Sports

I didn’t like the head coach, so I left the soccer team my last year in high school. The following fall (1965) I enrolled at the local university in my hometown of Burlington, IA, mainly to avoid draft and the inevitable trip to Vietnam if I had been recruited. Back then, students attending college were …

The Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots are division rivals who have met twice a year for decades. There have been times in their history where they have been equaled and times when one team has been significantly better than the other. There have also been times when one team has surprisingly annoyed the other …

Since there are so many brands, types, and designs of running shoes, it can be overwhelming to choose the right type. There are footwear to meet your needs, whether you have low, medium or high mileage. In this article we will help you consider a list of important factors that play a decisive role when …

The Big Ten has always been thought of as a power conference. The media have always had a love affair with them and it used to be for good reason. However, in recent years, they have been in decline. The SEC and Big 12 have gotten away with bragging rights to college football supremacy. For …

We’re not even into the three weeks of the Major League baseball season, but several storylines have already been put into play from a betting perspective. Low-scoring games appear to be the current topic, as 105 games have gone UNDER the total, while only 88 have played OVER the total. Cold weather has been the …

Trivia and fun facts games have started to take over the world and their popularity is growing tremendously. Of the thousands of different types of trivia, one tends to be the most popular. This trivia I’m talking about is sports trivia. Sports trivia is a general category in the sense that it includes trivia for …

In 2015, David Beckham became a brand ambassador and creative leader for designer apparel brand Kent and Curwen. The match between the football celebrity and the men’s tailor may seem strange at first glance, until you learn some of the history behind this famous British brand. While the ties and garments made by this famous …

The Portland Trailblazers are often remembered for messing up during the 1984 NBA draft when they didn’t pick Michael Jordan and went with Sam Bowie. Of course, we all know how these two players’ respective careers unfolded. However, the problems of the Blazer draft would not end there when 23 years later; they would again …

Dan Marino started his career with the Miami Dolphins with a bang by winning the Rookie of the Year award in 1983. During his second season, many analysts expected a “sophomore curse,” but Dan Marino picked up right where he left off. In 1984 he won the 1984 NFL MVP award and led the Dolphins …

South Carolina stingrays have been members of the ECHL since the 1993-94 season. NHL 50-goal scorer Rick Vaive was the team’s first head coach and lasted for five years. The Stingrays have won the Kelly Cup championship three times to date, most recently in 2008-09. The team plays in the 10,537 seats of the North …