There are many songs that came out of the British invasion, but there’s one — a veritable anthem to this day for football fans in the United Kingdom — that often comes to mind when… Read More
“Every baseball crowd, like every theatre audience, has its own distinctive attitude and atmosphere. You can usually tell as they are coming into the park whether it is going to be a happy, responsive crowd… Read More
“When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side.”— Florence Griffith Joyner The American sprinter still known to… Read More
“I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I have no character.”— Charles Barkley Basketball superstar Charles Barkley has always been mindful of publicity — and he’s also… Read More
“Recreation means to ‘recreate’ — it’s spiritual. Think about the actual word. It’s fascinating what a beautiful word it is when you look it up in the dictionary.”— Billie Jean King One of the greatest… Read More
“Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball.”— Deborah Tannen I’m… Read More
What would you think about a small group of people who started yelling at teenagers in, say, an atrium at a shopping mall? How would you react if they followed the kids up and down… Read More
“Regardless of our circumstances, they do not define us — not unless we give in and let them. Circumstances never determine who we are; they reveal who we are.”— Chuck Pagano A former player himself,… Read More
Bald as I am, I don’t give a lot of thought to hairstyle ideas. But the concept has very much been on my mind lately, because of an inundating number of ads for AI-powered apps… Read More
When you’re in St. John’s, you might well walk right by an abandoned house without noticing something’s amiss. Take a closer look, though, and you notice things. The electrical meter is missing, or the paint… Read More
“I have never met a group of people who so routinely make so many personal sacrifices for their job. And they start so young. At a time when people are navigating Grade 8, they basically… Read More