Category Archives: Sports

Football Friday: Round One

For the past couple of years, the NFL has dwarfed college football for me. There are just more intriguing players and storylines in the NFL. It’s hard for me to get jazzed up about the myriad BCS implications of a … Continue reading

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Congrats to Wide Load

Congratulations are in order to my old buddy Lane Widick, the winner of this year’s League of Extraordinary Gentleperson’s Fantasy Football League. Lane’s squad, the adroitly named Wide Load, steamrolled through the regular season with an 11-3 mark before lapping … Continue reading

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No Line on the Horizon

Hat tip to Greg for this juicy bit of U2-themed info. The return of LOST. The World Baseball Classic. Coming to the Cool Papa Bell League draft table as defending league champion. And a new U2 record. It’s shaping up … Continue reading

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Top Twelve Books of 2008

At the beginning of the year, I set a personal goal to try and read one book a week. I knew that was ambitious and even though I fell woefully short (when I finish my current read, I’ll be at … Continue reading

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Praying For Your Enemies

One of the highlights of my day is hearing my kids pray each night. A couple of nights ago, this is what Joshua prayed: “Dear God, please bless the poor people and the sick people and all the people in … Continue reading

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Feeling Good

I feel good about this. Just for the record.

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What I’m Lovin’

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts. Here’s a random sampling of some things I’m really loving these days. The XM / Sirius merger. A few years ago, Sunny got me an XM radio subscription for … Continue reading

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First Game

Somebody’s excited about going to their first UT football game today! No matter the outcome, I’m excited he’ll get to see the team running through the “T” and get his first experience of gameday on campus. Go Vols, baby!

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People Will Come

There are few moments that make me feel more like an American than the singing of the National Anthem prior to a ball game, especially a World Series game. That is, unless the Backstreet Boys are singing, as they did … Continue reading

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Go Rays

For the first time in 20 years, I’ll be rooting for an AL team in the World Series. The last time I rooted for an AL team was 1988 when Tony LaRussa’s Oakland A’s squared off against the Los Angeles … Continue reading

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