As the saying goes, “Act like you’ve been there before.” Yes, I’m back after a long baby-related hiatus. All it took was 2 ridiculous court rushes to motivate Ms. Mitten to write again. I’ve made no secret of how I feel when it comes to storming the court, as I wrote this 2 years ago:…
King Leonidas said, “In the end, a Spartan’s true strength is the warrior next to him.” This quote has become one of many mantras for the Michigan State Spartan Football team and one they will have to remember when they take on Ohio State tomorrow in one of their biggest regular season games in recent…
Ernie Harwell once said, “Baseball is a lot like life. It’s a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.” The late, great baseball announcer sure knew what he was talking about! As fans watched the 162 game season, each team saw…
Written by Guest Contributor – Abraham Frohman In November 2012, the commissioners and presidents of NCAA Division 1 football announced they would be adopting a playoff model, much to the delight of college football fans everywhere. Less than two years later, in just its first actual season, one can already easily see the flaws in…
Nelson Mandela once said,”No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” With the…
Steve Prefontaine famously said “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” When people train to compete in any sporting event, they must be willing to give it their all and work through the pain to feel the sense of completion and accomplishment. For some, that experience was cut short last…
Vince Lombardi once said, “Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” A terrorist attack on your city is more adversity than anyone should face. We saw NYC come together and rebuild after the World Trade Center attacks and their rival city of Boston has done the same. One year ago today, I sat on the…
Written by Guest Contributor – Abraham Frohman Einstein said that “the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. With the announcement of Miguel Cabrera’s outrageously large 8 year extension yesterday, it appears the owners and GM’s of Major League Baseball continue to look for the “10…
As the Muse lyrics go, “some kind of madness has started to evolve.” This song could have been written about the middle of March. Since Selection Sunday, the time of “March Madness” is in full swing as people debate the teams that were selected, make their picks, and get excited about the long weekends of…
They say, “Money can’t buy happiness.” The question for each NFL team during free agency though is if money can buy championships – which would be happiness for that team and its fan base. As day 1 of free agency started hot yesterday with several team’s quick to announce signings amid the additional frenzy to…
They say “it’s always darkest before the dawn.” Spartan basketball fans sure hope that’s the case after a season full of promise has turned to one of concern. The team that took over the #1 ranking in November and only had 1 loss when they began conference play is now out of the B1G regular…
The French poet Charles Baudelaire once said “I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.” That couldn’t be truer for me! For those who know me well, there are 2 things they are keenly aware of today: I have a crazy good memory and today marks the beginning of my 3rd…
Calvin Klein once said “Commercials capture your attention, that’s all.” The average cost of a Super Bowl commercial this year is about $4 million for a 30-second spot, or $133,000 per second. Some make an impact, some make you laugh, and others just make you scratch your head. In the end, all the money is spent…
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