Referees challenge our civility. We expect perfection, we criticize mistakes, and we’re regularly disappointed when we realize that refs are… actually flawed and imperfect…just like us. We wish they weren’t. We wish that every call were fair and impartial. If there is imperfection, we are more accepting if we benefit […]
I spend my weekends surrounded by fans. This weekend, there were fans in my family room watching Thanksgiving football. There were cheering and jeering fans at Buffalo Wild Wings and there were fans at each of the hockey games I attended too. The thing is, I’m a pretty pathetic fan. I […]
What? There might not be an NBA season at all? Okay, I would probably be okay with that. I don’t watch much professional basketball anyway. I have never really been a fan, actually. In my opinion, pro basketball players don’t seem to play hard until the playoffs. They go through the motions, score at will […]
It’s an honor to be asked to wear that captain’s band. I was fortunate enough to wear a number of captain’s bands in my playing days, but today’s post is not about those who wear the band, but rather those who don’t. When I was a junior in high […]
Shaking hands with an opponent is supposed to be a sign of good sportsmanship. I don’t agree. It’s not that you shake hands…it’s HOW you shake hands that matters. After emotionally-charged soccer or basketball games, I always lined up with my teammates to go through the ritual post-game congratulations. […]
The field is not tense. The lines, and the nets and the flag are not tense. Tension rises and falls with the arrival and departure of the people who visit there. If only we could be as objective as those game objects. Breathe. In. Out. Slower. Deeper breath. […]
Hope Solo, the goalkeeper for the US Women’s National Soccer team, will be debuting soon as a contestant on the incredibly provocative reality show,Dancing with the Stars. The producers of this show are not dumb. They have picked up on Hope’s star power, and it has only a little to do […]
Yes. I have started jazzercise. For those of you who knew me as a college athlete, or as a high school athlete, or as a ridiculously competitive kid…this may be hard to picture. I admit, it was a little hard for me to visualize for myself, since my […]
We spend a lot of our time in cars headed to practices and games. We spend even more time on the fields and in the rinks where the cars end up. We tell people we are a sporting family, but it is really important to us to maintain […]
The Team Adult Playbook 