I like to run; I really do. Finding the motivation is the hardest part, but when I’m feelin’ it, it’s one of the most satisfying activities of my day (the endorphins certainly don’t hurt). But it’s weird, this leisure activity …
Why Baseball Is More Than Just a Game
Whenever people talk about their favorite sports these days, you often hear football. Sometimes basketball. Soccer’s popularity is growing in the United States. Rarely do you hear baseball anymore. But baseball was my first love, and I have a suspicion …
The Forgiving Nature of Sports Fans
Opening day is one of my favorite days of the year. If I’m being completely honest, I might even like it more than Christmas. I love the smell of the grass and the concessions. I love the sound of the …
What a Gay Games Silver Medal Means to a Straight Man
“Runners to your marks,” the man with the pistol dangling from his right hand called. I stared at the finish line 100 meters in the distance. My hands twitched, and my legs quaked. Searing pain ignited in my left heel …
God and the All-Star Game
My father couldn’t make it to the All-Star Game. He had nose surgery and I was upset. I’d waited right around 25 years for the All-Star Game to be played at the home of the New York Mets and I …
Questioning the NFL and Football
I watched the NFL last Sunday. But I couldn’t enjoy it because I couldn’t focus on the game. Too many questions jingled my brain. What if, I wondered, football mattered less to America? What if we didn’t care so much …
Sports Are Weird
I realized something recently: Sports are weird. Not playing sports. Playing sports is great (and an excellent source of exercise). Watching sports is weird. And rooting for a particular team is the weirderest. Think about it. All but one team …
LeBron James, Star Wars, and The Lion King
American scholar Joseph Campbell spent his life comparing mythologies and found that a single “storyline” appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development throughout history. He called it the Hero’s Journey. His books have been the go to …
Dream Again
Some of you have probably already heard the story of Isaiah Austin. He played basketball at Baylor University and was expected to be chosen in last night’s NBA draft until he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome three days prior, a …
Remembering Tony Gwynn
Every once in a while, someone passes away who—as people remember his or her life—inspires you to be a better person. Tony Gwynn is one of those people. Tony Gwynn died Monday from cancer. The likely culprit was smokeless chewing …
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