Spring practices are on the books and fall camps will be here before you know it, so that means having an early jump into the 2006 NCAA football season. Knowing the teams now will save you time in August and Matt Fargo is here to help you understand what to expect next year. We go from worst to first in…
The Houston Texans have yet to win a Super Bowl, a conference championship or even a divisional title. On the other hand, it should also be remembered that the Houston Texans have a relatively short history, having first formed in 2002. The creation of this team gave Texas a second reason to be proud, in addition to the Dallas Cowboys.…
We have a recent field trip to a local orchard, my daughter and I enjoyed a visit and lunch with my mother-in-law. Lunch was delicious, the weather was pleasant, and the scenery was exquisite. Wanting to capture the beauty of the flora and fauna in the greenhouse where we enjoyed our lunch, I asked my daughter to use my LG…
What do you think would happen if most people spent as much time planning their retirement and investments each year as they did watching soccer? I suspect we would all have a lot more money, be better prepared for retirement, and maybe even buy Super Bowl tickets every year. Steve Roberts, with nearly twenty years of experience in the financial…
The 21st birthday is one of the most important milestones in life that deserves a great celebration. It’s the transition period to adulthood and the freedom to legally hang out with your friends in nightclubs and bars. Your 21st birthday makes you legally eligible to drink and therefore a great way to celebrate your 21st birthday is to have a…
In today’s Major League era, when strikeouts are rampant, the fact that the Giants’ Matt Cain struck out fourteen batters would not make the front page of any newspaper except on the West Coast. Yet a few more details from that game from five years ago remain unmatched even today. For example, those fourteen puffs represented more than half of…
Baseball may be the most important sport in which if you are not mentally in the game, you can also sit on the bench. Since over the years, statistics have been developed and players can be judged on paper, many ignore it, while others want to check and see if they are producing good numbers beyond the average and home…
Anyone could predict that Michael Jordan would be inducted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Fame, as he was this month. But could you guess who is the first person to whom he would attribute, outside of his family, the motivation that led him to his extraordinary career? Perhaps his college coach, the legendary Dean Smith of the…
Biography, Stories, and Facts About Dizzy Dean In the day before the media printed every spoken word of a sports star, Dizzy Dean entertained fans, the media, and the world like very few sports stars have. Dizzy Dean was a natural clown who loved to make everyone around him smile. Few baseball players have done better and the stories that…
Were you excited when the Seattle Seahawks flew to Super Bowl XL? In 2005, the Seahawks achieved their greatest success in the NFL by playing in the NFL title game. However, the Seahawks’ tradition stretches across three decades, until 1976. From their birth in the NFL world to fighting the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL, the Seahawks have had…