No Nittany Lions Today

As I write this, I am half-watching the Michigan State-Pittsburgh football game on ESPN. I have no rooting interest in this game whatsoever. It’s just the most interesting game I found when I sat down at noon to watch football. In a perfect world, I would be watching Penn State struggle against the University of […]

Fantasy Dream

Fantasy football has taken off the past few years. I have played it in some form for I don’t know how long, but it hasn’t been as pervasive until recently. This year, I think I’ll be in two leagues – one of which is just myself and two other friends so it’s hard to consider […]

ESPN Radio Is Completely Useless

I am really glad I listened to a little of Schrutebag‘s (Colin Cowherd) show on ESPN Radio today. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have known that the Georgia medical examiner is incompetant because he says you can’t use Chris Benoit’s elevated testosterone levels to assume roid rage was a factor in him killing his wife […]

A Day in the Life

Most readers probably think that the life of a regular guy is filled with glamour. In a rare look into my world, here’s a brief diary of last weekend when Maria and Bridget left me to my own devices for 36 hours. Saturday 7 a.m. – Say goodbye from underneath the covers as they head […]

Flipping Over March Madness

Sometimes when you spend money, don’t you feel like just throwing it down the sewer? I mean, aren’t there purchases or investment decisions that you know will go wrong even before you hand over your money? That’s exactly how I felt when I turned in my NCAA basketball brackets a little more than a week […]

Call Me Coach

I fear for my sanity. Can anyone tell me what I have gotten myself into? I signed up to coach my daughter’s soccer team. I entered into this fray willingly. I actually ticked off several boxes for volunteer options when I signed Bridget up to play a month or so ago. But it all hit […]

Stop the Whining

Now that the Olympics have started, Americans can put on display the thing they do better than anyone else in the world. Whining. I love a good chance to complain as much as the next guy, maybe even more, but we really ramp it up as a nation when the Olympics roll around. It seems […]

Super Bowl Dilemma

I don’t know what to do today. Well, I’ll naturally go to a Super Bowl party and eat too much. That’s a given. But I don’t know what to do during the game. I might actually have to root for the Steelers. I know. Things are that bad.

Where’s My SI?

Like anyone who has lost a parent, I have gone through all the stages of grief. When we celebrated Christmas recently, I learned how hard the anger stage can really be. I’m not mad at my mother or her doctors or anything like that. I’m just mad at the world. For the first time in […]