Category Archives: Sports

November 14, 2012

My wife and children are ruining football for me.

I attended the Patriots game on Sunday. The weather was spectacular, the pregame tailgate menu was superb, and most important, the Patriots won. It was the first game in more than a month for me. I missed both home games … Continue reading →

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October 5, 2012

The three day, three month, three year test

Last year the New England Patriots played the Kansas City Chiefs on a Monday night in Foxboro. My fellow season ticket holder could not attend the game for less than acceptable reasons, and I could not find a soul who … Continue reading →

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September 17, 2012

We won that game three separate times, and then we lost.

Excluding Super Bowl losses and a playoff loss to the New York Jets a couple years ago, yesterday’s Patriots loss to the Arizona Cardinals might have been the most difficult loss to bear in my entire life, for the following … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2012

The Internet makes it a very small world

Yesterday I wrote about Erin DiMeglio, the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game. Uncertain about how I would react if my daughter asked to play football, I wrote a post parsing out some of … Continue reading →

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September 6, 2012

My little girl playing football?

Have you heard about Erin DiMeglio, the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game? DeMeglio is the third string quarterback on a roster is filled with college prospects. “The star running back has committed to … Continue reading →

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September 5, 2012

Best race of 2012 without exception

Wouldn’t it be great if the Paralympics received the same amount of attention as the Olympics? Races like this are thrilling and inspiring beyond belief, yet so few of us will ever see something like them. I’ll be showing my … Continue reading →

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August 29, 2012

Impromptu driving range

For someone who loves golf and entrepreneurism as much as me, I thought this was impressive: While waiting in line for a Moth StorySLAM last week in SoHo, I watched a man set up a driving range in an alley … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2012

Cardboard Tube Fighting

Cardboard tube fighting, the game that I played with my brothers and sisters when we were kids, is now a thing. There is even a Cardboard Tube Fighting League. The CTFL hosts tournaments and battles where cardboard tube fighters go … Continue reading →

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July 13, 2012

Difficulty staying Faithful

I finished reading Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen King and Stuart O’Nan, and while I enjoyed the bo0k, I have a few quibbles with it as well. As a Yankees fan, … Continue reading →

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July 6, 2012

I hate the Red Sox, but I love these guys

I’m listening to the book Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen King and Stuart O’Nan. It’s essentially a double-entry journal that chronicles the Red Sox for one season. It’s full of traditional … Continue reading →

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