Sorry Honey, It’s Thursday
Sports Living in Phoenix, the biggest sports story right now is how the recent immigration law is going to effect our sports teams. The Arizona Diamondbacks are fully expecting protests outside the series against the Chicago Cubs this weekend, and they are also a little worried about MLB rescinding the 2011 All-Star Game from them. [...]
I. Am. A. Triathlete.
Sports and Life! My apologies in advance, this will be a photo-heavy post: This time ’sports’ is about my sporting endeavors… mainly, this weekend’s triathlon (500 meter ocean swim, 16 mile bike, 5k run). Jess and I and a couple of my friends from school headed down to Rocky Point Mexico on Friday. The trip [...]
Vamanos a Mexico!
Sports Last night my alma mater and favorite professional sports teams collided when the Buffalo Bills took Clemson tailback/Heisman shoulda-been CJ Spiller with the 10th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. I couldn’t be happier and have now solved the riddle of what I want as a gift for my college graduation – a Spiller [...]
Big Ben, interview and more
Sports If you haven’t heard yet, Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers was handed his suspension yesterday – six games, which will be knocked down to four with good behavior. I listened to some sports radio guys yesterday, one of which could not fathom why Big Ben was suspended at all. He thought Roger Goodell had [...]
A day in the life…
Today I headed to the gym to try out my new wetsuit for the first time. I was a little nervous about how bulky it might feel, but it turned out to be amazing. I could easily float in it and I didn’t feel like it hindered my stroke at all. From there I jumped [...]
Nomination and a note
Lately I’ve found I have a lot to say. Twitter is great, but I can’t always squeeze everything I want to say into 140 characters. And so, the inaugural post on ‘Sports on the Side.’ Yesterday, I was honored to be nominated as a ‘Sports Business Up and Comer’ in the Inaugural Sports Business awards [...]