Michael Vick Sentenced

Today Michael Vick received his sentence for his much-publicized involvement in his illegal dog fighting “business.” If I read correctly Vick was handed down a sentence of 23 months, and according to John Clayton, he could possibly get out on good behavior after approximately 19 1/2 months. What surprised me was that, due to his ...

Sportsmanship on Display

I just finished watching the 2007 Little League World Series championship game between Warner Robins, GA and Tokyo, Japan. At the end of the game the players proved that sportsmanship hasn’t died.The game itself was close and ended up going in to extra innings before Warner Robins finished the game with a walk off home ...

Canton Little League Baseball

The Canton, PA Little League All Star team was featured in a recent article by Jim Caple on ESPN.com. It was pretty cool to see a small neighboring (if 30 miles away is neighboring) town featured on ESPN. Apparently their 13-14 year old All Stars finished 4th in the state, so congratulations to them. Hey ...

I Love March Madness

When it comes to sports, there are few things better than the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament – more affectionately referred to as March Madness. I love sports, but there is just something special about March Madness. I think a lot of it has to due with the fact that it’s win or go home, every ...

Watching History

There are only a few times in my life when I’ve felt like I’ve been watching history. Michael Jordan and the Bulls winning all their championships in the 1990’s, September 11, 2001, and the various wars I’ve lived through. Today I’m watching Tiger Woods make history by winning his 12th major championship. To those of ...

Good-bye, World Cup

Well, the 2006 FIFA World Cup has come and gone. This year I have followed the tournament closer than ever. It definitely was not any fun watching the U.S. get trounced. This was supposed to be the year that they played better and went deep into the tournament, but they failed to even make it ...

Penalty Kicks

I just finished watching Portugal defeat England on penalty kicks. We really have nothing like penalty kicks (I guess except for a shootout in hockey) like them in American sports, at least that I can think of. There is an incredible amount of pressure on players in the World Cup. Although we Americans might not ...

Big Ben 1

Yesterday Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a pretty nasty crash while riding his motorcycle without a helmet. A lot of people in the sports media have been giving him a hard time for not wearing a helmet. Well here is my take on that. 1.) Should he have worn a helmet? Probably, but under PA ...