Portugal, and the world of football (soccer), is in mourning today after the death of one of its favorite sons — “The King” of Portuguese football Eusébio — has died from a heart attack aged 71.
The funeral is tomorrow.
Three days of National mourning have been declared by the president.
Continue reading → Eusébio Morreu: R.I.P. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
The Legend of the Great Bootsock is a sorry homily for the rest of us who have talent, but zero gumption to keep fighting the hard fight against time and condition and geography.
The Great Bootsock got his name as the star of his small-town high school football team. As the true freshman quarterback of his team, he won the first game he ever played by diving over a goal line scrum — even though one of the opposing players had grabbed his sock and was pulling him back from the score.
When the sock pulled away from the aggressor’s grasp, it wrapped around the heel of the great Bootsock’s cleats, sticking there like a flag of immediate infamy and respect, and the Legend of the Great Bootsock was born.
Today, the University of Nebraska held its annual Spring football game. There’s a mix-and-match of talent on both sides of the football. Red Team vs. White Team. The Spring Game is a Lincoln ritual, and everyone loves it because Nebraska, playing Nebraska, means Nebraska always wins!
GO BIG RED!
There were over 60,000 people today at the Spring game in Lincoln, and the highlight of the day was when seven-year-old brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman came off the bench and into the game to score, what turned out to be the winning 69-yard touchdown, for the Red team!
GO BIG JACK!
It’s no secret that many major league baseball teams — even the Yankees! — are having a hard time selling season ticket packages this year, and one must begin to wonder if the economics of baseball, and major league sport in general, are forever changing for the betterment of the impulse buyer and to the detriment of the dedicated fan that these teams covet, and often, overcharge.
Continue reading → Honoring the Game: Pay as You Go or Pay as They Want?
Lucky O’Connell, SuperDog and mighty San Francisco 49ers fan — sits and waits to root on his team for the big Super Bowl win on Sunday!
GO NINERS!
Manti Te’o has a man problem, and I’m not sure he will ever be able to fully resolve that problem and have a great NFL career, or even recover enough from this public “hoax” to live up to the promise of his Mormon upbringing.
The NCAA stepped up today and did the right, moral, courageous thing and whacked Penn State where it hurt: Their football team, their pocketbook, their history and their future.
Continue reading → Erasing Paterno Begins: The NCAA Whacks Penn State
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