Here’s a question to consider. Right now, at this moment, are you living? Really living? Or, are you biding time until you die? Sunday morning’s edition of ESPN’s Outside The Lines included a report about Gay Culverhouse and her efforts to develop a program to assist retired NFL players in obtaining financial and medical assistance. Culverson is [...]
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Live until you die
April 20, 2010Be Bulldogs!
April 8, 2010What a game Monday night! With a 9:21 tip-off time, I had no intention of staying up to watch the whole game, but I simply couldn’t pull myself away. Much has already been written about the teams, the players, the coaches, and the game’s place in the history of the NCAA tournament. However, I want to [...]
Power, Love, Sound Judgment
March 20, 2010The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is always a closely followed event in our house. My husband and I both participate in a pool at work, our daughter and her husband fill out brackets and we often compare notes. Our daughter recently moved back to the area, so this year we all took off Friday afternoon to [...]
One very smart little boy
March 14, 2010Imagine if all of us saw the world through the eyes of a child. Especially the very smart seven year old little boy I sat next to yesterday. I attended an Ohio High School Division I District Championship game on Saturday. Westerville Central High School was playing Northland High School out of Columbus. Northland is the #1 team [...]
Olympic thoughts: 1948
February 28, 2010Until yesterday, 1948 was the last time the U.S. won Olympic gold in the four-man bobsled event. Think about that for a moment. 1948. Sixty two years of competition over fifteen winter Olympics. That’s a long time in athletic competition. Here are some other noteworthy items from that year: –> The average cost of a new house [...]
Olympic Thoughts: Time to shine
February 25, 2010Tuesday evening, the ladies figure skating event started. As always, there are many human interest stories; sad, heroic, heartwarming. Some stories are so brief, they hardly get noticed. This one belongs to the very first skater to perform her short program, Cheltzie Lee of Australia. There isn’t a lot of information available about Cheltzie. According to [...]
Olympic thoughts: On Evan, Tiger, Fame and Family
February 21, 2010On February 19, there was an interesting dichotomy of words and emotion involving two world famous athletes and their families. The newly famous U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek acknowledged the support and sacrifices of his family to help him reach his Olympic dream the evening before. His stunningly graceful and nearly flawless free skate helped [...]
Olympic thoughts: Who sets our limits?
February 17, 2010Monday evening, I watched Canadian Alexandre’ Bilodeau win the gold medal for freestyle skiing. It was nice to see Canada finally get the elusive gold medal in a home Olympics. However, I was even more impressed by the story of the Bilodeau brothers; 22 year old Alex and older brother Frederic. Frederic has cerebral palsy, which [...]
Olympic thoughts: It’s not just sport, it’s life
February 14, 2010Last night, during the coverage of the short track speed skating events, NBC aired a taped interview between Chris Collinsworth and Apolo Anton Ohno. They were discussing Ohno’s incredible training regimen that helped him get back in shape after a whirlwind taste of celebrity (i.e., Dancing With the Stars champion, awards shows, late night TV appearances, etc.) [...]
Olympic thoughts: The spirit of the games
February 13, 2010Today Show host Matt Lauer carried the Olympic torch 300 yards earlier this week. As he was describing the experience, he said that as the torch was handed off, an Olympic representative reminded torchbearers that the Olympic torch was the single most powerful symbol of world peace today. It was awe-inspiring to Lauer to carry that symbol forth. [...]
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