I sometimes cringe when they start adding new sports to the Olympics. The change sometimes comes from trying to ride the wave of a fad instead of truly recognizing a worthy competition. A lot of people probably felt that way when they started adding snowboarding to the Games. Just a way to appease the X […]
One of my favorite comedians, Louis CK, has a wonderful bit which pretty much sums up the way this crazy world seems to go these days. He outlines all the wonderful advances we have achieved as humans, then points out how we seem to do nothing except complain. Everything is great; nobody’s happy, he exclaims. […]
I can find many bad aspects of how NBC has chosen to cover these Olympics. Smarter people than me have tackled that task. Let’s just focus on the horrible execution of their online coverage. I really enjoyed seeing that they would show curling matches live online, especially since they fell right during lunch on the […]
Today starts a series of occasional posts about the Olympics. I will vent about what I hate, praise what I like and just point out random stuff. So NBC showed a lot of ski jumping coverage this weekend. I really liked it. They showed both the “normal” hill competition as well as the jumping portion […]
The world has come to Vancouver as the Winter Olympics are under way. I usually just sit back and cheer for the Americans, but I have a different rooting interest this time around. I traveled to Vancouver for work last November and shared a plane back with a bunch of athletes from around the world […]
We all lost a national treasure recently. Some of you may not have noticed, but you can trust me when I say many of us feel terrible about what happened. “Jersey Shore” finished its short season on MTV. I can’t believe we only got to know The Situation, Snookie and the gang a couple of […]
Pennsylvania has a very special celebration today. With Groundhog Day, we not only find out when spring is coming, we also get a chance to have a little party. Well, at least in places like Punxsutawney. Not all of us can get up to Gobbler’s Knob and see the world’s most famous groundhog weatherman – […]
Delaware may have dashed my sports betting dreams, but they are finally stepping up with table games. If all goes as planned, casino patrons in Delaware could be playing poker in April and have a full assortment of games two months later. This would put Delaware ahead of Pennsylvania, which is also racing to allow […]