“Just as I was getting ready to eat something great, it was taken away. Thrown directly in the toilet, because it’s an easier route to the end goal.” This is a real Yelp review for a restaurant. Well, it’s real in that it was posted on Yelp, but it’s not real in that it was …
Note: This is Ed Giese writing. I am guest blogging for my son Andrew this week, who is on vacation. He’ll be back with another great post next week. Most professional sports leagues have some variation of two ways to acquire athletes for their teams: a draft or free agency. I recently read a decent article comparing the two systems in the …
The following excerpt is from an interview of Brian Scalabrine after the Celtics beat the Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals. Reporter: “How was it for you, watching from the sideline not able to play even one little second in the Finals. Was that hard?” Scalabrine: “Why would you think that’s funny? I’ll tell you, …
This past Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday and the pinnacle of America’s hottest new past time, sports gambling. The American Gaming Association estimates that Americans wagered $4.3 billion on the big game. One man, Jim McIngvale, won a whopping $2.72 million! At first, this looks like extravagant, rich guy gambling, but there is more going …
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This post is the first in a multi-week series. Not only are athleticism and mobility some of the least important traits for an NFL quarterback, but they are often detrimental. This sounds ludicrous. How can being able to run be a liability? First, let’s just look at the quarterbacks who have won the last 20 …
