Strange Sports Stories
Insanity

SACRAMENTO, California-
Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” It’s a very viable (alternative) definition of the word insanity, but by no means is the only (nor best) definition. Insanity typically means out of… Continue Reading

The Greatest World Series Game Ever?

ST. LOUIS, Missouri-
Someday I’ll be sharing my love of baseball with my grandchildren and I’ll fondly tell them, “I remember watching the greatest World Series game ever.” I realize that’ll be many years from now and many more opportunities for a better World Series… Continue Reading

Run Forrest Run

NORTHUMBERLAND, England-
Rob Sloan trained and trained and trained some more. Rob is a 31-year-old marathon runner and running is what he loves to do. He’s run in many marathons, but it wasn’t until his last one that he completely knocked the socks off his… Continue Reading

as stupid as it gets

GREENFIELD, Ohio-
I’m going to be honest, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for stupidity. There are many types of stupidity, but in this case, I’m specifically referring to stupidity in terms of common sense…….when you know something is absolutely wrong, yet you go… Continue Reading

Bad News Butts

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico-

Despite the picture on the right, if you’re former University of New Mexico Lobos head football coach, Mike Locksley, you don’t have a lot to be clapping about these days. Ask anyone who knows him and they’ll say Mike Locksley is a… Continue Reading

USC Wins 17-14?

LOS ANGELES, California-
Anyone who’s watched a sport for many years likely thinks they’ve seen just about everything that sport has to offer. I’ve been watching baseball of all ages for 30 years, and sometimes I feel like I’ve seen it all. But the reality… Continue Reading

illegal use of the fan

JACKSONVILLE, Florida-
Watch your back because IDIOTS lurk everywhere —————>
The other day on TV I came across the American Conference Championship game for the AFL (Arena Football League) between the Jacksonville Sharks and the Georgia Force. For those of you who don’t know, the… Continue Reading

King Jimmer

SACRAMENTO, California-
It’s been six years since the Sacramento Kings have had a winning season and made it to the NBA playoffs…..and 10 seasons since they missed their only shot at an NBA championship. Anyone with any recollection of the 2001-2002 NBA playoffs could argue… Continue Reading

The King's Cup

MADRID, Spain-
In America we call it soccer and at best it’s a moderately popular sport here. Although I could be called a fairly passionate soccer fan myself, and I still engage in playing the sport from time to time, my passion for the game… Continue Reading

a generous contribution

WASHINGTON D.C.-
My guess is that it’s not all that often that a part-time professor for a University donates a large sum of money to the school he works for, just because he loves the school.
But apparently, that’s exactly what part-time professor, Robert Kasmir,… Continue Reading