Smelling The Roses

Categories: Sports

It was awesome seeing the hometown bring in the New Year…just in time to hear something wonderful, see a rainbow, and smell the roses. So this morning it seemed like the birds were chirping “It’s a Wonderful World”; or maybe that was “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” And I don’t know for sure but I coulda…

Hallelujah

Categories: Sports

“…there is a crack, a crack in everything- that’s how the light gets in…” Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen Man I’m glad my dad and big brother gave me the chance to embrace sports. And last week, Saturday in Seattle was the medicine that made a difference for my Tuesday’s wounded soul. So I’ve lived through a…

Winners Never Quit

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“Cleveland vs. the Cubs. Game 7. Rain delay in the 10th inning at midnight. 160-something years of combined losing. Kinda poetic.” So it was Game Seven and just like with Presidential debate #2, I was seated at the bar within the friendly confines of my fave neighborhood Italian joint. And this time around, the Margherita…