Finding God in My Golf Game
A few years ago, my husband discovered golf. I was mildly amused, but not really interested. I had...
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Category: Sports
Two words for today
Go Bucks! And, on that note, here’s a little something to make those of Buckeye inclinations smile: (That’s the Michigan fight song in the background, in case you were wondering.) Via Tug &...
Read MoreRules of Attending the Game
Thou shalt respond with the appropriate response, be it a letter from our fair state’s name going around the stadium, or “I-O” after the student section gets the “O-H” going.Thou shalt not start...
Read MoreOn Sportsmanship
Around here, there’s a rabid sort of sportsmanship. While I’m a fan of the dominant team (as if you couldn’t tell by how my blog looks!), I’m not a fan of the near-racism levels of hatred that pour out during football season....
Read MoreWriting on Sports
What keeps most sportswriters from writing good English is the misapprehension that they shouldn’t be trying to. They have been reared on so many clichés that they assume they are the required tools of the trade. They also have...
Read MoreMemories of the Scarlet and Gray…or not
In honor of this, the holy week of the Big Game (against The Team Up North, for those of you who don’t live and die by the Holy Orders of Buckeye Football), I thought – too late – that it might be nice to post...
Read MoreChampionship Game
Last night, I went to my niece’s championship game for the summer softball league she’s in. I watched her team duke it out with a team bigger and probably better than hers and that ultimately won. I listened to the “ah, it was a...
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