Over the Fourth of July weekend I went down to see one of the Battle of Ohio/I-71 Series/Indians v. Reds/whatever you want to call it interleague game between my Cleveland Indians and the Reds. Was a great time, a pretty decent number of Indians fans showed up, which helped add to the atmosphere. I can’t [...]
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Recently recieved as an early birthday present (very early indeed) a fantastic book Flip Flop Fly Ball by Craig Robinson. I had seen a few shots from the book and knew instantly when I saw it that I would love it. (I love graphical representations of information and have the amazing Charles Joseph Minard depiction [...]
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Stadia magazine is a pretty intense industry magazine from what I can tell on just what its says, Stadia. It had ads for grass companies, seating and in-depth articles on the newest of those as well. They recently in their 2010 showcase issue celebrating their 10 years as a magazine had a list of ”Ten from [...]
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“One of the strongest arguments for banning helmets comes from the Australian Football League. While it's a similarly rough game, the AFL never added any of the body armor Americans wear. When comparing AFL research studies and official NFL injury reports, AFL players appear to get hurt more often on the whole with things like [...]
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Football, dogfighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker. Interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell about head injuries in football. One of the interesting things that he raised when I saw him on PTI and before I read the article was his comparison to boxing that after an acknowledgement of the huge physical/mental toll boxers will [...]
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Good for them, but definitely sad for an Indians fan to see so many ex-Indians playing all over the playoffs. Was thinking about this while watching the Cardinals/Dodgers series that seemed like almost everyone had been an Indian, “flyout from Belliard to Ludwick..” it did seem like a good chunk of the players had been [...]
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Thought this was a good column about the US v. Mexico game by Bill Simmons who isn’t really a soccer guy, but claims he is getting into it (and was into it enough to travel down to Mexico to see the game in the Azteca). I’ll tell you, one of the major attractions for me [...]
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While I might not be a huge fan of Fox News (or fan at all), I think I going to be happy with the move of Champions League Football from ESPN to Fox Soccer Channel this year. ESPN never made the tournament a priority, didn’t work to get an HD feed even when showing it [...]
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Huntington Park won’t open for five weeks, but it’s almost a sellout — for sponsorships. The ballpark’s board has nailed down $39.6 million in corporate money for naming rights and is negotiating deals worth an additional $9 million. The new ballpark in the Arena District, to open April 18, had promised to raise $37 million [...]
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I’ve been surprised (not really upset I might admit) that the television in England hasn’t jumped on all the gimicks of digital imaging and breaking down plays that the US has. Some of these efforts were complete jokes (the glow puck in hockey, thanks Fox) but others like the first and ten line worked and [...]
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