This morning on his radio program, Jim Leach entered into the sports-talk arena by bringing up the classic argument of what is and isn’t a sport. He suggested that to be a sport, two easily recognizable factors must be at play: a ball and a defense. Therefore, volleyball=sport, track and field≠sport.

White Goodman, a true sportsman [...]

Run Hurts
I usually enjoy Sundays, but I thought that I would try something different this week and instead spent the day suffering from severe, post half-marathon muscular pain. My legs are seriously distressed. 
I did manage to hobble around the UIS soccer fields while the kids flew a kite (Look for shark-invested skies this spring, [...]

As some of you know, my wife ran the Chicago Marathon last year. After hearing her tell of what an incredible experience it was and watching her bask, proudly and deservingly, in her accomplishment for weeks thereafter, I decided that I needed some of that.  So I signed on to run the Lincoln Memorial Half [...]

On Super Bowl Sunday, I’ll be rooting for the New England Patriots to complete their perfect season and bring the people of Bean Town another championship. It’s not that I am exceptionally fond of Bostonians, no more so than I am of the citizens of any other of our nation’s fine cities. It’s just that, [...]

My dad pointed something out earlier this fall, and now I can’t help but notice it.

Every football broadcaster, at both the collegiate and professional level, make the same hand gestures when they are on camera during the game, as illustrated here by John Madden. They hold their hands apart and perpendicular [...]