Category: General

What makes a man take off his shirt and expose a large number or letter on their beer belly? It is simple.  A desire to impact their team or at least intimidate the opposing one.  For some, watching the sport isn’t enough, they want to participate. Read more

At the end of the competition, the jagged elbow turns into a hug.  The push from behind turns into a handshake and the trip turns into a pat on the head and a moment of yelling in someone’s face turns into a whisper in the ear of a fellow athlete and a hip check turns… Read more

How we take on different roles in life and whether or not we are playing defense of offense are also determined by circumstance and by time. Read more

Being in the right place at the right time isn’t enough, you have to be the right person for the job and that is what makes greatness. Read more

We will see people standing on platforms crying as their national anthem is played.  They will be interviewed and we will get goosebumps as they thank coaches and parents.   Sports means so much more.  Welcome to my blog Enlightenment from the Stands. Read more

Gladiators no longer exist because we have decided that societally it is wrong, even if the gladiators willingly entered the ring. Read more

You didn’t create the bit of you that dragged you up. Read more

Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men’s record holder for the Imperial mile with his time of 3:43.13 Read more

Over the last 300,000 years, we have come up with thousands, maybe millions of games. We play to appease the gods. We play to push our boundaries and hone ourselves to perfection. Read more

Some live near the line, some over the line, some below the line, some push the line. Some draw lines in the sand and some speak of the redline. Lines are how we construct our lives and it is how we define our society.    Read more