With the World Cup ending last week my attention has been made aware that within the next few weeks the Packers and other NFL teams report to training camp. Went fast if you ask me. I literally haven’t paid any attention to anything else (my wife would say including her) since the World Cup started [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
17 Jun
Why This World Cup is Different
I have gone thus far without posting anything regarding the World Cup, which I am personally proud of. As anyone who personally knows me is aware, I grew up a soccer player. Played soccer year round. Fell away from the game towards the end of High School. Played intramurals and the sort during college, but [...]
3 Jun
The not-so perfect game
A few weeks ago I was merging into the exit lane on the interstate here in Milwaukee. I do this almost every day, and it is by far the most intense part of my commute because the zoo interchange is perhaps the largest bottleneck of traffic in Milwaukee. I was merging right, and completely pissed [...]
4 Apr
Brewers Preview
This basically started as a preview for my wife. I am mean enough to ask that she at least learns the starting line up for the Brewers before her first game… Turned into a blog post. Baseball season officially starts tomorrow. I don’t care about this Opening Night crap that ESPN made up. Baseball starts [...]
24 Mar
Are sporting events rigged?
I waited post this because I didn’t want to sound like a sore-loser following Wisconsin’s loss to Cornell. I love the NCAA tournament. Definitely the top annual sporting event. The excitement, energy and drama cannot be matched. Only world-spanning events like the Olympics and World Cup provide more emotion and pride. Sadly, my cynical brain [...]
16 Feb
How soccer can fix college football
For those not familiar with relegation (seems to be a soccer thing), basically you create different levels of leagues, and if you win a lower league, you move up a league, if you finish at the bottom of a league, the next season you play in the league one below your current league. I know [...]
8 Feb
Super Bowl Sunday
Another Super Bowl has come and gone (would care a lot more if the Packers won!). Here are my thoughts on the day, event, and the football. My Favorite Commercial I am glad I am not a producer for Super Bowl commercials because the expectations are unobtainable. If you ask me, companies like Budweiser try [...]
12 Jan
Wisconsin owes Ted Thompson an apology
Can we finally, once and for all, say that Ted Thompson knew what he was doing when he let Brett Favre go? Thompson, like anyone in charge of a business or organization, needs to think about the future, not just the present. He needs to make decisions without emotions. The ability to have store foresight [...]
10 Jan
Mourning the Packers is OK
Note: wrote this quickly and based mostly on emotion and not in an effort to make a dramatic point. Just want to justify my personal feeling whenever one of ‘my teams’ loses for the season that a little part of me died. Packers fan have moved into a state of mourning (there are stages of [...]
27 Dec
My dad, smoking, and more
Going to try something a little different… One year ago today Last year on December 27th my dad suffered a serious stroke, even needed to have brain surgery to remove a clot (or something) from his brain. Was terrifying. Actually got to see him today, unexpectedly, and I am proud of how far he has [...]
