Put Some Silence into Your Life Society, for the most part, appears to hate silence. We surround ourselves with noise. Sounds and beeps are all over the place. When is the last time you drove a car with no passengers and didn’t turn on the radio or CD player? We can’t stand it. If we…
It all starts October 28th on TNT with the NBA reigning champion San Antonio Spurs hosting the Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas Mavericks. The telecast will feature the Spurs receiving their championship rings. Later in the evening TNT will feature the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Houston Rockets. The next night (Oct. 29th), ESPN will…
Every season fans around the country are found to be rooting for a mid-major team to make a deep run in the NCAA tourney. Here are a few teams that would be considered legitimate possibilities in the 2014-2015 basketball season. Harvard- Coach Tommy Amaker knows how to coach and recruit. Freshman Chris Egi will anchor…
Here is a early look at my Top 25 in College Football. Be sure to follow me for my changes and updates on Tuesdays all season. Florida State Oklahoma Alabama Ohio State Oregon South Carolina Auburn UCLA Michigan State Baylor Wisconsin Georgia LSU Stanford USC Notre Dame Ole Miss Arizona State Clemson Missouri Kansas…
What is a scholarship? Isn’t it a form of payment to allow a student to go to school at the college or university in question? In the O’Bannon case, it appears to me the student-athletes are getting paid. They are taking a scholarship and in return the colleges are giving them and education and in…
Quarterbacks Lead the List for Heisman Trophy In the history of the Heisman trophy there has been only one repeat champion and that was Archie Griffin back in the mid 70’s. Repeating is very difficult to do. With that being said what is the likelihood of Jameis Winston pulling it off? There are some…
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch- Wrong In Baton Rouge it was announced that 42,000 students in the East Baton Rouge Parish will be provided with free lunch for the school year. The district will take advantage of a new federal initiative that will allow schools in high poverty areas…
Is a four-year college a good investment today?
What’s It Take to Make the Playoffs in MLB? The numbers say you need 88 wins to get in. In an article in the Business Insider it is noted that using 180 teams (since 1996) that 88 is the optimal number. Only sixteen teams have gotten in with less than 88 wins. This…
“What’s for Dinner?” Even a simple question like that can tip the scales for a person that has been dealing with decision after decision in a non-stop fashion. It is called Decision Fatigue. It turns out that making decisions is actually very stressful. As we make hundreds of decisions each day on matters big…