I grew up watching Don Mattingly play first base for the Yankees when he and Dave Winfield were pretty much the only guys worth watching. Day in and day out “Donny Baseball” came to play. There was a laundry list of things he could have complained about, but he never did. And when fate dealt […]
Adrian Peterson: Role model breaks the mold
December 30, 2012 By 7 Comments
When I was a kid I was fascinated by Barry Sanders. Watching him, it seemed as though every time he touched the ball he could score. Others guys often say that’s what’s going through their mind, but with him you just had the sense he believed it. Coupled with his professionalism (I don’t think I […]
RG3 isn’t a ‘cornball brother’ — but Rob Parker is a cornhole loser
December 13, 2012 By 27 Comments
When I look at RG3 I see an American. I see a very talented American. And that’s how every other sane American sees him. Unfortunately, we have liberal writers and analysts with megaphones who are race-obsessed losers who can’t seem grasp the fact that men like Robert Griffin III might want to be defined as […]
Patrick Willis’s ‘Trust Your Power’: It’s more than just a commercial
September 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Have you seen the new Duracell commercial featuring NFL Linebacker Patrick Willis? It’s amazing. It’s a commercial, but it’s much, much more. I write a lot, but in this case I’ll let the ad speak for itself. It’s incredibly moving. I love it. I wish we had more men like him. Period. Here’s a bonus […]
Defending Brent Musburger: Liberal rags go for gold in 200m race-baiting
July 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
If there was a gold medal to be had for the 200 meter race-baiting competition this year, it would be a photo finish between The Nation and Deadspin, both digging in to kick up Brent Musburger quotes from decades ago — the perfect liberal guilt trip of a beloved sportscaster just before the summer Olympics. […]
The Runner King
May 6, 2012 By 4 Comments
Alone together on a Sunday morning the track and the runner form a unique relationship, one where they are simultaneously king and subject. At that moment the track exists for him. As the sun rises and the dew glistens in the grass he determines what the workout will be. Will it be a long slow […]
Why we run
April 14, 2012 By 3 Comments
When I talk to most non-runners about running, the biggest complaints seem to be that it’s a.) painful and b.) boring. Both opinions tell us more about the person making them—and by extension our culture—than any accurate truths about the sport. A healthy society does not seek to avoid pain at any cost, because there […]
Tim Tebow vs. the atheists
March 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
Atheists flexed their muscles this weekend, with the ‘Reason Rally’ in Washington, D.C. (I guess only atheists use logic and reason). I was going to ignore the subject all together, since most Americans really don’t care what your personal belief or non-belief in God is, but then I ran across Ross Douthat’s piece in the […]
Peyton should have retired. Period.
March 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
Congratulations to Peyton Manning on signing a 96 million dollar contract. Congratulations to John Elway for landing one of the best quarterbacks of all time. And congratulations to both of you for showing the world once again that pride and greed (which doesn’t always have to be for monetary gain) are capable of clouding the […]
