College Football Made Me Cranky
College football got underway in earnest this past weekend. It should have been a beautiful thing, with big time matchups, maybe an upset or two, and a chance to sweep the offseason nonsense under the carpet.Instead, the carpet was completely pulled back…
There is no juice in Pittsburgh
There is simply no juice.When you look around the NFL for teams to get excited about this year, maybe you glance to LA, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle, New England, Cincinnati, back to LA, or Houston.Pittsburgh?Nah. No juice in Pittsburgh.Defense isn…
College Football 2026
With summer fading into fall, that can only mean one thing. Pat McAfee and Nick Saban making me not want to watch College Game Day. Oh, and college football starts anew.I am not one who thinks games should start before Labor Day weekend, but it will…
Oh, you thought this year was going to be different?
If you are a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, you are conditioned to be a fool.Charles Schultz must have had Pirates fans in mind when he created some of the Peanuts cartoons.Since 1979 —the last time the Pirates ruled the baseball world— the Pirates have been…
Who is willing to trade?
The trade deadline in Major League Baseball is always a nice jolt of excitement as the season heads for the home stretch. If your team is a contender you hope for that acquisition that puts your team over the top. If your team is out of the race, the…
World Cup did remind me of something
I didn’t watch the World Cup much. I briefly watched some of Team USA’s games. The hype was hard to avoid, and certainly the uproar after the U.S. team was eliminated was hard to ignore.It reminded me of one thing.The way we operate youth sports gets…
The Pirates are contenders and management should act like it
The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best offense in their team history.The Pittsburgh Pirates are tied for most runs scored in baseball. A few offensive statistical updates at the All-Star break. Just as we all expected going into this season #…
I’m Hot and I’m Cranky
I spent the last week here in Central Pennsylvania suffering through a week of unbearable 100 degree days. Stifling. Miserable. Unpleasant.The heat made me cranky. Crabby. Even cantankerous.While in that negative frame of mind consuming my days, it got…
Halfway Home
As we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July for the 250th time, baseball is racing in to the second half of the season.Perfect.Baseball, apple pie, and all that. Talking baseball sure beats the idiotic hot dog eating contest.It is a great time to re-…
