The Love of Baseball and a Father-Daughter Relationship
— In his novel, A Single Happened Thing, author Daniel Paisner explores the connection between father and daughter, a love of baseball, and more. After an apparent mystical encounter, protagonist David...
View ArticleToxic Masculinity Is Killing The NFL
The National Football League’s latest ruling, this time against Tom Brady, is another black eye to a once dominant professional league. Believe it or not, it’s not players and coaches seeking...
View ArticleOn Derrick Rose: Stars Don’t Shine Forever
When you sit under the stars at night, do you cast a wish on one that blazes across the sky? Or do you marvel at its fleeting moment? — With Derrick Rose leaving the Cavaliers and reportedly mulling...
View ArticleNBA Playoffs, Eastern Conference, Week 2
Embed from Getty Images — For the last six years, a LeBron James-led team has represented the East in the NBA Finals. Over the last eight years, only once has the top-seeded team in the East made it...
View ArticleNBA Playoffs, Western Conference, Week 2
Embed from Getty Images — Western Conference Tee-Time Appointments imminent: Portland Find someone who hates the city of Portland or the Traiblazers and I’ll find you a person who hates puppies,...
View ArticleYour No Nonsense, Nonsensical Guide to the NBA Playoffs Part II – Eastern...
Embed from Getty Images — 1) Boston vs 8) Chicago Regular Season series tied 2-2 Sports Slant: The Boston Celtics are the top seed in the East, but they are not the favorite to represent the...
View ArticleYour No Nonsense, Nonsensical Guide to the NBA Playoffs Part I – Western...
Embed from Getty Images — In the four short years I have been a dad there have been many lessons learned, either by choice or by necessity. Some I remember, others have been vaporized due to a lack of...
View ArticleThe Relationship Quarterback Lays it out on Lying
Embed from Getty Images — I cannot remember the first lie I ever told. It was probably something silly and childish like I brushed my teeth when I really hadn’t. And although I cannot remember my...
View ArticleThe NFL Plays Raider to Clark County Schools
Embed from Getty Images — A year after the Clark County School District packed more students into classrooms in an attempt to trim millions of dollars from the 2016-17 budget, that same county will...
View ArticleThe Sports Exchange: 2017 NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament
— Sports Editors Wai Sallas (in black text) and Michael Kasdan (in blue text) let you peer into the random workings of their collective minds as they wind their way through a stream of consciousness...
View ArticleThe Relationship Quarterback Sweats the Details, Even in Madness
Embed from Getty Images — While the nation may be divided by facts, healthcare, civil rights, and damn near everything else, there’s one thing we can all agree on, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament...
View ArticleThe Relationship Quarterback and Great Expectations
Embed from Getty Images — On Tuesday night, the President of the United States delivered his first joint session address. Most media critics lauded the effort as some sort of pivot to normalcy. Some...
View ArticleBuccaneers’ Jameis Winston’s Speech to Children Gets It All Wrong
Embed from Getty Images — It didn’t take long for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Jameis Winston to walk back comments he made on Wednesday saying ladies are “supposed to be silent, polite, gentle.”...
View ArticleThe Relationship Quarterback Makes a Play for Women
— Sophie Scholl, 21, stood resolute as her impending future was already written. Hours earlier, Roland Freisler convicted Scholl, her brother Hans, and Christoph Probst of high treason. The guillotine...
View Article5 Songs That are Hot, Low-key, and May Help You Get Lucky, Even Though They...
— Valentine’s Day has come and gone. For those of you who are in a relationship, hopefully, your love has been rejuvenated and there is a new bounce in your love step. For those who are not in a...
View ArticleWho Runs the (Basketball) World? U Conn.
Embed from Getty Images — 819 Days. That’s how long it’s been since the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team last tasted defeat. In the 2 years 2 months and 27 days since the Huskies took...
View ArticleValentine’s Day isn’t the Super Bowl of Love…
Embed from Getty Images — I have mixed emotions about Valentine’s Day. On one end, V-Day is a designated day to express your love. As I mentioned last week, there is a lot going on in the world today....
View ArticleJust When We Thought The Knicks Season Couldn’t Get Worse: #FreeOakley
With the New York Knicks continuing to find it more and more difficult to defeat opponents on the court, last night Madison Square Garden Security tried its hands at taking down former players instead....
View ArticleWhat Goes Around, Comes Around, Even In Sports
— On sports’ biggest stage, Karma proved that it’s a sports fan. With 1:14 left in Super Bowl XLII, New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning escaped the clutches of an almost certain sack, moved to...
View ArticleThe Relationship Quarterback Tackles Social Justice, Children’s Naps, and...
Embed from Getty Images — There’s a whole lot going on in the world right now and unfortunately, there is a ton of unrest in our country specifically. Our President has an approval rating of 35% and...
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