sportsnation

this came out a few years ago, but is proof that SportsNation is the best show on tv.

fedor v. henderson

This is going to be an amazing fight.

commissioner conflict

This ESPN article describes really well how the NFL players feel about Commissioner Goodell. I'm glad they were able to find players that can describe their feelings about him without reverting to name calling (James Harrison is a great player, but seriously Harrison you shouldn't be allowed to speak to the media anymore about stuff like this). Goodell needs to learn how to gain the respect of the players. Right now he doesn't seem to care what the players have to say about anything, which you think would be counterintuitive considering what his job is. I'm not asking for him to be best friends with all the players, but you'd think that he'd at least look to gain the respect of the guys that are actually playing the sport.

ninja volleyball?

I'm half convinced this is made up, but possibly the most amazing thing ever

iron man

So there was a 2 hour documentary on tv today following various stories of people who participated in the 2010 Iron Man in Hawaii. It was really amazing stuff. It of course followed some of those elite athletes who won and were really competitive in the race. But it wasn't the stories of those guys that I enjoyed watching.

I really loved hearing about all the "normal" or "average-joe" people that entered the race. Mainly because those are the ones that we can actually relate to. Racing isn't their career, it's just something they really want to do. There's a few stories about a guy who survived cancer, another one who had a heart transplant, a hard working mother of 4, and my personal favorite Lew Hollander who completed his 21st Iron Man last year. He's quite a sight to behold, because he's got the greatest mentality of keep on trucking even if he's 80. I met one of those at the sprint triathlon I did this past May, which leads me to believe that that's the mentality of their generation.

They did a great job at the end, especially, showing all the normal people who were finishing around the midnight cut off point. There's something about seeing those people push through all that pain and insane 16-17 hours of swimming/biking/running. Even though I know that I'll probably never be able to do something like that it's cool to think about it.

USA!! USA!!

wow! Did you see that women's soccer game vs. Brazil? I was 9 years old when the 1999 women's team won the world cup and I've still got the Mia Hamm jersey hanging in my closet to prove it. As a soccer player at that time, I loved that time and remember every minute of it. I really hope this 2011 team does that same thing. I'm thinking Abby Wambach and Hope Solo are the new Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly. But seriously the game is on again at 11/12 central time tonight, so watch it, it's amazing. Go USA!

By the way, have you noticed that USA seems to care more about the women's world cup team then about the men's? I think that's the one major sport in the United States where you can a women's team is cared about more then a men's. It's probably because the women's team has actually won a world cup, but that's neither here nor there.

just for fun

well...whatever floats your boat. My favorite part was when the dad said "Very proud of my son, that’s why we sent him to college, to play Quidditch"