What are the chances for a kid growing up in California of playing in the National Hockey League? And he grows up to be just five feet, six inches tall, on top of that? Not many California-bred players are in the NHL, and not many as short as 5 feet, 6 inches. But Rocco Grimaldi, […]
One of the most interesting and successful sports teams in the last several years has been the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. They won their 2nd straight World Cup title in the last year. Both the American and Canadian women’s soccer teams have outshone their men’s National Teams by quite a margin in recent […]
There is a rookie with the Miami Heat who scored 40 points in an NBA exhibition game this year. It really got my attention for a couple of reasons. First of all, rookies don’t usually score that many points in an exhibition game, especially a rookie who was undrafted and so unheralded. The second reason […]
I love David and Goliath stories. In watching sports, I tend to cheer for the underdog teams. I want to share in this blog the story of Ben Carson who had great odds stacked against him, even before he got out of Elementary School. It’s a real David and Goliath story. Giants To Overcome Ben […]
Matt Boyd is one of the Detroit Tigers’ better young pitchers. He was selected in the 6th round of the 2013 Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays from Oregon State University. He was traded to Detroit on July 30, 2015 in the David Price trade. He won his first Major League game for the […]
Mike Tomlin is in his 12th season as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is currently the 5th longest-serving head coach of an NFL team. He became one of the youngest head coaches in NFL history when Pittsburgh hired him at the tender age of 34 years old. Two years later, Tomlin led […]
