Zach’s Stadium
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Playing To Win Versus Playing Not-To-Lose: Is There Validity in Both?
As the final whistle blew at Acrisure Stadium (it still pains me to call it anything other than Heinz Field) yesterday to cement a 17-10 Steelers victory over their arch-rivals from Baltimore, I was in a state of disbelief. After a first half in which the home team could only muster three points and less…
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Adding Injury to Insult
Those of you who know me are aware of the sheer disdain I have for incompetence, especially when it pertains to a job for which someone was hired. There are few things more frustrating in life than people not being capable of performing tasks for which they are getting compensated (at least after they are…
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Has Instant Replay Gone Too Far?
We all want referees to be as accurate and impartial as possible. No one wants to see bad call after bad call from either a neutral perspective or as a fan of the team against whom the failures to correctly interpret and apply the rules of the game are levied (although, I will admit that…
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When Loyalty Becomes Stupidity
Many sports fans proclaim that loyalty is a lost virtue, especially those that grew up in the era before free agency, before players started to chase record-shattering contracts instead of titles. There is certainly some truth to that, and players who decide to remain with the team that drafted them are often lauded with praise,…
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Discipline: The Forgotten Fundamental in Sports
I decided to start a sports blog because I have a lot of complaints, but no one wants to pay me $10 million to air them on ESPN like certain people. Also, my grandfather has always said I should start a blog, and I believe that he is right. Hopefully this will be as entertaining…