The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV led by passing Aaron Rodgers and a defense that forced three turnovers and scored a touchdown. This was accomplished despite losing key starters Donald Driver and Charles Woodson early in the second quarter. But as they have all season, the turnovers intensified and the Packers won their first Super Bowl in fourteen […]

What do you think would happen if most people spent as much time planning for retirement and investing each year as they spend watching football? I suspect we would all have a lot more money, be better prepared for retirement, and maybe even be able to afford Super Bowl tickets every year. Steve Roberts, with nearly twenty years of experience […]

Should you encourage your child to play dangerous sports with the goal of becoming a professional athlete and earning a lot of money? From the chanson or depends on the child, parent, talent, motivation and opportunity. The answer is a resounding “no,” if you ask this father of four. I’ll explain more of my rationale later. For starters, caveat emptor: […]

You are what you adore. It’s as simple as that. It defines us as humans, making us act strange at times. Worship is an interesting facet of human existence, seen today inside the church mainly as singing songs and outside the church as something that services do. The truth is that worship is instinctive in us humans, done by the […]

Billy Crystal’s one man show is titled “700 Sundays”. NFL underdog bettors in 2005 may have felt that last season lasted 700 Sundays, as the favorites ‘covered’ at a record pace. However, the current NFL season has added just 20 Sundays (including Christmas and New Year’s Day). My free game for Friday is in the NBA. Take the Cle Cavaliers […]

The Phillies decided that Ryan Howard was worth it and renewed his contract and Howard would now receive a salary of $900,000. This move was made after the Phillies and Howard were unable to come to an agreement on a long-term contract. This salary Howard has been offered matches the highest base salary on a one-year contract for an arbitration-eligible […]

You are a bigger woman, a plus size girl or a size 16. As a young woman, you had the confidence of Lady Gaga. You strutted down the driveway with your stuff without giving a thought to your body size. When boys or girls call you names, you let them know, very loudly I might add, that they are stupid […]

The father of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, devised the game in 1892 and the first game was played in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on April 8, 1893 between the New Brighton YMCA and Geneva College. The game was very popular and by 1914 as many as 360 universities had basketball teams. In 1939, the first NCAA men’s college basketball championship was […]

Search the web for General (4 stars) James Norman Mattis, USMC to read about the man, his many accomplishments, and among his many nicknames, you’ll find “The Warrior-Monk,” attributed to him. He was, and still is, a living military genius who can rightly call Napoleon Bonaparte a peer. General Mattis understood and practiced USMC doctrine, and used it to train […]

Samuel Umtiti’s header in the 51st minute sent an impressive France into the World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Belgium in an absorbing first semi-final on Tuesday. Didier Deschamps’ side will face either England or Croatia in Moscow on Sunday as the French look to lift the trophy for a second time after their 1998 home triumph. In […]