First Female NFL Referee Takes the Field!
NFL Preseason AND the Olympics on my TV last week . . .ahhhh . . .music to my eyes and ears. The coolest thing about the NFL Preseason (maybe the ONLY cool thing) was the first female NFL referee on the field for the first Preseason game last Thursday night! The regular officials are in…
Read MoreNFL Hall of Fame: Attitude of Gratitude
Another NFL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony did not disappoint. Huge, strong, accomplished football men baring their souls, sharing their hearts, choked up with love and gratitude for their mothers, grandmothers, coaches, teammates, and more! Everything a football girl could love. And love it I did. I did find a recurring theme this year. It’s…
Read More“You Go Girls!”: U.S. Women Take the Gold
So I’m sure many of you watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games on Friday night, and I’m sure many of you were as underwhelmed as I was. Even if I felt like being generous, what chance did the Brits have after the Chinese choreographed 10,000 people in perfect harmony in Beijing four years…
Read MoreMimi Vacation
Hi everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that I am on a Mimi Vacation this week. I look forward to posting an informative article next week. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a postcard from paradise!
Read More3 Stooges Alive and Well on the Diamond!
I really try to avoid watching baseball, baseball highlights, commentary, or anything to do with baseball—until the World Series. However, with 162 games in the regular season, it’s really hard to do. And we are only halfway done . . .so there I am, watching SportsCenter, when something “baseball” caught my eye. It was the…
Read MoreInspired by Irvin at NFL Rookie Symposium
The NFL Hall of Fame Ceremony and Game are less than 30 days away. These events signal the beginning of the NFL season for me—HOOZAH! Meanwhile, we have the Rookie Symposium. The 250 very special men who were recently drafted into the NFL gather to hear veteran…
Read MoreGuys Conceding Because They’re Not Comfortable? NEVER!
This morning, as I was having my usual leisurely breakfast in front of the early ESPN shows, a most disturbing bit of news came across the “crawl” at the bottom of the screen. (The “crawl”—I could do a whole blog on it—it seems men can multitask when it comes to watching the big screen and…
Read MoreSports: The Only True Meritocracy
The NBA Finals were truly exciting and gratifying to watch. Both teams really played “team.” They passed the ball many times before the player with the best (unimpeded) “look” took the shot to make the basket. (How do you like my oh-so tech language? 😉 And the team that played that way the most, won. …
Read MoreBrava Title IX Anniversary!
This week marks the 40-year anniversary of Title IX, which mandated schools—high schools and colleges—that receive federal funding, cannot discriminate on the basis of gender. It meant the beginning of legitimate women’s sports. I think it’s significant that this law was put into place the same year (1972) that Ms. Magazine dropped its first issue. …
Read MoreMen & Women: Can We Talk Sports?
For now, I have transformed from the Funny Football Female to the Bawdy Basketball Broad — at least for the next 2 weeks during these NBA Championship Finals. The NFL season is still about 90 days away (sigh) and I long for some “necessary roughness.” And I’m not alone. While 43.2% of NFL fans are…
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