This Is Outrageous
Sports Thank you to Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan for inspiring my post today. I’ve been in a post-Christmas non-blog-writing funk, but I’m back with a vengeance today. Here’s why. I’m sure many of you know by now about the Ohio State University football players who were found to have sold memorabilia to a tattoo [...]
Sentenced
Sports Andrew Gallo, the driver who ran a red light and killed Angel’s pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others, was sentenced to 51 years to life yesterday. Someone brought up to me that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth only received 30 days of jail time, 60 days of house arrest and eight years of probation [...]
To Combine or Not To Combine
Sports Last night I got into an interesting conversation with my well-respected acquaintance Kenn Tomasch about the University of Connecticut’s womens basketball team’s 89th straight win. His point was that we don’t compare Sandy Koufax’s records to Jennie Finch’s, so why would we compare UConn’s womens team to UCLA’s mens team? At first glance, I thought that [...]
Payback
Sports First, the ‘Payback’ title is not about Brett Favre, even though this section is (for the last time?). After seeing his starting streak stopped at 297 games, Favre returned to the frozen tundra of Lamb… ugh… TCF Bank Stadium. A concussion knocked him out in the second quarter, so there is a distinct possibility [...]
First-Come, First-Served
Sports The storm that dumped several feet of snow on much of the country, and damaged the roof of the Metrodome, seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. This week, Vikings fans helped clear out the University of Minnesota football stadium so the team could host their Monday Night Football game against the [...]
Free Thrash – Brilliant Marketing or Failed Ploy?
Sports If you haven’t already, check out the Free Thrash! promotion/marketing stunt put on by the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers. In short, the Thrashers mascot, Thrash, steals a zamboni and is busted by Gwinnett County police. In order to be released from ‘jail,’ fans must purchase 5,000 tickets. At first glance I thought this was a [...]
Groupon Got It Right
Last night Jess and I attended the Groupon holiday party. A couple weeks ago I received an invitation labeling me a valued customer and inviting me and a guest to the Hotel Valley Ho for free drinks and appetizers while mingling with Groupon employees. Our expectations weren’t too high but we figured we’d have a [...]
Inspiration
Sports Brett Favre’s streak ended last night at 297 straight starts. It is an impressive feat. While I’m hopeful that his name will now be mentioned less frequently on SportsCenter and in my Twitter feed, I am sure that last night was difficult for him. To put it in perspective, assuming the expanded 18 game schedule, plus [...]
Third-Time Is a Charm (Not Really)
Today’s post is all about sports, or more specifically, the one sport I’ve been training for over the past three months: the Tucson Half-Marathon. Let’s start at the end. Not the very end, but around the 11-mile point. I was coming down a hill, feeling ok (not great) but knowing that I didn’t have much [...]
Ahh, The Weekend
Sports On the sporting agenda this weekend is the all-important first round of the Fourth Down Divas fantasy league playoffs. My team (Kiss My Assets) lost it’s last two games (mostly thanks to eight interceptions by Peyton Manning) but my feeling is that anything can happen in the playoffs. I still started Peyton and he [...]