Do you love going to the beach with your family? Nothing is more useful than a large tent to keep out direct sunlight or heavy rain. But you don’t want to spend half the time pitching the tent and missing out on the good times. Therefore, a tent with a simple setup is an important addition to your outdoor gear. […]
As the Byrds blood and the Bible preach, for everything there is a season; In the wide world of sports, football is over and baseball season is almost here again. Spring training is just around the corner and the Boys of Summer will soon be dominating sports headlines. Like the seasonal changes on the planet, people feel the transformation as […]
From 5 to 10 years: Youth basketball is the spirit of the game. Watching new kids play the game you love and realizing it used to be you is an unreal feeling. Kids this age play games because their parents will most likely sign them up. It’s full of trips, fouls, and ball grabbing, but that’s all the fun. The […]
Unsurprisingly, Monday’s NBA games couldn’t match Sunday’s offensive explosion. Monday’s six-game card averaged 184.7 PPG, with the highest-scoring game of the night being Denver’s 107-101 victory over Toronto. That was woefully short of Seattle’s 152-149 double-overtime win over Phoenix, the NBA’s highest-scoring game in 11 years. Tracy McGrady had a game-high 41 points in Houston’s 97-80 victory over Milwaukee, the […]
But… What is the cure?! But how can we hope to cure those who Who chooses to hate and rage… who blindly follow their puppeteers, Memorize every slanted page Of lies and violent darkness From which they learn but badly… And so the rotten seeds are sown, The choice of willing weevils. For which there seems to be no cure. […]
The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Bravest Marshal in the West (Gary Paulsen, Wendy Lamb Books) Ten-year-old Bass Reeves and his mother were slaves on Mister’s ranch. Bass ran the ranch almost alone. There is another slave on the ranch named Flowers, who couldn’t speak because “…he was flogged and beaten, and it […]
Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan ordered on Tuesday that the country should withdraw from all football competitions until 2012. This is due to the country’s poor performance in the current world cup in South Africa. The president’s directive didn’t surprise me, considering our teams’ lackluster performances of late. The last time they gave Nigerians cause for joy was at South […]
Is cheerleading a sport? This is a question that many people ask, and when they ask this question, the most common answer is no. I 100% disagree with that. Cheerleading is one of the most difficult, time consuming, and most dangerous sports one can participate in. I have been cheering since I was 14 years old and have never regretted […]
I made my greatest contribution to the sport of golf more than 30 years ago, when I moved from Montana to the East Coast. Stop playing. The truth is that he was a lousy golfer and was not willing to put in the time and effort to improve much. When he played on the courses in the Rocky Mountains of […]
On Saturday night, the Chicago Cubs’ postseason woes continued as the Los Angeles Dodgers completed the 3-game sweep with a 3-1 victory at Dodger Stadium. This makes 101 years since the Cubs won a World Series. The North Side hasn’t seen the Cubs compete in a single October Classic since 1945. My condolences to all Cubs fans around the world. […]
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