Category: Sports

The reigning Super Bowl champions are reeling, and there seems to be no end in sight as Pittsburgh (-6.5) hosts a San Diego Chargers team that will grow or go home. Literally. The Chargers are off to a 2-1 start thanks mainly to Philip Rivers and, more specifically, his right arm. With just under 1,000 …

The 2009 NLCS is a very exciting battle between the Philadelphia Phillies, the defending 2008 World Series champions, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team that finished the 2009 baseball regular season with the best record in the league. National. Game 1 has already taken place, but no other to date, and this will undoubtedly …

Hockey: the best game I became a hockey fan in 1963. I watched my first game at a friend’s house when I was a freshman in high school. He was a fan of the Chicago Black Hawks. I was always an avid fan of baseball and football, but hockey was different. It was like a …

Autographed baseballs are among the most popular types of sports memorabilia, with a history stretching back decades. Teams have been writing on them since the earliest days of the game when the teams, score, and other details of a game were written on the ball, which was then kept as a “trophy”. Signing or autographing …

Kings @ Lakers: In a very short time, the Kings had a better record than the Lakers. Kobe has to get past Ron Artest and score 40+ if he wants to seal a win. Also, Bryant has to show up on defense and not let Artest have a big game like he had last time. …

The Tree of Life: Mesquite is a tree or shrub that grows in desert regions around the world, areas unsuited for most agriculture. On 25% of our planet you can find mesquite species growing without any help from fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation or capitalization. This is not surprising, as the mesquite tree’s root system can grow …

Long before chess came to Europe from India, the British Celts played board games in which the goal was to capture a central “king” piece. Two variants of this game existed, Gwyddbwyll and Tallfwrdd. Gwyddbwyll, which literally means ‘wooden wisdom’ (and is thus related to the Irish game fidchell) and is known primarily from mythological …

The great Ted Williams summed up the mental game of hitting very easily when he said, “Get a good pitch to hit.” Of course, there is much more that can be advised about the mental game of hitting, but ultimately that is the best advice when a hitter is in the batter’s box. All analysis, …

Bye weeks are a thing of the past in NFL betting starting in week 11, as there will be a full 16-game card this week for the first time since week three. NFL betting kicks off on Thursday with an interesting battle of SU winning teams. Chicago outscored Minnesota at home last week, while Miami …

This article is about my favorite topic these days and it is SUCCESS! I have found that the way we live our spiritual lives drives every other aspect of our lives. I have read a lot about success and one of the first I read by an author who spent over 20 years studying the …