Written by Jeff Baseball season is in full swing. Time for a quick review of helpful hints if you have a baseball obsessed spouse. Baseball (unlike football which everyone loves, and basketball which everyone likes) is either a sport that you hate or love with a passion ( why is Verlander throwing Soriano a splitter when he had him set up for the curve?). I happen to be in … [Read more...]
Catch it All Now at Best Buy
Disclosure: I have been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card for this post. #CatchItAll By Jeff It is time for the NCAA college basketball tournament also know as March Madness! Sixty seven games over 4 weeks with each game in a “loser goes home” format has become a nationwide phenomenon. This tournament makes non-fans become big time fans as they fill our their … [Read more...]
What to do When Your Child Wants to Quit the Team
By Lauren Bailey Imagine this scenario: after investing months worth of time and money, your 10-year-old child comes up to you and says, "Mom, I want to quit football." While it would seem natural to disagree with your child (quitting is no way to teach your child about commitment) sometimes there are certain situations where it is okay to let them do as they please. If you … [Read more...]
Is Cheerleading a Sport?
By Jennie Recently, a friend of mine reposted a news story on Facebook about a Federal Court ruling that a Connecticut university could not replace a women's volleyball team with a cheerleading squad for the purposes of Title IX. My friend's comment regarding the story he linked to was derisive - of course cheerleading wasn't a sport. I didn't think much about it at the … [Read more...]
The Iowa “Alps” – Adventures In Silo Climbing
Add water, temperatures consistently below 26 degrees and adventure seekers looking to take the boredom out of the long cold Iowa winters and you have a unique sport called "Silo Climbing." If you have ever passed through the flat lands of Iowa, you would understand that ice climbing is a sport that one would only dream about experiencing close to home and not actually … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing Now An Olympic Event
Written by Lily Women's boxing will have a category for competition at the 2012 Olympics games in London. It was the last all-male summer sporting event. Women's boxing had come close to being included in 2008, but it was ruled that it did not offer added value to the program. It was feared that it would lead to mismatches with countries who had not developed the sport. The … [Read more...]
MLB Picks–Got Yours?
Written by Erin It's July and the season is well underway. Hanley Ramirez (Florida Marlins) is leading the league with a .346 batting average, Tim Lincecum (San Francisco Padres) is firing up the bullpen (though the rest of the team is asleep) and the Red Sox have not one but four of their players slated to be starters in the 2009 All-Star game. … [Read more...]
Rememberin A Legend
Written by Erin 2008 was a Banner year for Philadelphians. After 28 years of “almost there” and trying to repeat a World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to become the 2008 World Champions of Baseball. This exciting achievement, though very meaningful to the players, was the culmination of nearly four roller coaster ride decades in the career of … [Read more...]