Category Archives: Sports

Let’s Hear an N; Let’s Hear an F; Let’s Hear an L

Sports aren’t what they used to be for me.  Make that sports isn’t what it used to be for me, because my interests over the year have dwindled to a single sport— the National Football League. Oh, I follow local … Continue reading

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Being Manipulated by the Warm and Fuzzy

So I’m wondering when we come full circle with blood sport, such as Christians versus lions, becoming public entertainment. Pitting two highly trained entities, be they gladiators, lions or kick boxers, against each other for our amusement is one thing, … Continue reading

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Our Father Which Art in Hell

I’m no a Penn State fanatic, but I overdosed on the self-righteousness of the critics who have taken to portraying Joe Paterno as some kind of evil emperor. It had evolved from Paterno making some serious errors in judgment to … Continue reading

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