That time of year is arriving at breakneck speed… it’s almost time to set some New Year’s resolutions. Are you a resolution maker? Are you a person who “turns over a new leaf” each and every January 1st? Does the calendar turning over to a new year carry significance in your life? Or is it […]

Here we are, less than a few days until we know who our next President will be. Excitement, tension, nervousness, and general anxiety may be filling your next few days depending on how involved you are with politics and the government future of our country. If you’re an Obama supporter, I would imagine you are […]

Earlier this week, I ran across a story detailing a recent cheating episode within race car driving, specifically NASCAR. Seriously… as if there were any doubt whatsoever as to that fact. Cheating is rampant among all of our competition sports. I’ve written previous articles about athletes utilizing performance enhancing drugs to keep up with their […]

I’m not sure if you all know, but I have always been a sports fan. I enjoy most sports because I enjoy the heat of competition. Over the years of my life, I have spent countless hours playing basketball, baseball, softball, and bowling just to name a few of the activities. Sports used to be […]

It seems like over the last few years, we have seen a pretty large increase in the amount of sports figures “admitting” guilt about using performance enhancing drugs and substances. Not quite a coincidence that testing is continually getting better and people are coming forward with previous “secret” information. It also seems that the sports […]

I’m not sure how closely you pay attention to sports and the salaries that players make, but there was a news story this week that tweaked my internal eye. The first quarterback taken in this year’s NFL (professional football league) draft just signed his first professional contract. You may want to prepare yourself here for […]

I came across an article today while reading my morning sports stories and events that I thought warranted some alternate thought. During last year’s NFL season (professional football league), a player was killed in his home during a robbery attempt. He was a young superstar of the league even though he experienced frequent run-ins with […]

What in the world is this article going to be about, super models? No, definitely not. What I want to talk about is from a suggestion I received the other day. What is my point of view on celebrity and athletic role models? I gave a short answer in the suggestion comments, but I wanted […]

I recently ran across an article on ESPN that I instantly felt the need to write about. At least I wanted to give my personal opinion on the matter. I know that the sports world relies on winning. If you don’t have a winning team, then attendance dries up, revenue goes away, and players won’t […]