Steve Prefontaine famously said “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” When people train to compete in any sporting event, they must be willing to give it their all and work through the pain to feel the sense of completion and accomplishment. For some, that experience was cut short last…
Vince Lombardi once said, “Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” A terrorist attack on your city is more adversity than anyone should face. We saw NYC come together and rebuild after the World Trade Center attacks and their rival city of Boston has done the same. One year ago today, I sat on the…
The French poet Charles Baudelaire once said “I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.” That couldn’t be truer for me! For those who know me well, there are 2 things they are keenly aware of today: I have a crazy good memory and today marks the beginning of my 3rd…
In sports, fandom is a term used to describe the allegiance of one to their team. The teams they cheer for often define people – and sometimes those they cheer against. Their ties to a team may determine what they wear, dictate their schedule, or even influence who they interact with. Sometimes its gets to…
Another weekend is here (and it’s somehow the first day of June already) and time for an overdue W6P. From the playoffs, to a war of words on the golf course, and more questionable calls by umpires, the sports world is never short on storylines and excitement. The Conference Finals in the NHL begin tonight.…
Happy Friday Everyone! I had no intentions to write a W6P this week, but was inspired by the happenings of the past few days. It’s a little playoff-focused and has some rants, but hope you enjoy it as you kick off your weekend. Playoffs, yes we’re talking about playoffs! With the NBA and NHL Playoffs…
There are so many interesting things happening in sports lately. Although it’s not the weekend yet, I couldn’t resist writing a sports cornucopia today – I’ll just call it a Wednesday Six Pack this time. Since March Madness ended and we took in the Frozen Four…the Masters has come and gone, baseball season is heating…
As much as we all enjoy watching sports, Sunday was a brash reminder of just how quickly everything can change. Louisville and Duke were playing with a trip to the Final Four on the line when the game suddenly was about much more than that. When Kevin Ware jumped up to block a shot, he…
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