Sports
Sports and Christianity: How Should Christians Handle Competition?
A couple days ago, a friend pointed me to, “Sports Fanatics,” a Christianity Today article in which Shirl James Hoffman (author of the book, Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports, from which the article is taken) argues that (mainly Evangelical) Christianity’s relationship with sports has ultimately been detrimental to the faith, with... »
Interview about ESPN Report on the FSU Academic Scandal
A while back, I did a brief interview for a blog article examining ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” report on the Florida State athletic department’s academic scandal; since I was both a former player (albeit briefly) and a former tutor in the athletic department, I was able to see both sides of the academic support... »
Michael Jordan shows his true colors
Adrian Wojnarowski and Rick Reilly have each posted very critical articles about Michael Jordan’s bitter, backbiting speech at his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Jordan took over 20 minutes to settle scores (which had long been settled) and bitterly call out everyone who had ever doubted him—whether they really doubted him or... »
Sunday Reflections on Saturday’s Football Games
A few observations on the first weekend of games (still incomplete until the FSU-UM tilt on Monday night): 1) USC will destroy Ohio State yet again. OSU is better than they looked against Navy (this was a classic look-ahead game), but USC still has more talent on the field than OSU.2) Virginia Tech looked a... »