College Football and Boomer, The Perfect Match
Today’s Oregon boomers glory in the Ducks and Beavers. Not so much the Beavers last year, but they turned the page. The Ducks, on the other hand, jumped the fast lane to the top ranks a few years back...
View ArticleNOTES FROM A FORMER ALL-IN SPORTS FAN
Check with older people, in this case the 40+ sports fans, and you won’t feel the lunacy of the field storming younger fans. Why? Because they’ve grown up? They don’t have time? They’re burned out? Or...
View ArticleBOOMERPDX: LOOKING UNDER THE BLOG HOOD
Every writer has comments, even the bashful types who never show anyone their work. It’s their internal commenting that keeps them secret, a voice that says, “I suck, this isn’t good enough, why would...
View ArticleSPORTS TALK RADIO: ADDING UP ADS
Talking the talk on sports ads for sports talk radio. How important is it to connect the dots when you’re figuring things out on sports talk radio? If you don’t make the connections, someone else will,...
View ArticleHARRY POTTER, WIZARD ROYALTY OR SPORTS HERO
Game changers: Harry Potter, Muhammad Ali, O. J. Simpson. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone showed author J.K. Rowling as a sports writer. Her narration of the games played at Hogwarts was as...
View ArticleCollege Football and Boomer, The Perfect Match
Today’s Oregon boomers glory in the Ducks and Beavers. Not so much the Beavers last year, but they turned the page. The Ducks, on the other hand, jumped the fast lane to the top ranks a few years back...
View ArticleNOTES FROM A FORMER ALL-IN SPORTS FAN
Check with older people, in this case the 40+ sports fans, and you won’t feel the lunacy of the field storming younger fans. Why? Because they’ve grown up? They don’t have time? They’re burned out? Or...
View ArticleBOOMERPDX: LOOKING UNDER THE BLOG HOOD
Every writer has comments, even the bashful types who never show anyone their work. It’s their internal commenting that keeps them secret, a voice that says, “I suck, this isn’t good enough, why would...
View ArticleSPORTS TALK RADIO: ADDING UP ADS
Talking the talk on sports ads for sports talk radio. How important is it to connect the dots when you’re figuring things out on sports talk radio? If you don’t make the connections, someone else will,...
View ArticleHARRY POTTER, WIZARD ROYALTY OR SPORTS HERO
Game changers: Harry Potter, Muhammad Ali, O. J. Simpson. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone showed author J.K. Rowling as a sports writer. Her narration of the games played at Hogwarts was as...
View ArticleSPORTS BOUNDARY FOR JASON WITTEN COWBOY FANS
How serious is a sports boundary? Ask a Cowboy fan. You’ve been at gatherings where there’s a game playing in the TV room. Maybe it’s a family reunion, or a party, or a guy in the neighborhood’s...
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GOLDEN MEMORIES: HOW SPORTS DEFINE YOU
Golden memories, the ones that stand the test of time, reveal you who you are. Remember when you hit the homer that won the game in extra innings? When you picked up a fumble and ran ninety-nine yards...
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SPORT FAN MARVELS AT MODERN ATHLETES
Sport fan comes in two flavors: ‘Awe struck’ is one. The other is, “Come on, it’s not that hard.”. One gets it, the other never will. I’m in the awe struck camp, but love hearing how it’s not that...
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CHOOSING SIDES: IT’S MORE THAN SHIRTS vs SKINS?
The secret to choosing sides? Sometimes you don’t choose, you get chosen, picked. Then you find yourself standing on one side of a line. How do you make sure it’s the best side for you when you know...
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SPORTS FAN KIDS TO SPORTS FAN ADULTS
My sports fan days started early with this picture. It’s a shot of Dave Wilcox who went from Oregon to the NFL. Sports fans love pictures of their heroes. I can’t remember how I got it, but it’s been...
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SPORTS FAN REVIEW: IN THE BEGINNING
Sports fan knows one thing: Rivalry. Without rivalry, sporting events resemble theater without the curtains. With rivalry we feel something deeper, way deeper, way down there. If you come from a...
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TRUE JOY, A COMPENDIUM
Who thinks of true joy as the day your parents permitted you to ride your bike to your pals house a couple of streets over? They trusted you because you demonstrated proficiency on your street. Now...
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SPORTS FAN HISTORY: SING IT OUT
Sports fan used to be a grubby, sweaty, man who enjoyed watching other men do what they couldn’t do. His observations made him an expert to those who didn’t know sports, and an annoyance to those who...
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POWER COUPLE OF THE LAST NFL GAME OF THE YEAR
Power Couple? You and who you’re with. But there are others of note, especially today. What day? Super Bowl Day, or the last time my wife says, “Is there a game on, a big game, a REALLY BIG GAME,”...
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YOUR PURPOSE? WHO’S ASKING
You’re supposed to know your purpose in life? That’s the question I got while watching the second part of the two part Muhammad Ali documentary. With my wife. She was asking a serious question and...
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