Early Retirement by Pro Athletes

Early retirement by pro athletes is nothing new.  With the pending early retirement of two prominent football players there has been a lot of speculation by some major media outlets that as the money athletes are making in pro sports increases.  The sports are dying...

From the Fans – An Affect of Sports Subculture

  Episode 1 – Impact of the Fan Subculture We as people belong to many different subcultures and use it as a means to identify ourselves with. Subcultures exist all around us, and we are a part of many subcultures regardless if we recognize it. In sports,...

NCAA BB Fails the Test!

It has recently come to my attention that the NCAA has no rules governing the BB that is used in their games. Consequence: Every conference and indeed every school uses what ever BB the wish to (usually prescribed by whatever brand of equipment the are using. I.E. WI...

Cam Newton Post Interview Explosion

The Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers played in Super Bowl fifty, and the game was exciting to say the least. There were mixed emotions from the fans when the Broncos won. But Cam Newton, quarterback of the Carolina Panthers, did not take the loss well. At an...

Daytona 500 Winner 2016

As I predicted in my post about getting ready for the Daytona 500.  None of my predictions came true today.  In what was a mostly unspectacular race turned exciting on the final lap.  Just when it looked that Matt Kenseth was going to run away with the race.  Denny...

Daytona 500 start of the 2016 Season

The Daytona 500 is here to mark the start of the 2016 NASCAR season.   A lot of people want to call this the Super Bowl of NASCAR.  I never really understood that because it is not the championship race.  It is a huge kick off party for the NASCAR season.  So while it...

Hall of Fame Game

I just read that the Packers will be required to play in the Hall of Fame Game this year! Not exactly an honor and I wish they could turn it down. The two teams that play in the HOF game each play 5 preseason games, every one else plays in only 4 and that’s...

NASCAR 2016 Season is Here

The NASCAR 2016 season is here.  The season starts tonight with the Sprint Unlimited.  Does anyone else miss the days when is used to be called the Bud Shootout? I don’t know how long it has been since the opening race of the season has been called that but it...

Super Bowl 50 – The 2015 season comes to an end

With the close of Super Bowl 50 unless you are a fan of the Broncos your season ended with disappointment.   The two week build up to the Super Bowl 50 seems like years.  If it feel this way to the fans I can only imagine what it must be like for the players....

Super Bowl 50

As the football season comes to a close,  and we can see that a lot of players have been physically beaten, injured, and you can only wear so much padding to protect yourself from someone trying to beat the living crap out of you.  But what about the mental state?...