Seattle Mariners: No Hit.

For the 21st time in the 120 years of Major League Baseball history a pitcher threw a perfect game Saturday in Seattle at Safeco Field. Chicago White Sox pitcher Phillip Humber (pronounced um-ber) threw only 96 pitches to go through the 27 outs without allowing a single runner on base necessary to record a nine inning perfect [...]

Coaches Behaving Badly

Yesterday was a remarkable day in the world of sports news. Two highly successful coaches were the subjects of criticism. One for opening his mouth, the other for opening his fly. And in each case they showed a continuing lack of morals and wisdom. Bobby Petrino was fired as head coach of the University of [...]

Seahawks need to Sign Some Free Agents

At 1pm today the NFL opens its free agency season. When they do some rumors have it that the Seattle Seahawks will be very involved in early activity. It’s a good thing. With San Francisco having won 13-games and missing the Super Bowl by a fumbled punt; the St. Louis Rams having landed a plethora of [...]

Why did we Honor Whitney so Much?

The reporting and the reaction on social media to Whitney Houston’s death and funeral was so completely overblown and undeserved I was actually offended. You would think her to be canonized and raised to sainthood; when in fact she was a drug addict who left her 19 year troubled daughter to fend for herself because [...]

A Scar from my Dad that Won’t Heal.

When my daughter came to me this morning before school to tell me that she and her fellow cheerleaders were cheering at the first girls basketball game of the year I sighed slightly and started to tell her my busy schedule would prevent me from attending. As I spoke these words her gentle and sweet 13-year-old [...]

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