If you were ultra-religious or uber-political, the conversation was doomed before it even began, … Continue reading Volatile
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