Category: sports
How To Throw A Great Super Bowl Party On A Student Budget
Football is practically a religion in America, and the Super Bowl is the High Holiday – the most important day of the year when all practicing believers come together in celebration of this great past-time of ours. The commercials are great, the food is plentiful, and if your team is playing, things can get rather…intense. [...]
Tim Thomas’ White House Snub: Patriotic or Foolish?
Last Monday, I watched with great pride as the Boston Bruins visited the White House to celebrate their 2011 Stanley Cup victory. As is customary, President Obama made some remarks and received a Bruins jersey. As I watched the ceremony I couldn’t help but notice Bruins goalie Tim Thomas was not on stage.
Tebow Time is Nigh! College Students Weigh in on the Mile High Messiah
Love him or loathe him, Tim Tebow has already won. He’s a Marvel superhero. A last-ditch hope for failing presidential candidates. ESPN just released a poll naming Tebow America’s favorite active pro athlete. He’s also setting records in the social media world. After his game-winning 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in last Sunday’s Wild Card game, it seems everyone’s Twitter feed was clogged with tweets simply saying “TEBOW!!!!!!!”
A Reflection on College Football Ethics
Growing up in the South you learn at an early age that football reigns supreme; especially college football. With the recent scandal that has developed at Penn State University, a storied college football program which was at times praised as the Mecca of standards for all of college football, they have overnight unraveled their own [...]
