Every once in a while someone comes along who demonstrates such stark uniqueness among men and women that they’re known by one name, who has secured such celebrity status and stature so as to be immediately recognized with a single sobriquet or syllable. In the world of sports, such examples include Gretzky, Lemieux, Ovechkin, Orr; […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I think that one of the most amazing, stunning, jaw-dropping, brain-blowing, mind-melting, conscience-crinkling commands in the entire Bible is the one found in 1 Peter 1:15 … “but LIKE the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in ALL your behavior” (emphasis added) (… […]
I might or might not know a great deal… but I know a great deal when I see one. I think I inherited that ability from my paternal grandmother; as noted on this website’s Why page, she once was one of the biggest independent antique dealers certainly east of the Mississippi and probably the entire […]
In a previously-published post I pointed out the fact that the Washington Redskins (they’ll always be the Redskins to me 🙂 ) have held a special place in my heart since I was a child and especially after I attended the same super-tiny, super-close-knit high school as the deeply-loved son of one of their former […]
It has been almost an entire year since the 13th day of a month fell on a Friday – a chronological chasm that’s so rare since it can only occur with the help of a Leap Year. The leery, weary, wary, worried world writ large views this day as scary or ominous or given to […]
In a hat tip to the recently wrapped-up pro basketball season, as fun and (usually) exciting as the Playoffs were to watch, one thought that hit me was that the games and sport couldn’t and can’t hold a candle to the 1990’s when (and because) Michael Jordan hit his whole stride, his pinnacle, winning SIX […]
Another football season is rapidly approaching, and (not wrongly) most of the attention will go to the Quarterbacks and Running Backs and Receivers but I’ve always had a special place of respect and appreciation in my heart for a very different position, which is perennially at the other end of the fan-attention spectrum and that’s […]
P.S. Per the past two posts, while this year’s NBA Playoffs were wonderful to watch, what was wacky was how often many of the players – grown men, mind you, and among the most athletic in the world to boot – would fake being fouled! And they’d take the act to the max by arguing […]
[Picking up from the previous post as promised…] The second sort of player that has impressed me these playoffs in particular has been some phenomenal role players. For those not familiar with basketball, most teams’ “starting five” is comprised of at least three and often four role players, not “stars”. In other words, most starting […]
The 2024 NBA (pro basketball) Championship Series (“Finals”) has just begun, and one of the most impressive things I’ve seen in this year’s playoffs has been how crucially so-called “bench players” have contributed to the winning team’s success in each series so far. For those who don’t play or watch basketball, NBA bench players are […]